Borrowdale (ship)
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Borrowdale was one of the transport ships of the First Fleet that carried convicts and supplies from Britain to establish the first European colony in Australia in 1788.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Borrowdale (ship) canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2610667 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Borrowdale (ship) Context triple: [Landing of the First Fleet, hasPart, Borrowdale (ship)]
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A.
Friendship of Salem (replica East Indiaman)
Friendship of Salem is a full-size replica of an 18th-century East Indiaman merchant ship that serves as a central interpretive exhibit at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Massachusetts.
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B.
Tune ship
The Tune ship is a well-preserved Viking Age burial ship discovered in Norway, notable for its early excavation and display as a key example of Scandinavian seafaring culture.
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C.
Victoria (ship)
Victoria was the Spanish carrack that became the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the globe during Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition.
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D.
Puglia ship
The Puglia ship is a decommissioned Italian naval vessel famously installed on a hillside as a monumental exhibit within the Vittoriale degli Italiani estate.
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E.
Durham boat
A Durham boat is a flat-bottomed, shallow-draft cargo vessel historically used on North American rivers, notably employed by George Washington to transport troops across the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Borrowdale (ship) Target entity description: Borrowdale was one of the transport ships of the First Fleet that carried convicts and supplies from Britain to establish the first European colony in Australia in 1788.
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A.
Friendship of Salem (replica East Indiaman)
Friendship of Salem is a full-size replica of an 18th-century East Indiaman merchant ship that serves as a central interpretive exhibit at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Massachusetts.
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B.
Tune ship
The Tune ship is a well-preserved Viking Age burial ship discovered in Norway, notable for its early excavation and display as a key example of Scandinavian seafaring culture.
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C.
Victoria (ship)
Victoria was the Spanish carrack that became the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the globe during Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition.
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D.
Puglia ship
The Puglia ship is a decommissioned Italian naval vessel famously installed on a hillside as a monumental exhibit within the Vittoriale degli Italiani estate.
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E.
Durham boat
A Durham boat is a flat-bottomed, shallow-draft cargo vessel historically used on North American rivers, notably employed by George Washington to transport troops across the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Fleet transport ship
ⓘ
ship ⓘ transport ship ⓘ |
| arrivalColony | New South Wales ⓘ |
| arrivalDate | 1788-01-20 ⓘ |
| arrivalRegion | Botany Bay ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | arrival of the First Fleet in Australia ⓘ |
| buildCountry | Great Britain ⓘ |
| builtIn | Sunderland ⓘ |
| captain | Robert Hobson ⓘ |
| carried |
convicts
ⓘ
marines ⓘ stores ⓘ |
| carriedToColony |
equipment for the new settlement
ⓘ
food supplies ⓘ tools ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | storm ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain ⓘ |
| crewDeaths | most of the crew lost ⓘ |
| dateOfWreck | 1789-10-25 ⓘ |
| departureCountry | Great Britain ⓘ |
| departureDate | 1787-05-13 ⓘ |
| departurePort | Portsmouth ⓘ |
| destination |
New South Wales
ⓘ
Sydney Harbour ⓘ
surface form:
Port Jackson
|
| fate | foundered in a storm ⓘ |
| fleetCommander | Arthur Phillip ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn |
European colonisation of Australia
ⓘ
establishment of the penal colony at Port Jackson ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the original First Fleet transports ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1785 ⓘ |
| master | Robert Hobson ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Borrowdale
ⓘ
surface form:
Borrowdale valley
|
| namedAfterLocation |
Borrowdale
ⓘ
surface form:
Borrowdale, Cumbria
|
| operatedBy | Thomas and William Hopper ⓘ |
| owner | Thomas and William Hopper ⓘ |
| partOf | First Fleet ⓘ |
| placeOfWreck | off the coast of Norfolk, England ⓘ |
| registeredPort |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| sailingRoute | England to New South Wales via Rio de Janeiro and Cape of Good Hope ⓘ |
| tonnage | 272 tons (bm) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
transporting convicts
ⓘ
transporting supplies ⓘ |
| voyage |
Landing of the First Fleet
ⓘ
surface form:
First Fleet voyage to Australia
|
| voyageEndYear | 1788 ⓘ |
| voyageStartYear | 1787 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Borrowdale (ship) Description of subject: Borrowdale was one of the transport ships of the First Fleet that carried convicts and supplies from Britain to establish the first European colony in Australia in 1788.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lady Penrhyn
subject surface form:
Golden Grove