HMS Tartar
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HMS Tartar was a Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer that saw extensive service during the Second World War, including operations in the Arctic, Atlantic, and Mediterranean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Tartar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2489662 — 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: HMS Tartar Context triple: [Tribal-class destroyer (1936 design), hasShip, HMS Tartar]
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A.
HMS Minotaur
HMS Minotaur was a British Royal Navy ship of the line best known for her distinguished service in major late 18th-century naval battles against France, including the Battle of the Nile.
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B.
HMS Levant
HMS Levant was a British Royal Navy warship of the Age of Sail, best known as one of the vessels captured by the American frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
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C.
HMS Cossack
HMS Cossack was a British Royal Navy destroyer best known for its daring 1940 boarding of the German tanker Altmark in Norwegian waters to free hundreds of Allied prisoners.
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D.
HMS Vigilant
HMS Vigilant is a British Royal Navy Vanguard-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine that carries and deploys the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent.
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E.
HMS Namur
HMS Namur was a prominent 18th-century Royal Navy ship of the line that saw significant action in major naval engagements, including during the Seven Years' 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: HMS Tartar Target entity description: HMS Tartar was a Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer that saw extensive service during the Second World War, including operations in the Arctic, Atlantic, and Mediterranean.
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A.
HMS Minotaur
HMS Minotaur was a British Royal Navy ship of the line best known for her distinguished service in major late 18th-century naval battles against France, including the Battle of the Nile.
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B.
HMS Levant
HMS Levant was a British Royal Navy warship of the Age of Sail, best known as one of the vessels captured by the American frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
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C.
HMS Cossack
HMS Cossack was a British Royal Navy destroyer best known for its daring 1940 boarding of the German tanker Altmark in Norwegian waters to free hundreds of Allied prisoners.
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D.
HMS Vigilant
HMS Vigilant is a British Royal Navy Vanguard-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine that carries and deploys the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent.
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E.
HMS Namur
HMS Namur was a prominent 18th-century Royal Navy ship of the line that saw significant action in major naval engagements, including during the Seven Years' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship
ⓘ
Tribal-class destroyer ⓘ |
| armament |
4.7-inch (120 mm) guns
ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns ⓘ depth charges ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| awarded | battle honours ⓘ |
| battleHonour |
Arctic 1941–43
ⓘ
English Channel 1944 ⓘ Malta relief convoy of August 1942 ⓘ
surface form:
Malta Convoys 1942
D-Day ⓘ
surface form:
Normandy 1944
North Africa 1942–43 ⓘ Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form:
Norway 1940
Sicily 1943 ⓘ |
| builder | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson ⓘ |
| builtAt |
Wallsend
ⓘ
surface form:
Wallsend-on-Tyne
|
| commissioned | 10 March 1939 ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 190 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 1,850 tons standard ⓘ |
| fate | sold for breaking up ⓘ |
| laidDown | 26 October 1936 ⓘ |
| launched | 21 October 1937 ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 36 knots ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | F43 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| scrappedAt | Newport, Wales ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1939 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Tribal-class destroyer ⓘ |
| soldForScrap | 1948 ⓘ |
| status | scrapped ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ English Channel ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Norwegian Sea ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Arctic theatre of World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Arctic convoys
Battle of Narvik ⓘ English Channel patrols 1944 ⓘ Battle of the Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form:
Malta convoys
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form:
Normandy landings
Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian Campaign
Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ
surface form:
Operation Husky
Operation Neptune ⓘ Operation Pedestal ⓘ Operation Torch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: HMS Tartar Description of subject: HMS Tartar was a Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer that saw extensive service during the Second World War, including operations in the Arctic, Atlantic, and Mediterranean.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.