HMS Indefatigable (1794)
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HMS Indefatigable (1794) was a famed 44-gun Royal Navy frigate of the Napoleonic Wars era, best known for her successful commerce raiding and the dramatic defeat of the French ship Droits de l'Homme in 1797.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Indefatigable (1794) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3317139 — 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 Indefatigable (1794) Context triple: [HMS Indefatigable, namesake, HMS Indefatigable (1794)]
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HMS Serapis
HMS Serapis was a British Royal Navy warship best known for its capture by John Paul Jones’s Bonhomme Richard during a fierce 1779 naval battle off Flamborough Head in the American Revolutionary War.
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HMS Guerriere
HMS Guerriere was a British Royal Navy frigate best known for being decisively defeated by the American frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
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C.
HMS Challenger (1806)
HMS Challenger (1806) was a Royal Navy 18-gun sloop launched in the early 19th century that served during the Napoleonic Wars.
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D.
HMS Jupiter
HMS Jupiter was a British J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served in World War II and was lost during operations in the Pacific.
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E.
HMS Adventure
HMS Adventure was a Royal Navy research vessel that served as the consort ship on James Cook’s second voyage of exploration to the Pacific in the 1770s.
- 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 Indefatigable (1794) Target entity description: HMS Indefatigable (1794) was a famed 44-gun Royal Navy frigate of the Napoleonic Wars era, best known for her successful commerce raiding and the dramatic defeat of the French ship Droits de l'Homme in 1797.
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A.
HMS Serapis
HMS Serapis was a British Royal Navy warship best known for its capture by John Paul Jones’s Bonhomme Richard during a fierce 1779 naval battle off Flamborough Head in the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
HMS Guerriere
HMS Guerriere was a British Royal Navy frigate best known for being decisively defeated by the American frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
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C.
HMS Challenger (1806)
HMS Challenger (1806) was a Royal Navy 18-gun sloop launched in the early 19th century that served during the Napoleonic Wars.
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D.
HMS Jupiter
HMS Jupiter was a British J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served in World War II and was lost during operations in the Pacific.
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E.
HMS Adventure
HMS Adventure was a Royal Navy research vessel that served as the consort ship on James Cook’s second voyage of exploration to the Pacific in the 1770s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Age of Sail frigate
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Royal Navy warship ⓘ fifth-rate frigate ⓘ |
| armament | 44 guns ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 44 feet ⓘ |
| brokenUp | 1816 ⓘ |
| builder | Henry Adams ⓘ |
| builtAt | Bucklers Hard ⓘ |
| builtIn | England ⓘ |
| captain |
Edward Pellew
ⓘ
Henry Curzon ⓘ Israel Pellew ⓘ John Broughton ⓘ |
| captured |
enemy merchant vessels
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numerous French privateers ⓘ |
| class | Artois-class frigate ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Edward Pellew
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surface form:
Sir Edward Pellew
|
| commissioned | 1784 ⓘ |
| convertedTo | 44-gun razeed frigate ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 300 men ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1815 ⓘ |
| engagement | Action of 13 January 1797 ⓘ |
| era |
French Revolutionary Wars
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Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| fate | broken up ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | Commodore Sir Edward Pellew on some cruises ⓘ |
| forecastleArmament | carronades ⓘ |
| gunDeck | main battery of 24-pounder long guns ⓘ |
| inspired | fictional frigate HMS Indefatigable in C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower series ⓘ |
| launched | 1784 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 160 feet (gundeck) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | indefatigable (meaning untiring) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commerce raiding
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defeat of French ship Droits de l'Homme ⓘ |
| opponentShip | Droits de l'Homme ⓘ |
| originalRate | 64-gun third-rate ship of the line ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| quarterdeckArmament | 12-pounder guns and carronades ⓘ |
| razeed | 1794 ⓘ |
| role |
blockade duty off French coast
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commerce raider ⓘ convoy escort ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| station | Channel Fleet ⓘ |
| tonnage | about 1,384 tons burthen ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Quiberon expedition
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operations off Biscay coast ⓘ operations off Ushant ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: HMS Indefatigable (1794) Description of subject: HMS Indefatigable (1794) was a famed 44-gun Royal Navy frigate of the Napoleonic Wars era, best known for her successful commerce raiding and the dramatic defeat of the French ship Droits de l'Homme in 1797.
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