German battleship SMS König
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The German battleship SMS König was a World War I-era König-class dreadnought of the Imperial German Navy that served in major North Sea engagements before being scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919.
All labels observed (1)
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| German battleship SMS König canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3438691 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: German battleship SMS König Context triple: [Scapa Flow, containsWreck, German battleship SMS König]
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German battleship Schleswig-Holstein
The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein was a pre-dreadnought warship of the Imperial German Navy, later used by Nazi Germany, best known for firing the opening shots of World War II during the attack on Westerplatte in 1939.
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German battleship Gneisenau
The German battleship Gneisenau was a World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship of the Scharnhorst class that conducted Atlantic raiding operations against Allied shipping.
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Deutschland-class battleship
The Deutschland-class battleship was a group of pre-dreadnought warships built for the Imperial German Navy in the early 20th century, serving as some of Germany's last and most advanced battleships before the dreadnought era.
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German battlecruiser Seydlitz
The German battlecruiser Seydlitz was a prominent Imperial German Navy warship of World War I, noted for its heavy armament, speed, and remarkable survivability in major North Sea engagements.
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German battleship Scharnhorst
The German battleship Scharnhorst was a fast, heavily armed World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship known for its Atlantic raiding operations and eventual sinking by the Royal Navy in the Battle of the North Cape.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: German battleship SMS König Target entity description: The German battleship SMS König was a World War I-era König-class dreadnought of the Imperial German Navy that served in major North Sea engagements before being scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919.
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A.
German battleship Schleswig-Holstein
The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein was a pre-dreadnought warship of the Imperial German Navy, later used by Nazi Germany, best known for firing the opening shots of World War II during the attack on Westerplatte in 1939.
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B.
German battleship Gneisenau
The German battleship Gneisenau was a World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship of the Scharnhorst class that conducted Atlantic raiding operations against Allied shipping.
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C.
Deutschland-class battleship
The Deutschland-class battleship was a group of pre-dreadnought warships built for the Imperial German Navy in the early 20th century, serving as some of Germany's last and most advanced battleships before the dreadnought era.
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D.
German battlecruiser Seydlitz
The German battlecruiser Seydlitz was a prominent Imperial German Navy warship of World War I, noted for its heavy armament, speed, and remarkable survivability in major North Sea engagements.
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E.
German battleship Scharnhorst
The German battleship Scharnhorst was a fast, heavily armed World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship known for its Atlantic raiding operations and eventual sinking by the Royal Navy in the Battle of the North Cape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
König-class battleship
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World War I warship ⓘ dreadnought battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament |
10 × 30.5 cm SK L/50 guns
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secondary 15 cm guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| armor | belt armor up to about 350 mm ⓘ |
| beam | about 29.5 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven ⓘ |
| builtAt | Wilhelmshaven ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1914-08-09 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | German Empire ⓘ |
| crewComplement | around 1,100 officers and men ⓘ |
| decommissionedOn | 1919-06-21 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 25,000 tonnes standard ⓘ |
| enteredServiceIn | 1914 ⓘ |
| era | World War I era ⓘ |
| fate | scuttled at Scapa Flow ⓘ |
| flagshipOf |
High Seas Fleet (Imperial German Navy)
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surface form:
III Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet
|
| hullNumber | not formally used; known simply as SMS König ⓘ |
| internedAt | Scapa Flow ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1911-10-03 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1913-03-01 ⓘ |
| length | about 175 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 21 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
William II of Württemberg
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surface form:
King William II of Württemberg
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| navalFleet | High Seas Fleet ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial German Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Jutland
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Battle of the Gulf of Riga ⓘ Operation Albion ⓘ |
| propulsion |
coal-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| roleAtJutland | flagship of the 3rd Battle Squadron ⓘ |
| scuttledAt | Scapa Flow ⓘ |
| scuttledOn | 1919-06-21 ⓘ |
| scuttlingOrderedBy | Ludwig von Reuter ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
Imperial German Navy
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surface form:
Kaiserliche Marine
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| shipClass |
König-class battleship
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surface form:
König class
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| sisterShip |
SMS Grosser Kurfürst
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SMS Kronprinz ⓘ SMS Markgraf ⓘ |
| status | wreck ⓘ |
| sustainedDamage | hit multiple times at the Battle of Jutland ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Baltic Sea
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North Sea ⓘ |
| wreckLocation | bottom of Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: German battleship SMS König Description of subject: The German battleship SMS König was a World War I-era König-class dreadnought of the Imperial German Navy that served in major North Sea engagements before being scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919.
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