HMS Ark Royal
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HMS Ark Royal was a renowned British Royal Navy aircraft carrier that played a pivotal role in early World War II naval operations, including the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Ark Royal canonical | 8 |
| HMS Ark Royal (91) | 2 |
| British aircraft carrier Ark Royal | 1 |
| HMS Ark Royal (R09) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3614023 — 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 Ark Royal Context triple: [Battle of Cape Spartivento, shipInvolved, HMS Ark Royal]
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A.
HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier)
HMS Ark Royal was a pioneering British seaplane carrier of World War I that provided vital aerial reconnaissance and support during early naval aviation operations.
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B.
HMS Eagle
HMS Eagle was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier that played a crucial role in World War II, particularly in Mediterranean convoy operations such as the relief of Malta.
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C.
HMS Illustrious
HMS Illustrious was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious-class that saw significant action during the Second World War, particularly in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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D.
HMS Formidable
HMS Formidable was a British Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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E.
HMS Indomitable
HMS Indomitable was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious class that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
- 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 Ark Royal Target entity description: HMS Ark Royal was a renowned British Royal Navy aircraft carrier that played a pivotal role in early World War II naval operations, including the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck.
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A.
HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier)
HMS Ark Royal was a pioneering British seaplane carrier of World War I that provided vital aerial reconnaissance and support during early naval aviation operations.
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B.
HMS Eagle
HMS Eagle was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier that played a crucial role in World War II, particularly in Mediterranean convoy operations such as the relief of Malta.
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C.
HMS Illustrious
HMS Illustrious was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious-class that saw significant action during the Second World War, particularly in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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D.
HMS Formidable
HMS Formidable was a British Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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E.
HMS Indomitable
HMS Indomitable was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious class that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy ship
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aircraft carrier ⓘ fleet aircraft carrier ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | about 60 aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
16 × 4.5-inch dual-purpose guns
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Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons ⓘ
surface form:
Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
multiple 2-pounder "pom-pom" guns ⓘ |
| beam | 28.98 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Cammell Laird ⓘ |
| builtAt | Birkenhead ⓘ |
| casualties | relatively few lives lost ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1938-12-16 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 1,600 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1941-11-14 ⓘ |
| displacement |
22000 tons (standard)
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27000 tons (full load) ⓘ |
| draught | 8.8 meters ⓘ |
| era |
early World War II
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interwar period ⓘ |
| fate | torpedoed by German submarine U-81 ⓘ |
| foundWreck | 2002 ⓘ |
| foundWreckLocation | about 30 nautical miles from Gibraltar ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1935-09-16 ⓘ |
| launched | 1937-04-13 ⓘ |
| length | 244 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 31 knots ⓘ |
| namesake | Ark Royal ⓘ |
| notableAction |
contributed to disabling Bismarck's steering
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launched Swordfish torpedo bombers against Bismarck ⓘ |
| notableAircraftOperated |
Blackburn Roc
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Blackburn Skua ⓘ Fairey Fulmar ⓘ Fairey Swordfish ⓘ |
| operationalTheatre |
Atlantic Ocean
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Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Atlantic naval operations
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Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Norway
hunt for the German battleship Bismarck ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | 91 ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 102000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
3 shafts
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
convoy protection
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fleet air operations ⓘ strike carrier ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| shipClass | Ark Royal-class aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| status | wreck ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| sunkOff | Gibraltar ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HMS Ark Royal Description of subject: HMS Ark Royal was a renowned British Royal Navy aircraft carrier that played a pivotal role in early World War II naval operations, including the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
HMS Ark Royal (91)
this entity surface form:
HMS Ark Royal (R09)
this entity surface form:
HMS Ark Royal (91)
this entity surface form:
British aircraft carrier Ark Royal