Italian battleship Conte di Cavour
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The Italian battleship Conte di Cavour was a World War I–era dreadnought modernized between the wars that served in the Regia Marina and was famously put out of action during World War II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Conte di Cavour-class battleship | 3 |
| Conte di Cavour class | 2 |
| Italian battleship Conte di Cavour canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4436186 — 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: Italian battleship Conte di Cavour Context triple: [Attack on Taranto, targetedShip, Italian battleship Conte di Cavour]
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A.
Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere was a Condottieri-class light cruiser of the Regia Marina that served in World War II, noted for its high speed and participation in Mediterranean naval operations before being sunk in 1942.
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B.
Italian cruiser Bolzano
Italian cruiser Bolzano was a Trento-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that served as a fast, heavily armed warship in the Mediterranean during World War II.
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C.
Italian cruiser Fiume
Italian cruiser Fiume was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that saw significant action in World War II before being sunk by British forces at the Battle of Cape Matapan in 1941.
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D.
battleship Vittorio Veneto
The battleship Vittorio Veneto was a World War II Italian fast battleship of the Littorio class that served as a flagship of the Regia Marina and saw major action in Mediterranean naval engagements.
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E.
Italian cruiser Gorizia
Italian cruiser Gorizia was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that served as a major Italian surface combatant in the Mediterranean during World War II.
- 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Italian battleship Conte di Cavour Target entity description: The Italian battleship Conte di Cavour was a World War I–era dreadnought modernized between the wars that served in the Regia Marina and was famously put out of action during World War II.
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A.
Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
Italian cruiser Giovanni dalle Bande Nere was a Condottieri-class light cruiser of the Regia Marina that served in World War II, noted for its high speed and participation in Mediterranean naval operations before being sunk in 1942.
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B.
Italian cruiser Bolzano
Italian cruiser Bolzano was a Trento-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that served as a fast, heavily armed warship in the Mediterranean during World War II.
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C.
Italian cruiser Fiume
Italian cruiser Fiume was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that saw significant action in World War II before being sunk by British forces at the Battle of Cape Matapan in 1941.
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D.
battleship Vittorio Veneto
The battleship Vittorio Veneto was a World War II Italian fast battleship of the Littorio class that served as a flagship of the Regia Marina and saw major action in Mediterranean naval engagements.
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E.
Italian cruiser Gorizia
Italian cruiser Gorizia was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that served as a major Italian surface combatant in the Mediterranean during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
capital ship
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dreadnought battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament |
10 × 320 mm (12.6 in) guns in twin and triple turrets (post‑modernization)
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13 × 305 mm (12 in) guns in triple and twin turrets (as built) ⓘ anti‑aircraft guns (post‑modernization) ⓘ secondary battery of 120 mm guns (various configurations over career) ⓘ |
| armor | belt armor up to about 250 mm thick (as built) ⓘ |
| attack | British air attack on Taranto ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 28 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1 April 1915 ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
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linked to:
Fleet Air Arm
|
| dateOfAttack | 11–12 November 1940 ⓘ |
| dateOfNotableEngagement | 9 July 1940 ⓘ |
| displacement |
approximately 23,000 tons (standard, as built)
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approximately 29,000 tons (full load, post‑modernization) ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1915 ⓘ |
| era |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
| fate | heavily damaged again by Allied bombing in 1943 ⓘ |
| finalStatus | deemed beyond economic repair ⓘ |
| flag | Italian naval ensign ⓘ |
| homePort | Taranto (interwar and WWII period) ⓘ |
| laidDown | 10 August 1910 ⓘ |
| launched | 10 August 1911 ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 176 meters (as built)
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approximately 186 meters (post‑modernization overall length) ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
approximately 21 knots (as built)
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approximately 27 knots (post‑modernization) ⓘ |
| modernizationFeatures |
enhanced anti‑aircraft armament
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lengthened hull ⓘ new machinery ⓘ revised superstructure ⓘ upgraded main armament ⓘ |
| modernized | extensively reconstructed between 1933 and 1937 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ⓘ |
| navalService |
Regia Marina
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linked to:
Italian Navy
|
| notability |
famously put out of action in the Battle of Taranto
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one of the first Italian dreadnought battleships ⓘ |
| notableEngagement | Battle of Calabria ⓘ |
| operator |
Regia Marina
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linked to:
Italian Navy
|
| partOfClass |
Conte di Cavour-class battleship
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linked to:
Italian battleship Conte di Cavour
|
| portOfSinking | Taranto ⓘ |
| propulsion |
coal‑ and oil‑fired boilers (as built)
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oil‑fired boilers (post‑modernization) ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ |
| reconstructionCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| reconstructionLocation |
Trieste
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linked to:
Trieste, Italy
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| repairsCompleted | never fully completed ⓘ |
| resultOfAttack | severely damaged and sunk in shallow water at Taranto ⓘ |
| scrapped | post‑World War II ⓘ |
| serviceEntryContext | entered service during World War I ⓘ |
| shipyard |
Castellammare di Stabia
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linked to:
Stabiae
|
| sisterShip |
Giulio Cesare
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Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ |
| statusAfterTaranto | raised and placed in drydock for repairs ⓘ |
| strickenFromNavalRegister | 1947 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Adriatic Sea
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Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| weaponUsedAgainst | aerial torpedoes ⓘ |
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Subject: Italian battleship Conte di Cavour Description of subject: The Italian battleship Conte di Cavour was a World War I–era dreadnought modernized between the wars that served in the Regia Marina and was famously put out of action during World War II.
Referenced by (7)
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linked to: Italian battleship Conte di Cavour