Normandie dry dock
E441033
The Normandie dry dock was a massive naval repair facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, and a strategic target in World War II because it was one of the few docks capable of servicing Germany’s largest battleships.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Normandie dry dock canonical | 3 |
| Normandie dry dock caisson gates | 1 |
| St Nazaire dock installations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4469591 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Normandie dry dock Context triple: [Raid on St Nazaire, location, Normandie dry dock]
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Dry Dock No. 1
Dry Dock No. 1 is a historic 19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable as one of the oldest surviving naval dry docks in the United States.
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B.
Dry Dock No. 2
Dry Dock No. 2 is a historic early-19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable for its role in U.S. naval shipbuilding and maritime engineering.
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C.
Dry Dock No. 3
Dry Dock No. 3 is a historic 19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable for its role in U.S. naval shipbuilding and repair.
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D.
Dry Dock No. 4
Dry Dock No. 4 is a historic early-20th-century naval dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City, notable for its role in the construction and repair of U.S. Navy vessels.
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Halifax Shipyard
Halifax Shipyard is a major Canadian shipbuilding and repair facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia, known for constructing and refitting naval and commercial vessels.
- 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: Normandie dry dock Target entity description: The Normandie dry dock was a massive naval repair facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, and a strategic target in World War II because it was one of the few docks capable of servicing Germany’s largest battleships.
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A.
Dry Dock No. 1
Dry Dock No. 1 is a historic 19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable as one of the oldest surviving naval dry docks in the United States.
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B.
Dry Dock No. 2
Dry Dock No. 2 is a historic early-19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable for its role in U.S. naval shipbuilding and maritime engineering.
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C.
Dry Dock No. 3
Dry Dock No. 3 is a historic 19th-century stone dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, notable for its role in U.S. naval shipbuilding and repair.
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D.
Dry Dock No. 4
Dry Dock No. 4 is a historic early-20th-century naval dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City, notable for its role in the construction and repair of U.S. Navy vessels.
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E.
Halifax Shipyard
Halifax Shipyard is a major Canadian shipbuilding and repair facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia, known for constructing and refitting naval and commercial vessels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dry dock
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naval repair facility ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bassin de Saint-Nazaire
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Forme Joubert ⓘ
linked to:
Joubert
|
| attackedByVessel | HMS Campbeltown ⓘ |
| attackMethod | explosive-laden destroyer ramming the dock gates ⓘ |
| consideredStrategicTargetBy |
Royal Air Force
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Royal Navy ⓘ |
| constructedFor |
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
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French merchant fleet ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| controlledDuring | German occupation of France ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| damagedIn | Operation Chariot ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1942-03-28 ⓘ |
| designedCapacity | to accommodate the largest ships afloat at the time of construction ⓘ |
| designedToService |
SS Normandie
ⓘ
large ocean liners ⓘ |
| heritage | important site in naval and World War II history ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 20th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Loire-Atlantique
ⓘ
Pays de la Loire ⓘ Saint-Nazaire ⓘ Saint-Nazaire harbour ⓘ
linked to:
Saint-Nazaire
|
| locatedNear | Loire estuary ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| namedAfter | SS Normandie ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the few docks capable of servicing German battleship Bismarck
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being one of the few docks capable of servicing German battleship Tirpitz ⓘ |
| operator |
Port of Saint-Nazaire
ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire
|
| partOf | port infrastructure of Saint-Nazaire ⓘ |
| purposeOfAttack |
to deny the dock to German capital ships
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to prevent Tirpitz from using the dock ⓘ |
| significance | major Allied objective in the Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ |
| statusAfterRaid | put out of action for the remainder of World War II ⓘ |
| strategicUse |
repair and maintenance of large merchant ships
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repair and maintenance of large warships ⓘ |
| targetedBy |
British Commandos
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Royal Navy destroyers ⓘ |
| targetedIn |
St Nazaire Raid
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linked to:
Raid on St Nazaire
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| usedBy |
French Navy
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Kriegsmarine ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fitting-out of large liners
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maintenance of propulsion systems ⓘ major hull repairs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Normandie dry dock Description of subject: The Normandie dry dock was a massive naval repair facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, and a strategic target in World War II because it was one of the few docks capable of servicing Germany’s largest battleships.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Normandie dry dock
linked to: Normandie dry dock