Felixstowe F.2A
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The Felixstowe F.2A was a British First World War flying boat patrol aircraft renowned for its long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine operations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Felixstowe F.2A canonical | 3 |
| Felixstowe F.3 | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4949525 — 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.
Target entity: Felixstowe F.2A Context triple: [Rolls-Royce Eagle, notableAircraft, Felixstowe F.2A]
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Bristol Type 142
The Bristol Type 142 was a British twin-engine high-speed civil transport prototype of the 1930s whose advanced design directly led to the development of the Bristol Blenheim light bomber.
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B.
Fairey Fulmar
The Fairey Fulmar was a British carrier-borne fighter and reconnaissance aircraft used by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during the early years of World War II.
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C.
Bristol F.2 Fighter
The Bristol F.2 Fighter was a British two-seat biplane fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of World War I, renowned for its agility and success despite an initially troubled combat debut.
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D.
Fairey Firefly
The Fairey Firefly was a British World War II-era carrier-borne fighter and anti-submarine aircraft used primarily by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.
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E.
Bristol Centaurus V
The Bristol Centaurus V was a powerful British air-cooled radial aircraft engine used in late-World War II and postwar high-performance fighters and other military aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Felixstowe F.2A Target entity description: The Felixstowe F.2A was a British First World War flying boat patrol aircraft renowned for its long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine operations.
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A.
Bristol Type 142
The Bristol Type 142 was a British twin-engine high-speed civil transport prototype of the 1930s whose advanced design directly led to the development of the Bristol Blenheim light bomber.
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B.
Fairey Fulmar
The Fairey Fulmar was a British carrier-borne fighter and reconnaissance aircraft used by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during the early years of World War II.
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C.
Bristol F.2 Fighter
The Bristol F.2 Fighter was a British two-seat biplane fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of World War I, renowned for its agility and success despite an initially troubled combat debut.
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D.
Fairey Firefly
The Fairey Firefly was a British World War II-era carrier-borne fighter and anti-submarine aircraft used primarily by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.
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E.
Bristol Centaurus V
The Bristol Centaurus V was a powerful British air-cooled radial aircraft engine used in late-World War II and postwar high-performance fighters and other military aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First World War aircraft
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flying boat ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ patrol aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | biplane ⓘ |
| armament |
Lewis machine guns
NERFINISHED
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bombs ⓘ |
| category |
1910s military aircraft
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British military aircraft ⓘ flying boats of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
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surface form:
First World War
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew |
4
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5 ⓘ |
| designer | John Cyril Porte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Curtiss H-12 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | twin-engine ⓘ |
| enginePlacement | tractor configuration ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1917 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1917 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Dick, Kerr & Co.
NERFINISHED
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Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Aircraft Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ Short Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ Sopwith Aviation Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
95 knots
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about 110 mph ⓘ |
| notableFor |
improved hull design for better seaworthiness
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long endurance patrols over the North Sea ⓘ |
| operatedFrom |
Felixstowe seaplane station
NERFINISHED
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various coastal bases in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| operationalUse |
Atlantic approaches patrols
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North Sea patrols ⓘ |
| powerplant | 2 × Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII V-12 engines ⓘ |
| range | about 360 miles ⓘ |
| retired | early 1920s ⓘ |
| role |
anti-Zeppelin patrols
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convoy escort ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | about 10,000 ft ⓘ |
| successor |
Felixstowe F.3
NERFINISHED
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Felixstowe F.5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Royal Air Force
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Royal Naval Air Service NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedFor |
anti-submarine warfare
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long-range reconnaissance ⓘ maritime patrol ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Felixstowe F.2A Description of subject: The Felixstowe F.2A was a British First World War flying boat patrol aircraft renowned for its long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine operations.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.