German battleship Scharnhorst
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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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| German battleship Scharnhorst canonical | 9 |
| Scharnhorst | 5 |
| SMS Scharnhorst | 1 |
| Scharnhorst class | 1 |
| Scharnhorst-class battleship | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T420938 — 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: German battleship Scharnhorst Context triple: [Operation Berlin (Atlantic), participant, German battleship Scharnhorst]
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German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen was a World War II Kriegsmarine warship famed for its role alongside battleship Bismarck in the Battle of the Denmark Strait and later as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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Admiral Graf Spee
Admiral Graf Spee was a German "pocket battleship" (heavy cruiser) of the Kriegsmarine famed for its commerce raiding in the South Atlantic and its scuttling after the Battle of the River Plate early in World War II.
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German tanker Altmark
The German tanker Altmark was a World War II-era naval auxiliary ship of Nazi Germany, best known for its role in the 1940 Altmark Incident involving the rescue of British prisoners in Norwegian waters.
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Japanese battleship Nagato
The Japanese battleship Nagato was a World War II-era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, famed as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later used as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: German battleship Scharnhorst Target entity description: 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.
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A.
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen was a World War II Kriegsmarine warship famed for its role alongside battleship Bismarck in the Battle of the Denmark Strait and later as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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B.
Admiral Graf Spee
Admiral Graf Spee was a German "pocket battleship" (heavy cruiser) of the Kriegsmarine famed for its commerce raiding in the South Atlantic and its scuttling after the Battle of the River Plate early in World War II.
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C.
German tanker Altmark
The German tanker Altmark was a World War II-era naval auxiliary ship of Nazi Germany, best known for its role in the 1940 Altmark Incident involving the rescue of British prisoners in Norwegian waters.
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Japanese battleship Nagato
The Japanese battleship Nagato was a World War II-era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, famed as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later used as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kriegsmarine ship
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battleship ⓘ capital ship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| airGroup |
Arado Ar 196
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surface form:
Arado Ar 196 seaplanes
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| armament | anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| beam | 30 m ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1939-01-07 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 1,800 men ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1943-12-26 ⓘ |
| draft | 9.9 m ⓘ |
| engagedShip |
HMS Duke of York
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HMS Glorious ⓘ HMS Rawalpindi ⓘ Royal Navy destroyers ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in combat ⓘ |
| fullLoadDisplacement | approximately 38,000 tons ⓘ |
| laidDownAt |
Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven
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surface form:
Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven
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| laidDownOn | 1935-06-15 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1936-10-03 ⓘ |
| length | 234.9 m ⓘ |
| mainArmament | 9 × 28 cm (11 in) SK C/34 guns ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 31 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gerhard von Scharnhorst ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
heavily armored
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high speed for a battleship ⓘ used as an Atlantic raider ⓘ |
| notableFor | Atlantic raiding operations ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Kriegsmarine ⓘ |
| placeOfSinking | off North Cape, Norway ⓘ |
| propulsion |
steam turbines
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three shafts ⓘ |
| sank |
HMS Glorious
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HMS Rawalpindi ⓘ |
| secondaryArmament | 12 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns ⓘ |
| shipClass |
German battleship Scharnhorst
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Scharnhorst-class battleship
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| sisterShip | German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ |
| standardDisplacement | approximately 31,000 tons ⓘ |
| sunkBy |
HMS Duke of York
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Royal Navy ⓘ Royal Navy destroyers ⓘ |
| sunkInBattle | Battle of the North Cape ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Atlantic commerce raiding
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Battle of the North Cape ⓘ Channel Dash ⓘ Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian Campaign
Operation Berlin ⓘ Operation Weserübung ⓘ |
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Subject: German battleship Scharnhorst Description of subject: 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.
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