German battleship Gneisenau
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The German battleship Gneisenau was a World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship of the Scharnhorst class that conducted Atlantic raiding operations against Allied shipping.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| German battleship Gneisenau canonical | 7 |
| Gneisenau | 4 |
| Scharnhorst class | 1 |
| Scharnhorst-class battleship | 1 |
| battleship Gneisenau | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T420939 — 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: German battleship Gneisenau Context triple: [Operation Berlin (Atlantic), participant, German battleship Gneisenau]
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A.
German battleship Scharnhorst
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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: German battleship Gneisenau Target entity description: The German battleship Gneisenau was a World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship of the Scharnhorst class that conducted Atlantic raiding operations against Allied shipping.
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A.
German battleship Scharnhorst
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scharnhorst-class battleship
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battleship ⓘ capital ship ⓘ |
| aircraftFacilities |
catapult
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hangar ⓘ |
| armamentAA |
2 cm anti-aircraft guns
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3.7 cm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 9 × 28 cm SK C/34 guns in three triple turrets ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary |
12 × 15 cm SK C/28 guns
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14 × 10.5 cm SK C/33 guns ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 30 m ⓘ |
| builder | Deutsche Werke Kiel ⓘ |
| carriedAircraft |
Arado Ar 196
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surface form:
Arado Ar 196 seaplanes
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| class |
German battleship Gneisenau
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Scharnhorst class
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| commissioned | 1938-05-21 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| crewComplement |
approximately 1660
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up to about 1840 with air crew ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
British air attack on Kiel
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air raid on Brest ⓘ mines in the North Sea ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1942 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 38000 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 32000 tons ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 9.9 m ⓘ |
| event | heavily damaged in British air raid on Kiel in 1942 ⓘ |
| fate |
scuttled as blockship in Gdynia harbor
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stripped of useful equipment ⓘ |
| flag |
Imperial German war ensign
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surface form:
war ensign of Nazi Germany
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| homePort | Kiel ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1935-05-06 ⓘ |
| launched | 1936-12-08 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | approximately 234.9 m ⓘ |
| locationOfScuttling |
Gdynia
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surface form:
Gotenhafen (Gdynia)
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| namedAfter |
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
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surface form:
August von Gneisenau
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| navalEnsign | Kriegsmarine ensign ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Atlantic raiding operations against Allied shipping
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action against HMS Glorious ⓘ |
| operationParticipated |
Operation Berlin
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Operation Weserübung ⓘ |
| operator | Kriegsmarine ⓘ |
| powerOutput | approximately 160000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
12 Wagner boilers
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3 geared steam turbines ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | approximately 8900 nmi at 19 knots ⓘ |
| reconstructionPlan | planned rearmament with 38 cm guns ⓘ |
| role | Atlantic commerce raider ⓘ |
| scrapped | post-World War II ⓘ |
| shipyard | Deutsche Werke shipyard, Kiel ⓘ |
| sisterShip | German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ |
| statusAfterDamage | reconstruction abandoned ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
North Atlantic area
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surface form:
North Atlantic Ocean
Norwegian waters ⓘ |
| tookPartIn | Channel Dash ⓘ |
| topSpeed | 31 knots ⓘ |
| yearScuttled | 1945 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: German battleship Gneisenau Description of subject: The German battleship Gneisenau was a World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship of the Scharnhorst class that conducted Atlantic raiding operations against Allied shipping.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Scharnhorst-class battleship
this entity surface form:
Gneisenau
this entity surface form:
Gneisenau
this entity surface form:
Gneisenau
this entity surface form:
Scharnhorst class
this entity surface form:
Gneisenau
this entity surface form:
battleship Gneisenau