HMS Leopard
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HMS Leopard is a fictional Royal Navy warship featured in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin historical novel series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Leopard canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6246991 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HMS Leopard Context triple: [Jack Aubrey, commands, HMS Leopard]
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A.
HMS Serapis
HMS Serapis was a British Royal Navy warship best known for its capture by John Paul Jones’s Bonhomme Richard during a fierce 1779 naval battle off Flamborough Head in the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
HMS Guerriere
HMS Guerriere was a British Royal Navy frigate best known for being decisively defeated by the American frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
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C.
HMS Bellipotent
HMS Bellipotent is the fictional British warship that serves as the primary naval setting in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd, Sailor."
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D.
HMS Briton
HMS Briton was a 19th-century Royal Navy warship best known for rediscovering the Bounty mutineers’ community on Pitcairn Island.
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E.
HMS Peacock
HMS Peacock was a British Royal Navy brig-sloop of the War of 1812 era, best known for being defeated and sunk in battle by the American frigate USS Hornet under Captain James Lawrence.
- 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: HMS Leopard Target entity description: HMS Leopard is a fictional Royal Navy warship featured in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin historical novel series.
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A.
HMS Serapis
HMS Serapis was a British Royal Navy warship best known for its capture by John Paul Jones’s Bonhomme Richard during a fierce 1779 naval battle off Flamborough Head in the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
HMS Guerriere
HMS Guerriere was a British Royal Navy frigate best known for being decisively defeated by the American frigate USS Constitution during the War of 1812.
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C.
HMS Bellipotent
HMS Bellipotent is the fictional British warship that serves as the primary naval setting in Herman Melville’s novella "Billy Budd, Sailor."
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D.
HMS Briton
HMS Briton was a 19th-century Royal Navy warship best known for rediscovering the Bounty mutineers’ community on Pitcairn Island.
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E.
HMS Peacock
HMS Peacock was a British Royal Navy brig-sloop of the War of 1812 era, best known for being defeated and sunk in battle by the American frigate USS Hornet under Captain James Lawrence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional Royal Navy warship
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fictional ship ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Aubrey–Maturin series
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Desolation Island ⓘ The Fortune of War ⓘ The Mauritius Command ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
moral ambiguity of transporting convicts
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naval discipline and command under strain ⓘ survival at sea ⓘ |
| basedOn | Royal Navy ships of the early 19th century ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Jack Aubrey ⓘ |
| countryOfService | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
Patrick O’Brian
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linked to:
Patrick O'Brian
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| fictionalStatus | not a real historical ship in the Royal Navy lists ⓘ |
| hasCrewMember |
Barret Bonden
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Preserved Killick ⓘ Stephen Maturin ⓘ |
| hasFictionalEvent |
outbreak of disease among transported prisoners
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pursuit and engagement with enemy ships ⓘ severe damage in Antarctic waters ⓘ |
| hasFictionalRole | Royal Navy frigate in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | historical naval fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
setting for Jack Aubrey’s early post-court-martial command
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site of a long, hazardous voyage to Australia ⓘ vessel associated with a notorious prison-ship mission ⓘ |
| partOf |
Aubrey–Maturin universe
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linked to:
Aubrey–Maturin series
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| publicationContext | first published in the 1970s–1990s Aubrey–Maturin novels ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: HMS Leopard Description of subject: HMS Leopard is a fictional Royal Navy warship featured in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin historical novel series.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.