HMS Victory
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HMS Victory is a historic Royal Navy warship best known as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar and now preserved as a museum ship in Portsmouth, England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Victory canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T498976 — 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 Victory Context triple: [HMNB Portsmouth, associatedWith, HMS Victory]
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A.
HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in the early 20th century and serving prominently before and during World War I.
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B.
HMS Resolution
HMS Resolution was a British Royal Navy exploration vessel best known for serving as Captain James Cook’s flagship on his second and third Pacific voyages in the 1770s.
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C.
HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Prince of Wales was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that saw significant action in World War II, including engagements against the German battleship Bismarck and service in the Pacific before being sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941.
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D.
HMS Warspite
HMS Warspite was a renowned British Royal Navy battleship celebrated for its distinguished combat service in both World Wars.
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E.
HMS Ivanhoe
HMS Ivanhoe was a British Royal Navy I-class destroyer that served during the early years of World War II, notably participating in operations such as the Altmark Incident.
- 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 Victory Target entity description: HMS Victory is a historic Royal Navy warship best known as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar and now preserved as a museum ship in Portsmouth, England.
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A.
HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in the early 20th century and serving prominently before and during World War I.
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B.
HMS Resolution
HMS Resolution was a British Royal Navy exploration vessel best known for serving as Captain James Cook’s flagship on his second and third Pacific voyages in the 1770s.
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C.
HMS Prince of Wales
HMS Prince of Wales was a British King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that saw significant action in World War II, including engagements against the German battleship Bismarck and service in the Pacific before being sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941.
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D.
HMS Warspite
HMS Warspite was a renowned British Royal Navy battleship celebrated for its distinguished combat service in both World Wars.
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E.
HMS Ivanhoe
HMS Ivanhoe was a British Royal Navy I-class destroyer that served during the early years of World War II, notably participating in operations such as the Altmark Incident.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic ship
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museum ship ⓘ ship ⓘ ship of the line ⓘ |
| armament |
12-pounder long guns on upper gun deck
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24-pounder long guns on middle gun deck ⓘ 32-pounder long guns on lower gun deck ⓘ carronades and smaller guns on quarterdeck and forecastle ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Horatio Nelson
ⓘ
Thomas Hardy ⓘ |
| battleDate_Trafalgar | 1805-10-21 ⓘ |
| beam | 15.8 metres ⓘ |
| builder | Chatham Dockyard ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1778-03 ⓘ |
| commissioningNavy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| constructionSite |
Chatham, Kent
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surface form:
Chatham, Kent, England
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | around 850 men (wartime) ⓘ |
| displacement | around 3500 tons burthen ⓘ |
| draught | 8.8 metres ⓘ |
| flag | White Ensign ⓘ |
| gunCount | 104 ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed building (structure) ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1759-07-23 ⓘ |
| laterServiceConflict |
French Revolutionary Wars
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Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| launched | 1765-05-07 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | 69.3 metres ⓘ |
| location | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard ⓘ |
| locationCity | Portsmouth ⓘ |
| locationCountry | England ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Museum of the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| material | wooden hull ⓘ |
| museumOpening | 1920s ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
ⓘ
surface form:
Cuthbert Collingwood
Horatio Nelson ⓘ John Jervis ⓘ Admiral Samuel Hood ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel Hood
|
| notableEvent |
Battle of Cape St Vincent
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surface form:
Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797)
Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ Battle of Ushant (1778) ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| ordered | 1758-12-06 ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
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surface form:
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
|
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| rigging | full-rigged ship ⓘ |
| roleAtTrafalgar | flagship of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson ⓘ |
| serviceEntryConflict |
American Revolutionary War
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surface form:
American War of Independence
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| shipClass | Victory-class ship of the line ⓘ |
| status |
oldest naval ship still in commission
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preserved museum ship ⓘ |
| type | first-rate ship of the line ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: HMS Victory Description of subject: HMS Victory is a historic Royal Navy warship best known as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar and now preserved as a museum ship in Portsmouth, England.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Battle of Trafalgar
subject surface form:
James Saumarez