HMS King Alfred
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HMS King Alfred was a British Drake-class armored cruiser that served in the Royal Navy in the early 20th century, including during World War I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS King Alfred canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8411122 — 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 King Alfred Context triple: [Drake-class cruiser, ship, HMS King Alfred]
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HMS King Alfred
HMS King Alfred is a Royal Naval Reserve training unit and shore establishment that supports and trains reservists for service in the Royal Navy.
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B.
HMS Agincourt
HMS Agincourt is a Royal Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Astute class, designed for stealthy intelligence gathering, anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare, and precision land-attack missions.
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C.
HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British Royal Navy warship that served during the Age of Sail and was notable enough to be captured and taken into service by the United States as USS Ranger.
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D.
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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E.
HMS Marlborough
HMS Marlborough was a British Royal Navy battleship of the early 20th century that served during World War I, notably at the Battle of Jutland.
- 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 King Alfred Target entity description: HMS King Alfred was a British Drake-class armored cruiser that served in the Royal Navy in the early 20th century, including during World War I.
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A.
HMS King Alfred
HMS King Alfred is a Royal Naval Reserve training unit and shore establishment that supports and trains reservists for service in the Royal Navy.
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B.
HMS Agincourt
HMS Agincourt is a Royal Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Astute class, designed for stealthy intelligence gathering, anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare, and precision land-attack missions.
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C.
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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HMS Drake
HMS Drake was a British Royal Navy warship that served during the Age of Sail and was notable enough to be captured and taken into service by the United States as USS Ranger.
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E.
HMS Marlborough
HMS Marlborough was a British Royal Navy battleship of the early 20th century that served during World War I, notably at the Battle of Jutland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Drake-class armoured cruiser
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Royal Navy cruiser ⓘ |
| armament |
14 × 12-pounder (3-inch, 76 mm) guns
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16 × 6-inch (152 mm) Mk VII guns in casemates ⓘ 2 × 18-inch (450 mm) submerged torpedo tubes ⓘ 2 × 9-inch (229 mm) Mk X guns in single turrets (fore and aft) ⓘ 3 × 3-pounder guns ⓘ |
| armour |
belt: up to 6 in (152 mm)
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conning tower: 12 in (305 mm) ⓘ deck: 1–2.5 in (25–64 mm) ⓘ turrets: 6 in (152 mm) ⓘ |
| assignedTo |
Atlantic patrols (World War I)
NERFINISHED
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China Station (pre-war) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beam | 71 ft (21.6 m) ⓘ |
| builder | Vickers, Sons and Maxim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Drake class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1905-02-22 ⓘ |
| constructionProgramme | 1898–1899 Naval Estimates ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | about 900 officers and men (peacetime) ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1919-06-09 ⓘ |
| displacement | 14150 long tons (deep load) ⓘ |
| draught | 26 ft (7.9 m) ⓘ |
| era | pre-dreadnought era ⓘ |
| fate | sold for scrap ⓘ |
| followedBy | Monmouth-class armoured cruisers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullNumber | not applicable (Royal Navy did not use hull numbers at that time) ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1899-03-02 ⓘ |
| launched | 1901-10-28 ⓘ |
| length | 553 ft (168.6 m) ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 23 knots (design) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alfred the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | served as flagship on foreign stations at times in pre-war service ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| power | 30000 ihp (designed) ⓘ |
| precededBy | Cressy-class armoured cruisers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 sets of 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines
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2 shafts ⓘ 43 Belleville boilers ⓘ |
| range | 9000 nmi at 10 knots (approximate) ⓘ |
| scrappedAt | Germany (buyer for breaking up) ⓘ |
| servedInConflict | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | early 20th century ⓘ |
| shipyard | Barrow-in-Furness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soldForScrap | 1920 ⓘ |
| type | armoured cruiser ⓘ |
| wartimeRole |
patrol and escort duties
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trade protection ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: HMS King Alfred Description of subject: HMS King Alfred was a British Drake-class armored cruiser that served in the Royal Navy in the early 20th century, including during World War I.
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