Type 26 frigate
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The Type 26 frigate is a class of advanced, multi-mission Royal Navy warships designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and global combat operations.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Type 26 frigate canonical | 6 |
| Type 26 frigate programme | 2 |
| Canadian Surface Combatant | 1 |
| City-class Type 26 frigate | 1 |
| Duke-class frigate | 1 |
| Hunter-class frigate | 1 |
| Type 26 City-class frigate | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T684972 — 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: Type 26 frigate Context triple: [BAE Systems, majorProduct, Type 26 frigate]
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A.
Halifax-class frigate
The Halifax-class frigate is a class of Canadian multi-role warships designed primarily for anti-submarine and general-purpose naval operations.
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B.
Type 45 destroyers
Type 45 destroyers are advanced British Royal Navy air-defence warships designed primarily to protect fleets from aerial and missile threats using sophisticated radar and missile systems.
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C.
Type 42 destroyer
The Type 42 destroyer was a class of Royal Navy guided-missile destroyers designed primarily for anti-air warfare, notably serving in front-line roles during the late Cold War era.
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D.
Kingston-class coastal defence vessel
The Kingston-class coastal defence vessel is a class of Canadian naval ships designed primarily for coastal surveillance, minesweeping, and patrol duties.
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E.
Benson-class destroyer
The Benson-class destroyer was a World War II–era class of U.S. Navy destroyers known for their improved anti-aircraft armament, speed, and versatility in escort and fleet operations.
- 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: Type 26 frigate Target entity description: The Type 26 frigate is a class of advanced, multi-mission Royal Navy warships designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and global combat operations.
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A.
Halifax-class frigate
The Halifax-class frigate is a class of Canadian multi-role warships designed primarily for anti-submarine and general-purpose naval operations.
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B.
Type 45 destroyers
Type 45 destroyers are advanced British Royal Navy air-defence warships designed primarily to protect fleets from aerial and missile threats using sophisticated radar and missile systems.
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C.
Type 42 destroyer
The Type 42 destroyer was a class of Royal Navy guided-missile destroyers designed primarily for anti-air warfare, notably serving in front-line roles during the late Cold War era.
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D.
Kingston-class coastal defence vessel
The Kingston-class coastal defence vessel is a class of Canadian naval ships designed primarily for coastal surveillance, minesweeping, and patrol duties.
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E.
Benson-class destroyer
The Benson-class destroyer was a World War II–era class of U.S. Navy destroyers known for their improved anti-aircraft armament, speed, and versatility in escort and fleet operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy ship class
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frigate class ⓘ warship class ⓘ |
| additionalAccommodation | for embarked forces and air group ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Global Combat Ship ⓘ |
| armament |
5-inch (127 mm) main gun
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Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles ⓘ close-in weapon systems ⓘ torpedo launchers for anti-submarine torpedoes ⓘ vertical launch cells for future land-attack or anti-ship missiles ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 20.8 metres ⓘ |
| builder |
BAE Systems
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BAE Systems Naval Ships ⓘ
surface form:
BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 157 core crew ⓘ |
| designBegan | early 2000s ⓘ |
| designedBy | BAE Systems Naval Ships ⓘ |
| designedFor |
disaster relief
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expeditionary operations ⓘ global combat operations ⓘ humanitarian assistance ⓘ maritime security operations ⓘ |
| designFeature |
low acoustic signature
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modular mission systems ⓘ stealthy superstructure ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 6900 tonnes full load ⓘ |
| exportCustomer |
Royal Australian Navy
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Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ |
| exportVariant |
Type 26 frigate
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Canadian Surface Combatant
Type 26 frigate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hunter-class frigate
|
| firstShipOfClass | HMS Glasgow ⓘ |
| firstSteelCut | 2017 ⓘ |
| flightDeckCapability |
able to operate Merlin helicopter
ⓘ
able to operate Wildcat helicopter ⓘ |
| hangarCapacity | one Merlin-size helicopter ⓘ |
| homeportForFirstShips | HMNB Devonport ⓘ |
| intendedServiceEntry | mid-2020s ⓘ |
| intendedToReplaceInRoyalNavy | Type 23 frigate ⓘ |
| length | approximately 149.9 metres ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | over 26 knots ⓘ |
| missionBay | flexible mission bay amidships ⓘ |
| missionBayCapacity |
boats
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containers ⓘ unmanned vehicles ⓘ |
| navyRole | core element of future Royal Navy surface fleet ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| plannedRoyalNavyShips | 8 ⓘ |
| primaryRole | anti-submarine warfare ⓘ |
| programmeName | Global Combat Ship ⓘ |
| programmeStatus | under construction ⓘ |
| propulsionDetail | combined diesel-electric or gas ⓘ |
| propulsionType | CODLOG ⓘ |
| range | over 7000 nautical miles at 15 knots ⓘ |
| replacedProgramme | Future Surface Combatant programme ⓘ |
| replaces |
Type 23 frigates
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surface form:
Type 23 frigate
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| secondaryRole |
air defence
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land-attack ⓘ surface warfare ⓘ |
| sensorSuite |
3D surveillance radar
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advanced towed array sonar ⓘ bow sonar ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Type 26 frigate Description of subject: The Type 26 frigate is a class of advanced, multi-mission Royal Navy warships designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare and global combat operations.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hunter-class frigate
this entity surface form:
Canadian Surface Combatant
this entity surface form:
Type 26 frigate programme
this entity surface form:
City-class Type 26 frigate
subject surface form:
Type 23 frigate
this entity surface form:
Duke-class frigate
subject surface form:
Sea Ceptor
this entity surface form:
Type 26 frigate programme
this entity surface form:
Type 26 City-class frigate