Convoy MW10
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Convoy MW10 was a British World War II supply convoy to Malta that came under heavy attack during the Second Battle of Sirte in March 1942.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Convoy MW10 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11501763 — 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: Convoy MW10 Context triple: [Second Battle of Sirte, convoyDesignation, Convoy MW10]
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A.
Convoy WS 21S
Convoy WS 21S was the British World War II naval convoy more widely known as Operation Pedestal, a critical 1942 mission to resupply the besieged island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
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B.
Convoy JW 51B
Convoy JW 51B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union that became the focus of German naval attacks during the Battle of the Barents Sea.
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C.
convoy JW 55B
Convoy JW 55B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union whose movements helped draw out and expose the German battleship Scharnhorst, leading to its destruction at the Battle of the North Cape.
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D.
Convoy PQ 17
Convoy PQ 17 was a World War II Arctic convoy whose disastrous scattering under threat of German attack led to heavy Allied shipping losses and made it one of the most infamous convoy operations of the war.
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E.
Dover Patrol
The Dover Patrol was a Royal Navy command during World War I responsible for securing the English Channel, protecting cross-Channel traffic, and countering German naval and submarine threats.
- 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: Convoy MW10 Target entity description: Convoy MW10 was a British World War II supply convoy to Malta that came under heavy attack during the Second Battle of Sirte in March 1942.
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A.
Convoy WS 21S
Convoy WS 21S was the British World War II naval convoy more widely known as Operation Pedestal, a critical 1942 mission to resupply the besieged island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
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B.
Convoy JW 51B
Convoy JW 51B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union that became the focus of German naval attacks during the Battle of the Barents Sea.
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C.
convoy JW 55B
Convoy JW 55B was an Arctic World War II Allied merchant convoy sailing to the Soviet Union whose movements helped draw out and expose the German battleship Scharnhorst, leading to its destruction at the Battle of the North Cape.
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D.
Convoy PQ 17
Convoy PQ 17 was a World War II Arctic convoy whose disastrous scattering under threat of German attack led to heavy Allied shipping losses and made it one of the most infamous convoy operations of the war.
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E.
Dover Patrol
The Dover Patrol was a Royal Navy command during World War I responsible for securing the English Channel, protecting cross-Channel traffic, and countering German naval and submarine threats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Malta convoy
ⓘ
World War II naval convoy ⓘ |
| attackedIn | Second Battle of Sirte ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Allies
ⓘ
Axis powers ⓘ |
| cargo | Military supplies for Malta ⓘ |
| conflict | Second Battle of Sirte ⓘ |
| convoyCode | MW10 ⓘ |
| convoyType | Supply convoy ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | March 1942 ⓘ |
| destination | Malta ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| location | Central Mediterranean ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Came under heavy attack during Second Battle of Sirte ⓘ |
| objective | Resupply Malta ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Kriegsmarine
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Regia Marina ⓘ
linked to:
Italian Navy
|
| origin | Alexandria ⓘ |
| partOf |
Malta convoys
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Mediterranean
Mediterranean Theater of World War II ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | Maintaining Malta as an Allied base ⓘ |
| theater | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| underHeavyAttack | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Convoy MW10 Description of subject: Convoy MW10 was a British World War II supply convoy to Malta that came under heavy attack during the Second Battle of Sirte in March 1942.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.