U-703
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U-703 was a German Type VIIC U-boat that served with the Kriegsmarine during World War II, conducting combat patrols in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| U-703 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12968579 — 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: U-703 Context triple: [HMS Somali, damagedBy, U-703]
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A.
USS Clamagore (SS-343)
USS Clamagore (SS-343) is a former U.S. Navy Balao-class submarine that served during the Cold War and was later preserved as a museum ship.
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B.
USS Torsk
USS Torsk is a World War II-era Tench-class submarine preserved as a museum ship in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
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C.
Piper Maru Klotz
Piper Maru Klotz is the daughter of actress Gillian Anderson and art director Clyde Klotz, known primarily for her connection to her mother's work on The X-Files.
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D.
USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300)
USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300) was the former German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen that, after World War II, served under the U.S. Navy primarily for testing and evaluation before being sunk at the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests.
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E.
U-505 submarine
The U-505 submarine is a captured German World War II U-boat preserved as a historic naval artifact and war prize.
- 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: U-703 Target entity description: U-703 was a German Type VIIC U-boat that served with the Kriegsmarine during World War II, conducting combat patrols in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
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A.
USS Clamagore (SS-343)
USS Clamagore (SS-343) is a former U.S. Navy Balao-class submarine that served during the Cold War and was later preserved as a museum ship.
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B.
USS Torsk
USS Torsk is a World War II-era Tench-class submarine preserved as a museum ship in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
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C.
Piper Maru Klotz
Piper Maru Klotz is the daughter of actress Gillian Anderson and art director Clyde Klotz, known primarily for her connection to her mother's work on The X-Files.
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D.
USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300)
USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300) was the former German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen that, after World War II, served under the U.S. Navy primarily for testing and evaluation before being sunk at the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests.
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E.
U-505 submarine
The U-505 submarine is a captured German World War II U-boat preserved as a historic naval artifact and war prize.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German Type VIIC submarine
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Kriegsmarine U-boat ⓘ |
| armament |
1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun
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1 × 8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun ⓘ 14 torpedoes ⓘ 220 rounds (deck gun ammunition) ⓘ 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beam | 6.20 m ⓘ |
| builtBy | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties | all hands lost ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | unknown ⓘ |
| commander | Heinz Bielfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1942-02-05 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| crewComplement | 44–60 ⓘ |
| dateLost | 1944-09-16 ⓘ |
| displacementSubmerged | 871 t ⓘ |
| displacementSurfaced | 769 t ⓘ |
| draught | 4.74 m ⓘ |
| fate | missing ⓘ |
| flag | war ensign of Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| hullType | single-hull with saddle tanks ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1941-04-17 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1941-12-16 ⓘ |
| length | 67.10 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeedSubmerged | 7.6 kn ⓘ |
| maximumSpeedSurfaced | 17.7 kn ⓘ |
| numberOfPropellers | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfShafts | 2 ⓘ |
| operatedAgainst | Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Battle of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patrolArea |
Arctic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeLost | Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerOutputSubmerged | 750 shp ⓘ |
| powerOutputSurfaced | 2800–3200 bhp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 AEG GU 460/8-276 electric motors
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2 Germaniawerft F46 diesel engines ⓘ |
| rangeSubmerged | 80 nmi at 4 kn ⓘ |
| rangeSurfaced | 8500 nmi at 10 kn ⓘ |
| role | commerce raiding ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Kriegsmarine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipyardLocation | Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| submarineClass | Type VIIC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkShips | multiple Allied merchant vessels ⓘ |
| testDepth | 230 m ⓘ |
| typeDesignation | U-703 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: U-703 Description of subject: U-703 was a German Type VIIC U-boat that served with the Kriegsmarine during World War II, conducting combat patrols in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.