HMS Ivanhoe
E10431
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Ivanhoe canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T76085 — 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 Ivanhoe Context triple: [Altmark Incident, involvedShip, HMS Ivanhoe]
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A.
HMS Cossack
HMS Cossack was a British Royal Navy destroyer best known for its daring 1940 boarding of the German tanker Altmark in Norwegian waters to free hundreds of Allied prisoners.
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B.
HMS Arethusa
HMS Arethusa was a British Royal Navy light cruiser that served prominently during the early years of World War II, including North Sea operations and convoy escort duties.
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C.
Lord Jellicoe
Lord Jellicoe was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for commanding the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland during World War I and later serving in senior naval and imperial administrative roles.
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D.
German tanker Altmark
The German tanker Altmark was a World War II-era naval auxiliary ship of Nazi Germany, best known for its role in the 1940 Altmark Incident involving the rescue of British prisoners in Norwegian waters.
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E.
Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
- 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 Ivanhoe Target entity description: 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.
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A.
HMS Cossack
HMS Cossack was a British Royal Navy destroyer best known for its daring 1940 boarding of the German tanker Altmark in Norwegian waters to free hundreds of Allied prisoners.
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B.
HMS Arethusa
HMS Arethusa was a British Royal Navy light cruiser that served prominently during the early years of World War II, including North Sea operations and convoy escort duties.
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C.
Lord Jellicoe
Lord Jellicoe was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for commanding the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland during World War I and later serving in senior naval and imperial administrative roles.
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D.
German tanker Altmark
The German tanker Altmark was a World War II-era naval auxiliary ship of Nazi Germany, best known for its role in the 1940 Altmark Incident involving the rescue of British prisoners in Norwegian waters.
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E.
Kaga
Kaga was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War operations before being sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
I-class destroyer
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Royal Navy destroyer ⓘ |
| armament |
2 × quadruple 0.5-inch machine guns
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2 × quintuple 21-inch torpedo tubes ⓘ 4 × 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns ⓘ depth charges ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1940 minelaying operations area) ⓘ |
| beam | 33 feet ⓘ |
| builderLocation | Hebburn-on-Tyne, England ⓘ |
| category |
Ships built on the River Tyne
ⓘ
World War II destroyer of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking | mine ⓘ |
| commissioned | 24 August 1937 ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 145 officers and ratings ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1 September 1940 ⓘ |
| displacementDeepLoad | approximately 1888 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 1370 long tons ⓘ |
| draught | 12 feet ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| flag | White Ensign ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| laidDownBy | Hawthorn Leslie and Company ⓘ |
| laidDownDate | 12 March 1936 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 11 November 1936 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | 323 feet ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 35.5 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | character Ivanhoe from Sir Walter Scott’s novel ⓘ |
| navalFleet |
Royal Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
British Royal Navy
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| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Altmark Incident
ⓘ
Operation Dynamo ⓘ
surface form:
Dunkirk evacuation
Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian Campaign
|
| pennantNumber | D16 ⓘ |
| placeOfSinking | off the Dutch coast ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 34000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 shafts
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | 5500 nautical miles at 15 knots ⓘ |
| role |
convoy escort
ⓘ
fleet screening ⓘ patrol duties ⓘ |
| serviceEntryYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| serviceStartConflict | early years of World War II ⓘ |
| shipClass | I-class destroyer ⓘ |
| shipyard |
Hawthorn Leslie and Company
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surface form:
Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: HMS Ivanhoe Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.