German submarine U-331
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German submarine U-331 was a German Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known for torpedoing and sinking the British battleship HMS Barham in 1941.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| German submarine U-331 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16079579 — 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: German submarine U-331 Context triple: [HMS Barham, sunkBy, German submarine U-331]
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German submarine U-616
German submarine U-616 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated in the Mediterranean during World War II, engaging Allied naval forces before being sunk in 1944.
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B.
German submarine U-96
German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known as the real-life inspiration for the novel and film "Das Boot."
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C.
German submarine U-565
German submarine U-565 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated primarily in the Mediterranean during World War II, conducting patrols and attacks against Allied shipping.
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D.
German submarine U-557
German submarine U-557 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II, conducting Atlantic patrols and engaging Allied naval vessels.
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E.
German submarine U-410
German submarine U-410 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that conducted several patrols in the Mediterranean during World War II, sinking multiple Allied vessels.
- 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: German submarine U-331 Target entity description: German submarine U-331 was a German Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known for torpedoing and sinking the British battleship HMS Barham in 1941.
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A.
German submarine U-616
German submarine U-616 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated in the Mediterranean during World War II, engaging Allied naval forces before being sunk in 1944.
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B.
German submarine U-96
German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known as the real-life inspiration for the novel and film "Das Boot."
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C.
German submarine U-565
German submarine U-565 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated primarily in the Mediterranean during World War II, conducting patrols and attacks against Allied shipping.
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D.
German submarine U-557
German submarine U-557 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II, conducting Atlantic patrols and engaging Allied naval vessels.
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E.
German submarine U-410
German submarine U-410 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that conducted several patrols in the Mediterranean during World War II, sinking multiple Allied vessels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
HMS Barham