S.S. Lotus
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S.S. Lotus is the steamship at the center of the 1927 Permanent Court of International Justice case "The Lotus," a landmark decision in international law on jurisdiction over incidents on the high seas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| S.S. Lotus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2158421 — 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: S.S. Lotus Context triple: [Lotus case, shortName, S.S. Lotus]
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A.
SS Nomadic
SS Nomadic is a preserved early 20th-century tender ship built to serve RMS Titanic and now a historic museum vessel in Belfast.
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B.
MV Arlanza
MV Arlanza was a British ocean liner built by the renowned shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff for passenger and cargo service in the mid-20th century.
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C.
M/V Columbia
M/V Columbia is a mainline passenger and vehicle ferry that serves as one of the flagship vessels of the Alaska Marine Highway System, operating along coastal routes in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
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D.
M/V Tustumena
M/V Tustumena is a rugged Alaska Marine Highway ferry known for serving remote coastal communities and challenging open-ocean routes in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
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E.
M/V Kennicott
M/V Kennicott is a mainline Alaska Marine Highway System ferry that provides passenger, vehicle, and cargo service to coastal communities across Alaska.
- 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: S.S. Lotus Target entity description: S.S. Lotus is the steamship at the center of the 1927 Permanent Court of International Justice case "The Lotus," a landmark decision in international law on jurisdiction over incidents on the high seas.
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A.
SS Nomadic
SS Nomadic is a preserved early 20th-century tender ship built to serve RMS Titanic and now a historic museum vessel in Belfast.
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B.
MV Arlanza
MV Arlanza was a British ocean liner built by the renowned shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff for passenger and cargo service in the mid-20th century.
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C.
M/V Columbia
M/V Columbia is a mainline passenger and vehicle ferry that serves as one of the flagship vessels of the Alaska Marine Highway System, operating along coastal routes in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
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D.
M/V Tustumena
M/V Tustumena is a rugged Alaska Marine Highway ferry known for serving remote coastal communities and challenging open-ocean routes in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
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E.
M/V Kennicott
M/V Kennicott is a mainline Alaska Marine Highway System ferry that provides passenger, vehicle, and cargo service to coastal communities across Alaska.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime vessel
ⓘ
ship ⓘ steamship ⓘ |
| caseDecisionDate | 1927 ⓘ |
| caseOutcome | Turkey not in breach of international law by exercising jurisdiction ⓘ |
| collisionCounterpartyFlagState | Turkey ⓘ |
| collisionLocation |
Mediterranean Sea
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high seas ⓘ |
| collisionWith | S.S. Boz-Kourt ⓘ |
| consequenceOfCollision |
loss of life of Turkish nationals
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sinking of S.S. Boz-Kourt ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
France
ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ |
| crewMemberProsecuted | Lieutenant Demons ⓘ |
| dateOfIncident | 1926 ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
international law
ⓘ
law of the sea ⓘ public international law ⓘ |
| flagState | France ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
foundational precedent for the Lotus principle
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landmark decision on jurisdiction over incidents on the high seas ⓘ leading case in international criminal jurisdiction ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Lotus case
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S.S. Lotus v. Turkey ⓘ Lotus case ⓘ
surface form:
The Lotus (case)
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| legalForum | Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
concurrent jurisdiction
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criminal jurisdiction in international law ⓘ flag state jurisdiction ⓘ jurisdiction over incidents on the high seas ⓘ principle of territoriality in international law ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
international law textbooks
ⓘ
law of the sea scholarship ⓘ |
| operator | French merchant marine ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam-powered ⓘ |
| prosecutionState | Turkey ⓘ |
| relatedPrinciple |
Lotus principle
ⓘ
permissive nature of international law ⓘ states may exercise jurisdiction unless prohibited by international law ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
League of Nations era international law
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Permanent Court of International Justice jurisprudence ⓘ development of customary international law on jurisdiction ⓘ |
| stateOfCrewMemberProsecuted | France ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: S.S. Lotus Description of subject: S.S. Lotus is the steamship at the center of the 1927 Permanent Court of International Justice case "The Lotus," a landmark decision in international law on jurisdiction over incidents on the high seas.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.