HMS Beagle
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HMS Beagle was a 19th-century Royal Navy survey ship best known for carrying Charles Darwin on the voyage that contributed to the development of his theory of evolution by natural selection.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HMS Beagle canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2527930 — 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 Beagle Context triple: [Robert FitzRoy, shipCommanded, HMS Beagle]
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HMS Challenger
HMS Challenger was a 19th-century British Royal Navy survey ship famed for leading the pioneering Challenger expedition (1872–1876), which laid the foundations of modern oceanography.
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HMS Endeavour
HMS Endeavour was the British Royal Navy research vessel that carried Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, including the exploration and charting of New Zealand and Australia’s east coast.
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C.
RRS Discovery
RRS Discovery is a British Royal Research Ship best known as the Antarctic exploration vessel used by Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton during the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904).
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D.
RRS Charles Darwin
RRS Charles Darwin was a British Royal Research Ship operated by the Natural Environment Research Council and used primarily for oceanographic and marine geological research.
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E.
HMS Discovery
HMS Discovery was a Royal Navy research vessel best known for serving under Captain James Cook during his exploratory voyages in the Pacific.
- 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 Beagle Target entity description: HMS Beagle was a 19th-century Royal Navy survey ship best known for carrying Charles Darwin on the voyage that contributed to the development of his theory of evolution by natural selection.
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A.
HMS Challenger
HMS Challenger was a 19th-century British Royal Navy survey ship famed for leading the pioneering Challenger expedition (1872–1876), which laid the foundations of modern oceanography.
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B.
HMS Endeavour
HMS Endeavour was the British Royal Navy research vessel that carried Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, including the exploration and charting of New Zealand and Australia’s east coast.
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C.
RRS Discovery
RRS Discovery is a British Royal Research Ship best known as the Antarctic exploration vessel used by Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton during the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904).
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D.
RRS Charles Darwin
RRS Charles Darwin was a British Royal Research Ship operated by the Natural Environment Research Council and used primarily for oceanographic and marine geological research.
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E.
HMS Discovery
HMS Discovery was a Royal Navy research vessel best known for serving under Captain James Cook during his exploratory voyages in the Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy survey ship
ⓘ
barque ⓘ |
| areaSurveyed |
Australian coasts
ⓘ
Galápagos Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Galápagos Islands vicinity
South American coasts ⓘ Strait of Magellan ⓘ Tierra del Fuego region ⓘ
surface form:
Tierra del Fuego
|
| armament | 10 guns (original design) ⓘ |
| beam | about 24 feet ⓘ |
| builder |
Woolwich Dockyard
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Dockyard, Woolwich
|
| captain |
James Clark Ross
ⓘ
surface form:
James Clark Ross (briefly, in Arctic service planning)
John Clements Wickham ⓘ Pringle Stokes ⓘ Robert FitzRoy ⓘ |
| carriedPerson |
Charles Darwin
ⓘ
Conrad Martens ⓘ Robert FitzRoy ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1820s ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
The Voyage of the Beagle
ⓘ
surface form:
Darwin's book "The Voyage of the Beagle"
development of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 70 people on the second voyage ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1840s ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 235 tons burthen ⓘ |
| draught | about 12 feet ⓘ |
| famousVoyage | second voyage (1831–1836) ⓘ |
| fate | broken up after 1870 sale ⓘ |
| homePort |
Devonport
ⓘ
Plymouth ⓘ |
| laterUse | coastguard watch vessel ⓘ |
| launched | 1820 ⓘ |
| launchPlace | Woolwich Dockyard ⓘ |
| length | about 90 feet on the gun deck ⓘ |
| namedAfter | beagle ⓘ |
| notableFor |
carrying Charles Darwin on his famous voyage
ⓘ
surveying voyages ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| rigging | barque-rigged (after modification) ⓘ |
| role |
exploration
ⓘ
hydrographic survey ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1820 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Cherokee-class brig-sloop ⓘ |
| shipType | brig-sloop ⓘ |
| soldForBreakingUp | 1870 ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
| voyageEnd | 2 October 1836 ⓘ |
| voyageNumber |
first survey voyage
ⓘ
second survey voyage ⓘ third survey voyage ⓘ |
| voyageStart | 27 December 1831 ⓘ |
| watchVesselNumber | WV7 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: HMS Beagle Description of subject: HMS Beagle was a 19th-century Royal Navy survey ship best known for carrying Charles Darwin on the voyage that contributed to the development of his theory of evolution by natural selection.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Beagle 2