Japanese cruiser Yoshino
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Japanese cruiser Yoshino was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, noted for its high speed and significant role in early engagements of the First Sino-Japanese War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese cruiser Yoshino canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2301008 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese cruiser Yoshino Context triple: [Battle of Pungdo, shipInvolved, Japanese cruiser Yoshino]
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Japanese cruiser Yubari
Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.
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B.
Japanese cruiser Naniwa
Japanese cruiser Naniwa was a late 19th-century protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that gained prominence during the First Sino-Japanese War.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Chokai
Japanese cruiser Chokai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Kinugasa
Japanese cruiser Kinugasa was an Imperial Japanese Navy Aoba-class heavy cruiser that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1942.
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E.
Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
- 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: Japanese cruiser Yoshino Target entity description: Japanese cruiser Yoshino was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, noted for its high speed and significant role in early engagements of the First Sino-Japanese War.
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A.
Japanese cruiser Yubari
Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.
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B.
Japanese cruiser Naniwa
Japanese cruiser Naniwa was a late 19th-century protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that gained prominence during the First Sino-Japanese War.
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C.
Japanese cruiser Chokai
Japanese cruiser Chokai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a major role in early Pacific War engagements before being sunk in 1944.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Kinugasa
Japanese cruiser Kinugasa was an Imperial Japanese Navy Aoba-class heavy cruiser that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1942.
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E.
Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
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protected cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament |
22 × 3-pounder (47 mm) guns
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4 × 6-inch (152 mm) quick-firing guns ⓘ 5 × 18-inch torpedo tubes ⓘ 8 × 4.7-inch (120 mm) quick-firing guns ⓘ |
| armorDeckThickness | up to 4 inches ⓘ |
| armorType | protective deck armor ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ |
| beam | 14.2 m ⓘ |
| builder | Armstrong Whitworth ⓘ |
| builtAt | Elswick, United Kingdom ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | collision with Japanese armored cruiser Kasuga ⓘ |
| class | Yoshino-class cruiser ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1893 ⓘ |
| conflict |
First Sino-Japanese War
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Russo-Japanese War ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| crewComplement | approximately 360 ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 15 May 1904 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Armstrong Whitworth design staff ⓘ |
| displacement | 4150 tons standard ⓘ |
| draft | 5.5 m ⓘ |
| era | late 19th century warship ⓘ |
| fate | sunk after collision ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1891 ⓘ |
| length | 109.7 m ⓘ |
| locationOfSinking | off Port Arthur ⓘ |
| mastConfiguration | 2 military masts ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
23 knots
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over 23 knots on trials ⓘ |
| namesake | Yoshino, Nara ⓘ |
| navalArchitecturalType | Elswick cruiser ⓘ |
| navy | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high speed
ⓘ
service in the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| peacetimeSpeedRecord | one of the fastest cruisers in the world at completion ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 15000 ihp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
2 triple-expansion steam engines
ⓘ
6 cylindrical boilers ⓘ twin screw propellers ⓘ |
| roleAtBattleOfYaluRiver | served as a fast wing ship in the Japanese line ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1893 ⓘ |
| smokestacks | 2 funnels ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Japanese cruiser Yoshino Description of subject: Japanese cruiser Yoshino was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, noted for its high speed and significant role in early engagements of the First Sino-Japanese War.
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