SS Great Western
E281200
SS Great Western was a pioneering 19th-century steamship that became one of the first successful transatlantic ocean liners, showcasing Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s innovative maritime engineering.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SS Great Western canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2605116 — 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: SS Great Western Context triple: [Isambard Kingdom Brunel, knownFor, SS Great Western]
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A.
M/V LeConte
M/V LeConte is an Alaska Marine Highway System ferry that provides passenger and vehicle service to coastal communities in Southeast Alaska.
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B.
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.
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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 Fairweather
M/V Fairweather is a high-speed catamaran ferry that operated in Alaska’s Marine Highway System, providing fast passenger and vehicle service between coastal communities.
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E.
Yankee Clipper
Yankee Clipper was the Apollo 12 command and service module spacecraft that carried astronauts to lunar orbit during NASA’s second Moon-landing mission.
- 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: SS Great Western Target entity description: SS Great Western was a pioneering 19th-century steamship that became one of the first successful transatlantic ocean liners, showcasing Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s innovative maritime engineering.
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A.
M/V LeConte
M/V LeConte is an Alaska Marine Highway System ferry that provides passenger and vehicle service to coastal communities in Southeast Alaska.
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B.
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.
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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 Fairweather
M/V Fairweather is a high-speed catamaran ferry that operated in Alaska’s Marine Highway System, providing fast passenger and vehicle service between coastal communities.
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E.
Yankee Clipper
Yankee Clipper was the Apollo 12 command and service module spacecraft that carried astronauts to lunar orbit during NASA’s second Moon-landing mission.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ocean liner
ⓘ
paddle steamer ⓘ steamship ⓘ transatlantic passenger ship ⓘ |
| arrivalPort | New York City ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Great Western Railway
ⓘ
Isambard Kingdom Brunel ⓘ |
| averageAtlanticCrossingTime | about 15 days ⓘ |
| beam | 35 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Patterson & Mercer ⓘ |
| builtAt | Bristol ⓘ |
| category | pioneering transatlantic ocean liner ⓘ |
| completedDate | 1838-03 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 60 crew ⓘ |
| departurePort | Bristol ⓘ |
| designer | Isambard Kingdom Brunel ⓘ |
| engineType | side-lever steam engine ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| fate | broken up ⓘ |
| flag | British flag ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
demonstrated practicality of regular transatlantic steam navigation
ⓘ
early example of Brunel’s large-scale maritime engineering ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | wood ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | concept of integrated rail–steamship travel between London and New York ⓘ |
| laterUse | troopship during the Crimean War ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1837-07-19 ⓘ |
| length | 212 feet ⓘ |
| maidenVoyageEndDate | 1838-04-23 ⓘ |
| maidenVoyageRoute |
Bristol–New York
ⓘ
surface form:
Bristol–New York City
|
| maidenVoyageStartDate | 1838-04-08 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Great Western Railway ⓘ |
| navalArchitect | Isambard Kingdom Brunel ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
helped establish regular transatlantic steamship service
ⓘ
one of the first successful transatlantic steamships ⓘ |
| operator |
Great Western Steamship Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Western Steam-Ship Company
|
| passengerCapacity | about 148 passengers ⓘ |
| powerplantManufacturer | Maudslay, Sons & Field ⓘ |
| primaryRoute |
Bristol–New York
ⓘ
surface form:
Bristol–New York transatlantic route
|
| propulsion |
auxiliary sail rig
ⓘ
paddle wheels ⓘ |
| record | fastest transatlantic crossing by a steamship at the time of her early voyages ⓘ |
| scrappedAt |
Vauxhall Cross, London
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surface form:
Vauxhall, London
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| scrappedYear | 1856 ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1856 ⓘ |
| serviceEntryYear | 1838 ⓘ |
| soldTo | Royal Mail Steam Packet Company ⓘ |
| tonnage | 1340 gross register tons ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: SS Great Western Description of subject: SS Great Western was a pioneering 19th-century steamship that became one of the first successful transatlantic ocean liners, showcasing Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s innovative maritime engineering.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.