RMS Queen Elizabeth
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RMS Queen Elizabeth was a famous mid-20th-century British ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line, renowned for its transatlantic service and later use as a troopship during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RMS Queen Elizabeth canonical | 4 |
| RMS | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2814223 — 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: RMS Queen Elizabeth Context triple: [Queen Mary, hasSisterShip, RMS Queen Elizabeth]
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A.
HMS Queen Mary
HMS Queen Mary was a British First World War battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, renowned for her powerful armament and tragic loss in action during the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
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B.
Marchioness
A Marchioness is a noblewoman holding the rank of marquess or marquis, positioned above a baroness in the hierarchy of European aristocratic titles.
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HMS Britannia
HMS Britannia was a 19th-century Royal Navy training ship that served as the principal officer cadet training establishment before being replaced by the shore-based Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth.
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D.
Royal Yacht Britannia
The Royal Yacht Britannia is the former British royal family yacht, now a museum ship permanently moored in Edinburgh’s Port of Leith.
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E.
S.S. Wimbledon
S.S. Wimbledon was a British steamship at the center of the 1923 Permanent Court of International Justice case "S.S. Wimbledon," which clarified principles of international law on treaty obligations and freedom of navigation.
- 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: RMS Queen Elizabeth Target entity description: RMS Queen Elizabeth was a famous mid-20th-century British ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line, renowned for its transatlantic service and later use as a troopship during World War II.
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A.
HMS Queen Mary
HMS Queen Mary was a British First World War battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, renowned for her powerful armament and tragic loss in action during the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
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B.
Marchioness
A Marchioness is a noblewoman holding the rank of marquess or marquis, positioned above a baroness in the hierarchy of European aristocratic titles.
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C.
HMS Britannia
HMS Britannia was a 19th-century Royal Navy training ship that served as the principal officer cadet training establishment before being replaced by the shore-based Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth.
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D.
Royal Yacht Britannia
The Royal Yacht Britannia is the former British royal family yacht, now a museum ship permanently moored in Edinburgh’s Port of Leith.
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E.
S.S. Wimbledon
S.S. Wimbledon was a British steamship at the center of the 1923 Permanent Court of International Justice case "S.S. Wimbledon," which clarified principles of international law on treaty obligations and freedom of navigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cunard Line ship
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ocean liner ⓘ passenger ship ⓘ troopship ⓘ |
| builder | John Brown & Company ⓘ |
| builtAt | Clydebank ⓘ |
| builtIn | Scotland ⓘ |
| caughtFire | 1972-01 ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | fire and capsizing in Hong Kong ⓘ |
| completed | 1940 ⓘ |
| conflictServedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| constructionStarted | 1936 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| displacement | over 83000 tons ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1940 ⓘ |
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| finalLocation |
Hong Kong, China
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surface form:
Hong Kong
Victoria Harbour ⓘ |
| flag | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| grossTonnage | 83673 GRT ⓘ |
| homePort | Southampton ⓘ |
| hullNumber | 552 ⓘ |
| intendedNewUse |
floating university
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| laterOwner | Cunard Line ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1938-09-27 ⓘ |
| length |
1031 ft
ⓘ
314 m ⓘ |
| maidenVoyage | 1940-03-03 ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 28.5 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the largest passenger ships of her time
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luxury transatlantic service ⓘ wartime troop transport capacity ⓘ |
| numberOfFunnels | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | Cunard Line ⓘ |
| owner |
Cunard Line
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surface form:
Cunard White Star Line
|
| primaryService | transatlantic passenger service ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbine ⓘ |
| retiredFromService | 1968 ⓘ |
| route |
Southampton–Cherbourg–New York
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surface form:
Southampton–New York
|
| sank | 1972-01 ⓘ |
| scrapped | partially, in situ ⓘ |
| shipType |
ocean liner
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transatlantic liner ⓘ |
| sisterShip | RMS Queen Mary ⓘ |
| soldForConversion | 1968 ⓘ |
| usedAs | troopship during World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: RMS Queen Elizabeth Description of subject: RMS Queen Elizabeth was a famous mid-20th-century British ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line, renowned for its transatlantic service and later use as a troopship during World War II.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.