Vasa (warship)
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Vasa (warship) is a 17th-century Swedish warship that famously sank on its maiden voyage in 1628 and was later salvaged to become one of the world’s best-preserved historic ships.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vasa (warship) canonical | 2 |
| warship Vasa | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2941262 — 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: Vasa (warship) Context triple: [Vasa Museum, mainExhibit, Vasa (warship)]
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A.
Vasa
Vasa was a prominent royal dynasty in Sweden and Poland-Lithuania that produced several influential monarchs during the 16th and 17th centuries.
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B.
Heemskerck
Heemskerck was one of the Dutch East India Company ships commanded by explorer Abel Tasman during his 17th-century voyages of discovery in the Southern Hemisphere.
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C.
Santa María
Santa María was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage across the Atlantic in 1492.
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D.
Santa María
Santa María is a large stratovolcano in Guatemala known for its catastrophic 1902 eruption and ongoing activity at its Santiaguito lava dome complex.
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E.
Santa María
Santa María is a small Chilean city and commune located in the Valparaíso Region, known for its agricultural activity within the Aconcagua Valley.
- 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: Vasa (warship) Target entity description: Vasa (warship) is a 17th-century Swedish warship that famously sank on its maiden voyage in 1628 and was later salvaged to become one of the world’s best-preserved historic ships.
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A.
Vasa
Vasa was a prominent royal dynasty in Sweden and Poland-Lithuania that produced several influential monarchs during the 16th and 17th centuries.
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B.
Heemskerck
Heemskerck was one of the Dutch East India Company ships commanded by explorer Abel Tasman during his 17th-century voyages of discovery in the Southern Hemisphere.
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C.
Santa María
Santa María was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage across the Atlantic in 1492.
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D.
Santa María
Santa María is a large stratovolcano in Guatemala known for its catastrophic 1902 eruption and ongoing activity at its Santiaguito lava dome complex.
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E.
Santa María
Santa María is a small Chilean city and commune located in the Valparaíso Region, known for its agricultural activity within the Aconcagua Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
museum ship
ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| beam | about 11.7 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Stockholm shipyard ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking |
stability failure
ⓘ
top-heavy design ⓘ |
| conflictContext | Thirty Years' War ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1626-01-01 ⓘ |
| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 145 sailors ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Djurgården
ⓘ
surface form:
Djurgården, Stockholm
Vasa Museum ⓘ |
| designer |
Henrik Hybertsson
ⓘ
surface form:
Hein Jacobsson
Henrik Hybertsson ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 1200 tonnes ⓘ |
| gunCaliber |
1-pounder cannons
ⓘ
12-pounder cannons ⓘ 24-pounder cannons ⓘ 3-pounder cannons ⓘ |
| gunDecks | 2 ⓘ |
| hasExhibition | Vasa Museum permanent exhibition ⓘ |
| height | about 52.5 meters from keel to masthead ⓘ |
| hullPreservation | over 95 percent original ⓘ |
| intendedRole |
flagship
ⓘ
symbol of royal power ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1627-08-10 ⓘ |
| length | about 69 meters ⓘ |
| museumOpeningDate | 1990-06-15 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
House of Vasa
ⓘ
Vasa dynasty ⓘ |
| numberOfGuns | 64 ⓘ |
| numberOfSculptures | over 700 ⓘ |
| operator | Swedish Navy ⓘ |
| orderedBy | Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ⓘ |
| placeOfSinking |
Stockholm inner waterways
ⓘ
surface form:
Stockholm harbor
Stockholm ⓘ
surface form:
Stockholm, Sweden
|
| preservationStatus | one of the best-preserved 17th-century ships ⓘ |
| primaryWoodMaterial | oak ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| riggingType | full-rigged ship ⓘ |
| salvageDate | 1961-04-24 ⓘ |
| salvagedBy | Anders Franzén ⓘ |
| salvageMethod | tunnelled lifting with steel cables ⓘ |
| sankOnMaidenVoyage | true ⓘ |
| sinkingDate | 1628-08-10 ⓘ |
| soldiersCapacity | about 300 soldiers ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
maritime archaeology research
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numerous historical studies ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | major ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vasa (warship) Description of subject: Vasa (warship) is a 17th-century Swedish warship that famously sank on its maiden voyage in 1628 and was later salvaged to become one of the world’s best-preserved historic ships.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
warship Vasa
subject surface form:
Vasa Museum
subject surface form:
Vasa Museum
this entity surface form:
warship Vasa