aircraft carrier HMS Furious
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HMS Furious was a British Royal Navy warship that evolved from a modified battlecruiser into one of the world’s first dedicated aircraft carriers, serving prominently in both World Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| aircraft carrier HMS Furious canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2917034 — 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: aircraft carrier HMS Furious Context triple: [Operation Halberd, escortIncluded, aircraft carrier HMS Furious]
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A.
HMS Formidable
HMS Formidable was a British Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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B.
HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier)
HMS Ark Royal was a pioneering British seaplane carrier of World War I that provided vital aerial reconnaissance and support during early naval aviation operations.
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C.
HMS Indomitable
HMS Indomitable was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious class that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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D.
aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal
HMS Ark Royal was a famous British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of World War II, noted for its role in major Mediterranean and Atlantic operations and for helping disable the German battleship Bismarck.
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E.
HMS Illustrious
HMS Illustrious was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious-class that saw significant action during the Second World War, particularly in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
- 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: aircraft carrier HMS Furious Target entity description: HMS Furious was a British Royal Navy warship that evolved from a modified battlecruiser into one of the world’s first dedicated aircraft carriers, serving prominently in both World Wars.
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A.
HMS Formidable
HMS Formidable was a British Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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B.
HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier)
HMS Ark Royal was a pioneering British seaplane carrier of World War I that provided vital aerial reconnaissance and support during early naval aviation operations.
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C.
HMS Indomitable
HMS Indomitable was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious class that saw extensive service in World War II, including major operations in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
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D.
aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal
HMS Ark Royal was a famous British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of World War II, noted for its role in major Mediterranean and Atlantic operations and for helping disable the German battleship Bismarck.
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E.
HMS Illustrious
HMS Illustrious was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Illustrious-class that saw significant action during the Second World War, particularly in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship
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aircraft carrier ⓘ former battlecruiser ⓘ |
| airGroup |
fighters
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fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ torpedo bombers ⓘ |
| armament | anti-aircraft guns (various calibres, WW2) ⓘ |
| builder | Armstrong Whitworth ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1917-06-26 ⓘ |
| conversionPeriod | 1917–1925 (in stages) ⓘ |
| convertedFrom | battlecruiser to aircraft carrier ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1944-09-15 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 22,500 tons (as carrier, standard) ⓘ |
| fate | scrapped ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1915-06-08 ⓘ |
| launched | 1916-08-15 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 786 ft (about 240 m) ⓘ |
| navalEnsign | White Ensign ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
participated in early deck-landing trials
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used for development of carrier aviation techniques ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
among the world’s first dedicated aircraft carriers
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one of the first ships to operate aircraft from a flight deck ⓘ |
| operation |
Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union
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Operation Torch ⓘ strikes against German shipping and bases in Norway ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| originalArmament | 2 × 18-inch guns (as built, battlecruiser) ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | 47 ⓘ |
| propulsion |
four shafts
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| scrappedIn | 1948 ⓘ |
| serviceEndEra | post-World War II drawdown ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra |
World War I
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surface form:
World War I era
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| shipClass |
Courageous-class ships
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surface form:
Courageous-class
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| shipyard | Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ |
| successorConcept | later purpose-built fleet carriers of the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| topSpeed | about 30 knots ⓘ |
| worldWar |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
| WWIEvent |
launched air raids against German targets
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supported operations in the North Sea ⓘ |
| WWIIRole |
aircraft carrier for fleet operations
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aircraft ferry for long-range deliveries ⓘ |
| WWIITheatre |
Arctic region
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surface form:
Arctic
Atlantic ⓘ Mediterranean ⓘ |
| WWIRole |
aircraft ferry
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experimental aircraft carrier operations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: aircraft carrier HMS Furious Description of subject: HMS Furious was a British Royal Navy warship that evolved from a modified battlecruiser into one of the world’s first dedicated aircraft carriers, serving prominently in both World Wars.
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