de Havilland Sea Vixen
E334470
British military aircraft
all-weather fighter
carrier-based jet fighter
twin-boom aircraft
twin-engine jet aircraft
The de Havilland Sea Vixen was a British twin-boom, twin-engine, carrier-based jet fighter operated by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during the Cold War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| de Havilland Sea Vixen canonical | 3 |
| de Havilland Sea Vixen (early development) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2710150 — 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: de Havilland Sea Vixen Context triple: [Hawker Sea Hawk, successor, de Havilland Sea Vixen]
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A.
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer
The Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable strike aircraft designed for low-level, high-speed attack missions, notably serving with the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during the Cold War.
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B.
Hawker Hunter
The Hawker Hunter is a British transonic jet-powered fighter aircraft of the 1950s that became widely used by the Royal Air Force and numerous foreign air forces for both air defense and ground-attack roles.
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C.
Canadair Sabre
The Canadair Sabre was a Canadian-built, license-produced version of the famed F-86 Sabre jet fighter, widely used by NATO air forces during the early Cold War.
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D.
Hawker Sea Fury
The Hawker Sea Fury is a British single-seat, carrier-capable fighter aircraft introduced in the late 1940s, renowned as one of the fastest piston-engined fighters ever built and used notably during the Korean War.
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E.
Hawker Fury
The Hawker Fury was a British single-seat biplane fighter aircraft of the interwar period, renowned for its speed, agility, and service with the Royal Air Force in the 1930s.
- 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: de Havilland Sea Vixen Target entity description: The de Havilland Sea Vixen was a British twin-boom, twin-engine, carrier-based jet fighter operated by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during the Cold War.
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A.
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer
The Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable strike aircraft designed for low-level, high-speed attack missions, notably serving with the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during the Cold War.
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B.
Hawker Hunter
The Hawker Hunter is a British transonic jet-powered fighter aircraft of the 1950s that became widely used by the Royal Air Force and numerous foreign air forces for both air defense and ground-attack roles.
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C.
Canadair Sabre
The Canadair Sabre was a Canadian-built, license-produced version of the famed F-86 Sabre jet fighter, widely used by NATO air forces during the early Cold War.
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D.
Hawker Sea Fury
The Hawker Sea Fury is a British single-seat, carrier-capable fighter aircraft introduced in the late 1940s, renowned as one of the fastest piston-engined fighters ever built and used notably during the Korean War.
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E.
Hawker Fury
The Hawker Fury was a British single-seat biplane fighter aircraft of the interwar period, renowned for its speed, agility, and service with the Royal Air Force in the 1930s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British military aircraft
ⓘ
all-weather fighter ⓘ carrier-based jet fighter ⓘ twin-boom aircraft ⓘ twin-engine jet aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCarrierOperatedFrom |
HMS Ark Royal
ⓘ
HMS Eagle ⓘ HMS Hermes ⓘ HMS Victorious ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory |
jet fighter
ⓘ
naval aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration |
mid-wing monoplane
ⓘ
twin-boom tail ⓘ |
| armament |
air-to-air missiles
ⓘ
bombs ⓘ unguided rockets ⓘ |
| cockpitLayout |
observer in right-hand compartment
ⓘ
pilot offset to left ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| crewArrangement | side-by-side ⓘ |
| designedFor |
aircraft carrier operations
ⓘ
all-weather interception ⓘ |
| developedFrom | de Havilland DH.110 ⓘ |
| engineType | turbojet ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith |
Fleet Air Arm
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
|
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1951-09-26 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1959 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
de Havilland Aircraft Company
ⓘ
de Havilland Aircraft Company ⓘ
surface form:
de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited
|
| notableFeature | no fixed guns in production versions ⓘ |
| operator |
Fleet Air Arm
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
|
| powerplant | 2 × Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engines ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Fleet Air Arm
ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ |
| retired | 1972 ⓘ |
| role |
fighter
ⓘ
interceptor ⓘ strike aircraft ⓘ |
| status | retired from military service ⓘ |
| survivingExamples |
maintained in taxiable condition
ⓘ
preserved in museums ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Fleet Air Arm
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
|
| usedInConflict |
Aden Emergency
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Borneo Confrontation ⓘ
surface form:
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
|
| variant |
Sea Vixen FAW.1
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Sea Vixen FAW.2 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: de Havilland Sea Vixen Description of subject: The de Havilland Sea Vixen was a British twin-boom, twin-engine, carrier-based jet fighter operated by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during the Cold War.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rolls-Royce Avon
this entity surface form:
de Havilland Sea Vixen (early development)
subject surface form:
HMS Victorious