German battleship SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm
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The German battleship SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm was a König-class dreadnought of the Imperial German Navy that served in World War I, including at the Battle of Jutland, before being scuttled with the rest of the interned High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| German battleship SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3438692 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: German battleship SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm Context triple: [Scapa Flow, containsWreck, German battleship SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm]
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German battleship SMS König
The German battleship SMS König was a World War I-era König-class dreadnought of the Imperial German Navy that served in major North Sea engagements before being scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919.
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German battleship Schleswig-Holstein
The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein was a pre-dreadnought warship of the Imperial German Navy, later used by Nazi Germany, best known for firing the opening shots of World War II during the attack on Westerplatte in 1939.
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German battleship Gneisenau
The German battleship Gneisenau was a World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship of the Scharnhorst class that conducted Atlantic raiding operations against Allied shipping.
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German battlecruiser Seydlitz
The German battlecruiser Seydlitz was a prominent Imperial German Navy warship of World War I, noted for its heavy armament, speed, and remarkable survivability in major North Sea engagements.
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Deutschland-class battleship
The Deutschland-class battleship was a group of pre-dreadnought warships built for the Imperial German Navy in the early 20th century, serving as some of Germany's last and most advanced battleships before the dreadnought era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German battleship SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm Target entity description: The German battleship SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm was a König-class dreadnought of the Imperial German Navy that served in World War I, including at the Battle of Jutland, before being scuttled with the rest of the interned High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919.
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German battleship SMS König
The German battleship SMS König was a World War I-era König-class dreadnought of the Imperial German Navy that served in major North Sea engagements before being scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919.
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German battleship Schleswig-Holstein
The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein was a pre-dreadnought warship of the Imperial German Navy, later used by Nazi Germany, best known for firing the opening shots of World War II during the attack on Westerplatte in 1939.
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German battleship Gneisenau
The German battleship Gneisenau was a World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship of the Scharnhorst class that conducted Atlantic raiding operations against Allied shipping.
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German battlecruiser Seydlitz
The German battlecruiser Seydlitz was a prominent Imperial German Navy warship of World War I, noted for its heavy armament, speed, and remarkable survivability in major North Sea engagements.
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E.
Deutschland-class battleship
The Deutschland-class battleship was a group of pre-dreadnought warships built for the Imperial German Navy in the early 20th century, serving as some of Germany's last and most advanced battleships before the dreadnought era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
König-class battleship
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dreadnought battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament |
10 × 30.5 cm (12 in) SK L/50 guns
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14 × 15 cm SK L/45 guns ⓘ 5 × 50 cm torpedo tubes ⓘ 6 × 8.8 cm guns ⓘ |
| beam | about 29.5 meters ⓘ |
| class |
König-class battleship
ⓘ
surface form:
König class
|
| commissioned | 1914 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | German Empire ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 1,100 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfScuttling | 21 June 1919 ⓘ |
| designedFor | operations in the North Sea ⓘ |
| displacement |
approximately 25,000 tonnes (standard)
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approximately 28,000 tonnes (full load) ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| fate | scuttled at Scapa Flow ⓘ |
| fleetRole | line battleship ⓘ |
| internedAt | Scapa Flow ⓘ |
| internmentDate | November 1918 ⓘ |
| laidDownAt |
Deutsche Werke Kiel
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surface form:
Germaniawerft, Kiel
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| launched | 1914 ⓘ |
| length | about 175 meters ⓘ |
| mainBatteryConfiguration | five twin turrets with 30.5 cm guns ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 21 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
German Crown Prince Wilhelm
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surface form:
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
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| navalArchitecture | all-big-gun dreadnought design ⓘ |
| navalBase | Kiel ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial German Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Jutland
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Battle of the Gulf of Riga ⓘ North Sea operations ⓘ Operation Albion ⓘ fleet sorties against the British Grand Fleet ⓘ |
| partOf | High Seas Fleet ⓘ |
| placeOfScuttling | Scapa Flow ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| scuttlingOrderedBy | Ludwig von Reuter ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | World War I era ⓘ |
| shipyard | Germaniawerft ⓘ |
| sisterShipOf |
SMS Grosser Kurfürst
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SMS König ⓘ SMS Markgraf ⓘ |
| successorTo |
König-class battleship
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surface form:
Helgoland-class battleships
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| usedBy |
High Seas Fleet (Imperial German Navy)
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surface form:
German High Seas Fleet battle line
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: German battleship SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm Description of subject: The German battleship SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm was a König-class dreadnought of the Imperial German Navy that served in World War I, including at the Battle of Jutland, before being scuttled with the rest of the interned High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919.
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