HMS Dreadnought
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HMS Dreadnought was the United Kingdom’s first nuclear-powered submarine, marking a major technological leap in the Royal Navy’s undersea warfare capabilities.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Dreadnought canonical | 5 |
| HMS Dreadnought (1906) | 2 |
| HMS Dreadnought (1906 battleship) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4205880 — 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: HMS Dreadnought Context triple: [Dreadnought-class submarine, firstBoat, HMS Dreadnought]
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A.
HMS Iron Duke
HMS Iron Duke was a British Iron Duke-class battleship that served as Admiral Sir John Jellicoe’s flagship at the Battle of Jutland during World War I.
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B.
HMS Invincible
HMS Invincible was a pioneering British battlecruiser of the early 20th century, best known for her dramatic loss during World War I at the Battle of Jutland.
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C.
HMS Achilles
HMS Achilles was a Royal Navy Leander-class light cruiser best known for its role in the Battle of the River Plate during World War II.
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D.
HMS Vanguard
HMS Vanguard was a British Royal Navy ship of the line best known for serving as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship during the decisive 1798 Battle of the Nile in the French Revolutionary Wars.
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E.
HMS Vanguard
HMS Vanguard is a British Royal Navy ballistic missile submarine that serves as part of the United Kingdom’s strategic nuclear deterrent force.
- 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: HMS Dreadnought Target entity description: HMS Dreadnought was the United Kingdom’s first nuclear-powered submarine, marking a major technological leap in the Royal Navy’s undersea warfare capabilities.
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A.
HMS Iron Duke
HMS Iron Duke was a British Iron Duke-class battleship that served as Admiral Sir John Jellicoe’s flagship at the Battle of Jutland during World War I.
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B.
HMS Invincible
HMS Invincible was a pioneering British battlecruiser of the early 20th century, best known for her dramatic loss during World War I at the Battle of Jutland.
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C.
HMS Achilles
HMS Achilles was a Royal Navy Leander-class light cruiser best known for its role in the Battle of the River Plate during World War II.
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D.
HMS Vanguard
HMS Vanguard is a British Royal Navy ballistic missile submarine that serves as part of the United Kingdom’s strategic nuclear deterrent force.
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E.
HMS Vanguard
HMS Vanguard was a British Royal Navy ship of the line best known for serving as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship during the decisive 1798 Battle of the Nile in the French Revolutionary Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy submarine
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military ship ⓘ nuclear-powered submarine ⓘ |
| armament | torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beam | about 9.8 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ |
| builtAt | Barrow-in-Furness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Cold War submarines of the United Kingdom
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Nuclear submarines of the Royal Navy ⓘ Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1963-04-17 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| constructionStart | late 1950s ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 100 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1980-10-13 ⓘ |
| displacement |
approximately 3,500 tons surfaced
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approximately 4,000 tons submerged ⓘ |
| draft | about 7.6 meters ⓘ |
| flag | White Ensign ⓘ |
| homePort |
HMNB Clyde
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surface form:
Faslane (HMNB Clyde)
|
| hullNumber | S101 ⓘ |
| hullType | teardrop-shaped hull ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1959-06-12 ⓘ |
| launched | 1960-10-21 ⓘ |
| length | about 81 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSubmergedSpeed | over 25 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
HMS Dreadnought
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
HMS Dreadnought (1906 battleship)
the concept of “dreadnought” warships ⓘ |
| navalBranch | Submarine Service ONDG ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first British submarine to be powered by nuclear energy ⓘ |
| nuclearPropulsionCollaboration | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nuclearReactorOrigin | United States ONNED1 ⓘ |
| nuclearReactorType | S5W reactor design ONDG ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| powerplant | one pressurized-water nuclear reactor ⓘ |
| precedence | first nuclear-powered submarine of the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion |
nuclear reactor
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| role | attack submarine ⓘ |
| serviceDuring | Cold War ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1980 ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1963 ⓘ |
| shipClass | Dreadnought-class submarine ⓘ |
| significance |
marked a major technological leap in British undersea warfare
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pioneered nuclear propulsion in the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: HMS Dreadnought Description of subject: HMS Dreadnought was the United Kingdom’s first nuclear-powered submarine, marking a major technological leap in the Royal Navy’s undersea warfare capabilities.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
HMS Dreadnought (1906)
this entity surface form:
HMS Dreadnought (1906)
this entity surface form:
HMS Dreadnought (1906 battleship)