Dutch destroyer Witte de With
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Dutch destroyer Witte de With was a Royal Netherlands Navy warship that served in the early stages of World War II, notably in the defense of the Dutch East Indies against Japanese forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dutch destroyer Witte de With canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4225878 — 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: Dutch destroyer Witte de With Context triple: [Battle of the Badung Strait, involvedUnit, Dutch destroyer Witte de With]
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A.
Dutch destroyer Piet Hein
The Dutch destroyer Piet Hein was a Royal Netherlands Navy warship that served in the early stages of World War II in the Pacific, where it was sunk during the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies.
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B.
HNLMS Kortenaer
HNLMS Kortenaer was a Dutch Admiralen-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy that served in the early stages of World War II before being lost in combat against Japanese forces.
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C.
Dutch Navy ship HNLMS De Ruyter
HNLMS De Ruyter is a Royal Netherlands Navy warship named in honor of the famed 17th-century Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
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D.
Oesterdam
Oesterdam is a major Dutch dam and storm surge barrier that forms part of the Delta Works coastal defense system in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.
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E.
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.
- 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: Dutch destroyer Witte de With Target entity description: Dutch destroyer Witte de With was a Royal Netherlands Navy warship that served in the early stages of World War II, notably in the defense of the Dutch East Indies against Japanese forces.
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A.
Dutch destroyer Piet Hein
The Dutch destroyer Piet Hein was a Royal Netherlands Navy warship that served in the early stages of World War II in the Pacific, where it was sunk during the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies.
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B.
HNLMS Kortenaer
HNLMS Kortenaer was a Dutch Admiralen-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy that served in the early stages of World War II before being lost in combat against Japanese forces.
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C.
Dutch Navy ship HNLMS De Ruyter
HNLMS De Ruyter is a Royal Netherlands Navy warship named in honor of the famed 17th-century Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
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D.
Oesterdam
Oesterdam is a major Dutch dam and storm surge barrier that forms part of the Delta Works coastal defense system in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Admiralen-class destroyer
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Royal Netherlands Navy ship ⓘ destroyer ⓘ |
| alliance | Allied navies ⓘ |
| armedWith |
120 mm naval guns
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anti-aircraft guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| builtIn | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1929 ⓘ |
| conflictOfLoss | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 150 ⓘ |
| defended | Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 1300 tons standard ⓘ |
| enemy | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
World War II era
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| fate | sunk by Japanese air attack ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1927 ⓘ |
| launched | 1928 ⓘ |
| locationOfLoss | near Java ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 34 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Witte Corneliszoon de With NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalTactics |
anti-aircraft defense
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anti-surface warfare ⓘ convoy escort ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Netherlands Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of the Java Sea
NERFINISHED
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Dutch East Indies campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | DD-25 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
escort ship
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fleet screening ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Koninklijke Marine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | interwar period ⓘ |
| shipClass | Admiralen class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | sunk ⓘ |
| sunkIn | 1942 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Dutch East Indies
NERFINISHED
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Java Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dutch destroyer Witte de With Description of subject: Dutch destroyer Witte de With was a Royal Netherlands Navy warship that served in the early stages of World War II, notably in the defense of the Dutch East Indies against Japanese forces.
Referenced by (1)
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