Battle of Cherbourg
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The Battle of Cherbourg was an 1864 American Civil War naval engagement off the coast of France in which the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama was sunk by the Union warship USS Kearsarge.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Cherbourg canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5403953 — 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: Battle of Cherbourg Context triple: [Raphael Semmes, engagement, Battle of Cherbourg]
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Battle of Cherbourg
The Battle of Cherbourg was a World War II engagement in June 1944 in which Allied forces captured the vital French port of Cherbourg from German control shortly after the Normandy landings.
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Battle of Villers-Bocage
The Battle of Villers-Bocage was a 1944 World War II engagement in Normandy, France, best known for a dramatic German tank ambush that temporarily halted a British armored advance shortly after D-Day.
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C.
Battle of Quiberon Bay
The Battle of Quiberon Bay was a decisive 1759 naval engagement in which the British Royal Navy shattered the French fleet off the coast of Brittany, securing British control of the seas and thwarting a planned invasion of Britain.
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Battle of Sainte-Foy
The Battle of Sainte-Foy was a major 1760 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which French forces temporarily recaptured Quebec City from the British, reversing the outcome of the earlier Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
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E.
Battle of St. Quentin
The Battle of St. Quentin was a major 1557 clash of the Italian Wars in which Spanish-Habsburg forces decisively defeated the French army in northern France, significantly weakening French power.
- 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: Battle of Cherbourg Target entity description: The Battle of Cherbourg was an 1864 American Civil War naval engagement off the coast of France in which the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama was sunk by the Union warship USS Kearsarge.
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A.
Battle of Cherbourg
The Battle of Cherbourg was a World War II engagement in June 1944 in which Allied forces captured the vital French port of Cherbourg from German control shortly after the Normandy landings.
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B.
Battle of Villers-Bocage
The Battle of Villers-Bocage was a 1944 World War II engagement in Normandy, France, best known for a dramatic German tank ambush that temporarily halted a British armored advance shortly after D-Day.
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C.
Battle of Quiberon Bay
The Battle of Quiberon Bay was a decisive 1759 naval engagement in which the British Royal Navy shattered the French fleet off the coast of Brittany, securing British control of the seas and thwarting a planned invasion of Britain.
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D.
Battle of Sainte-Foy
The Battle of Sainte-Foy was a major 1760 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which French forces temporarily recaptured Quebec City from the British, reversing the outcome of the earlier Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
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E.
Battle of St. Quentin
The Battle of St. Quentin was a major 1557 clash of the Italian Wars in which Spanish-Habsburg forces decisively defeated the French army in northern France, significantly weakening French power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battle
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naval battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Sinking of CSS Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate States Navy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Confederate States of America ⓘ Union NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Union forces rescued some Confederate survivors ⓘ |
| casualties | significant Confederate casualties ⓘ |
| combatantShip |
CSS Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
USS Kearsarge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
John A. Winslow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raphael Semmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| date | 1864-06-19 ⓘ |
| distanceFromShore | fought several miles off Cherbourg ⓘ |
| endDate | 1864-06-19 ⓘ |
| engagementType | ship-to-ship action ⓘ |
| followedBy | international arbitration over Alabama claims ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | symbolized decline of Confederate naval commerce raiding ⓘ |
| involvedNation |
Confederate States of America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalContext | took place near neutral French waters ⓘ |
| location |
English Channel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
off Cherbourg, France ⓘ |
| neutralPortInvolved | Cherbourg Naval Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
one-on-one naval duel
ⓘ
sinking of CSS Alabama ⓘ |
| observedBy | civilian spectators on French coast ⓘ |
| opposingCommanderConfederate | Raphael Semmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposingCommanderUnion | John A. Winslow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Union blockade of Confederate ports NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | CSS Alabama commerce raiding cruise ⓘ |
| result | Union victory ⓘ |
| shipSunk | CSS Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipSurvived | USS Kearsarge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipTypeConfederate | screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipTypeUnion | sloop-of-war USS Kearsarge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1864-06-19 ⓘ |
| theater | Naval operations of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1864 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Cherbourg Description of subject: The Battle of Cherbourg was an 1864 American Civil War naval engagement off the coast of France in which the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama was sunk by the Union warship USS Kearsarge.
Referenced by (2)
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