HMS Namur
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HMS Namur was a prominent 18th-century Royal Navy ship of the line that saw significant action in major naval engagements, including during the Seven Years' War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Namur canonical | 2 |
| HMS Namur (1756) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T447694 — 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 Namur Context triple: [Battle of Lagos, notableShip (British), HMS Namur]
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A.
HMS Cossack
HMS Cossack was a British Royal Navy destroyer best known for its daring 1940 boarding of the German tanker Altmark in Norwegian waters to free hundreds of Allied prisoners.
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B.
HMS Kimberley
HMS Kimberley was a British K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service during the Second World War, particularly in the Mediterranean and North African campaigns.
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C.
HMS Sikh
HMS Sikh was a British Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served prominently during the early years of World War II.
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D.
HMS Arethusa
HMS Arethusa was a British Royal Navy light cruiser that served prominently during the early years of World War II, including North Sea operations and convoy escort duties.
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E.
HMS Ivanhoe
HMS Ivanhoe was a British Royal Navy I-class destroyer that served during the early years of World War II, notably participating in operations such as the Altmark Incident.
- 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 Namur Target entity description: HMS Namur was a prominent 18th-century Royal Navy ship of the line that saw significant action in major naval engagements, including during the Seven Years' War.
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A.
HMS Cossack
HMS Cossack was a British Royal Navy destroyer best known for its daring 1940 boarding of the German tanker Altmark in Norwegian waters to free hundreds of Allied prisoners.
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B.
HMS Kimberley
HMS Kimberley was a British K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw extensive service during the Second World War, particularly in the Mediterranean and North African campaigns.
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C.
HMS Sikh
HMS Sikh was a British Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served prominently during the early years of World War II.
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D.
HMS Arethusa
HMS Arethusa was a British Royal Navy light cruiser that served prominently during the early years of World War II, including North Sea operations and convoy escort duties.
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E.
HMS Ivanhoe
HMS Ivanhoe was a British Royal Navy I-class destroyer that served during the early years of World War II, notably participating in operations such as the Altmark Incident.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship
ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ |
| armament | 90 guns ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Lagos
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Lagos (1759)
Battle of Vélez-Málaga ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Malaga
Battle of Quiberon Bay ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Quiberon Bay (1759)
Battle of Toulon (1744) ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 48 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Royal Dockyard, Deptford ⓘ |
| builtAt |
Royal Dockyard, Deptford
ⓘ
surface form:
Deptford Dockyard
|
| category |
1690s ships
ⓘ
Second-rate ships of the line of the Royal Navy ⓘ Seven Years’ War naval ships of the United Kingdom ⓘ Ships of the line of the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| conflict |
Seven Years' War
ⓘ
surface form:
Seven Years’ War
War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ
surface form:
War of Jenkins’ Ear
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 700 men ⓘ |
| decommissioned | late 18th century ⓘ |
| discovery | timbers identified archaeologically in 1995 ⓘ |
| era | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| fate | broken up ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | Admiral Edward Hawke at Battle of Quiberon Bay ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | associated with Chatham Historic Dockyard ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1697 ⓘ |
| legacy | timbers reused in Chatham Dockyard buildings ⓘ |
| length | approximately 172 feet (gundeck) ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Siege of Namur ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | Namur ⓘ |
| navalTacticRole | line of battle ship ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Edward Hawke
ⓘ
John Byng ⓘ Thomas Mathews ⓘ |
| notableEvent | played key role in British victory at Quiberon Bay ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| rate | second rate ⓘ |
| rebuildDate | 1729 ⓘ |
| rebuildPlace | Chatham Dockyard ⓘ |
| rebuildStandard | 1719 Establishment ⓘ |
| scrapDate | circa 1780s ⓘ |
| scrappedAt | Chatham Dockyard ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| servicePeriod | late 17th century to late 18th century ⓘ |
| shipClass | 90-gun second-rate ship of the line ⓘ |
| successorName |
HMS Namur
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
HMS Namur (1756)
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HMS Namur Description of subject: HMS Namur was a prominent 18th-century Royal Navy ship of the line that saw significant action in major naval engagements, including during the Seven Years' War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
HMS Namur (1756)