ship Calypso
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The ship Calypso is the famous research vessel used by oceanographer Jacques Cousteau in his pioneering marine exploration and documentary films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ship Calypso canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8711969 — 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.
Target entity: ship Calypso Context triple: [The Living Sea, features, ship Calypso]
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Arielle Ship
Arielle Ship is an American soccer forward known for her standout collegiate career at the University of California, Berkeley and subsequent professional play in the National Women's Soccer League.
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Gracy
Gracy is a given name, typically used as a feminine variant of the name Gracie or Grace.
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HMS Terror
HMS Terror was a British Royal Navy bomb vessel later converted for polar exploration, most famously lost with all hands during Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition to find the Northwest Passage.
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Sea Venture
Sea Venture was the flagship of the Virginia Company fleet that was wrecked in Bermuda in 1609, an event that influenced the early history of English colonization in America and is often cited as an inspiration for Shakespeare’s "The Tempest."
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SS Nomadic
SS Nomadic is a preserved early 20th-century tender ship built to serve RMS Titanic and now a historic museum vessel in Belfast.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: ship Calypso Target entity description: The ship Calypso is the famous research vessel used by oceanographer Jacques Cousteau in his pioneering marine exploration and documentary films.
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A.
Arielle Ship
Arielle Ship is an American soccer forward known for her standout collegiate career at the University of California, Berkeley and subsequent professional play in the National Women's Soccer League.
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B.
Gracy
Gracy is a given name, typically used as a feminine variant of the name Gracie or Grace.
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C.
HMS Terror
HMS Terror was a British Royal Navy bomb vessel later converted for polar exploration, most famously lost with all hands during Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition to find the Northwest Passage.
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D.
Sea Venture
Sea Venture was the flagship of the Virginia Company fleet that was wrecked in Bermuda in 1609, an event that influenced the early history of English colonization in America and is often cited as an inspiration for Shakespeare’s "The Tempest."
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E.
SS Nomadic
SS Nomadic is a preserved early 20th-century tender ship built to serve RMS Titanic and now a historic museum vessel in Belfast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
research vessel
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ship ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Loel Guinness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquiredYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization | Cousteau Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jacques-Yves Cousteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardsAssociatedWith |
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for The Silent World
NERFINISHED
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Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for World Without Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ Palme d'Or for The Silent World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builder | Ballard Marine Railway Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtIn | Ballard, Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conversionDesigner | Jacques Cousteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conversionLocation | Marseille, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convertedFor | oceanographic research ⓘ |
| countryOfRegistry | Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewCapacity | about 27 ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of marine conservation movement ⓘ |
| equippedWith |
diving saucer
ⓘ
helicopter platform ⓘ laboratories ⓘ sonar equipment ⓘ underwater cameras ⓘ wet lab ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
The Cousteau Odyssey (TV series)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Silent World (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ World Without Sun (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flag | Maltese flag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homePort | Monaco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchedAs | British Yard Minesweeper BYMS-26 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| leaseCost | one franc per year ⓘ |
| leasedTo | Jacques Cousteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | approximately 42 meters ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Calypso (mythological nymph) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
appearing in The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
being the research vessel of Jacques Cousteau ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Cousteau Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Jacques Cousteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalFunction | minesweeper ⓘ |
| previousName |
J-826
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Minesweeper BYMS-26 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | diesel engines ⓘ |
| refloatedYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| restorationAttemptedBy | Cousteau Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sankAt | Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceDuring | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sinkingCause | collision with barge ⓘ |
| sinkingYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| status | under long-term restoration ⓘ |
| takenTo | Marseille for repairs ⓘ |
| usedBy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| usedFor |
documentary filmmaking
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marine exploration ⓘ oceanographic research ⓘ |
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Subject: ship Calypso Description of subject: The ship Calypso is the famous research vessel used by oceanographer Jacques Cousteau in his pioneering marine exploration and documentary films.
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