Japanese battleship Mikasa
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The Japanese battleship Mikasa was a pre-dreadnought battleship that served as Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō’s flagship and played a pivotal role in Japan’s naval victories during the Russo-Japanese War.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battleship Mikasa | 2 |
| Japanese battleship Mikasa canonical | 2 |
| Japanese pre-dreadnought battleship Mikasa | 1 |
| Mikasa-class battleship | 1 |
| battleship Mikasa | 1 |
| museum ship Mikasa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T762149 — 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: Japanese battleship Mikasa Context triple: [Battle of the Yellow Sea, shipInvolved, Japanese battleship Mikasa]
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Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
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Japanese battleship Nagato
The Japanese battleship Nagato was a World War II-era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, famed as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later used as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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IJN battleship Yamashiro
IJN battleship Yamashiro was a Japanese Fuso-class dreadnought battleship that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait in World War II.
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Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
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Japanese cruiser Yubari
Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Japanese battleship Mikasa Target entity description: The Japanese battleship Mikasa was a pre-dreadnought battleship that served as Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō’s flagship and played a pivotal role in Japan’s naval victories during the Russo-Japanese War.
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A.
Japanese battleship Mutsu
Japanese battleship Mutsu was a Nagato-class dreadnought of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its powerful 16-inch guns and its accidental magazine explosion and sinking in 1943.
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B.
Japanese battleship Nagato
The Japanese battleship Nagato was a World War II-era capital ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, famed as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later used as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
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C.
IJN battleship Yamashiro
IJN battleship Yamashiro was a Japanese Fuso-class dreadnought battleship that served in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was sunk during the Battle of Surigao Strait in World War II.
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D.
Japanese cruiser Aoba
Japanese cruiser Aoba was a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser that saw extensive combat in the Pacific, including major early-war engagements against Allied naval forces.
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E.
Japanese cruiser Yubari
Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
museum ship
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pre-dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| armament |
14 × 6-inch (152 mm) secondary guns
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4 × 12-inch (305 mm) main guns ⓘ smaller quick-firing guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| armorType | Harvey and Krupp cemented armor ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Japanese victory at the Battle of Tsushima ⓘ |
| beam | about 23.2 metres ⓘ |
| builder |
Vickers-Armstrongs
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surface form:
Vickers, Sons and Maxim
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| builtAt |
Barrow-in-Furness
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surface form:
Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom
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| commandedBy | Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1902-03-01 ⓘ |
| conflict | Russo-Japanese War ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 830 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1905-09-11 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1923 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 15,000 tons full load ⓘ |
| flagshipDuringBattle | Battle of Tsushima ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō ⓘ |
| hasExhibit | naval history of the Russo-Japanese War ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Important Cultural Properties of Japan
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surface form:
Important Cultural Property of Japan
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| hullConstruction | steel ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1899-01-24 ⓘ |
| laterRaised | yes ⓘ |
| launched | 1900-11-08 ⓘ |
| length | about 131.7 metres ⓘ |
| location |
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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surface form:
Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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| museumOpening | 1926 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Mount Katsuragi
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surface form:
Mount Mikasa
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| navalEra | pre-dreadnought era ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Port Arthur
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Battle of Tsushima ⓘ Battle of the Yellow Sea ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| preservedAs | memorial ship ⓘ |
| propulsion | coal-fired triple-expansion steam engines ⓘ |
| repaired | 1906–1908 ⓘ |
| resultOfEvent | sank in shallow water at Sasebo ⓘ |
| roleInWar | flagship of the Combined Fleet ⓘ |
| serviceAfterRepair | training and coastal defense duties ⓘ |
| shipClass |
Japanese battleship Mikasa
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mikasa-class battleship
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| status | only surviving pre-dreadnought battleship in the world ⓘ |
| stricken | 1923 ⓘ |
| sufferedEvent | magazine explosion at Sasebo ⓘ |
| symbolism | symbol of early 20th-century Japanese naval power ⓘ |
| topSpeed | approximately 18 knots ⓘ |
| visitedBy | tourists ⓘ |
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Subject: Japanese battleship Mikasa Description of subject: The Japanese battleship Mikasa was a pre-dreadnought battleship that served as Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō’s flagship and played a pivotal role in Japan’s naval victories during the Russo-Japanese War.
Referenced by (8)
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