The Ship That Died of Shame
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The Ship That Died of Shame is a 1955 British crime drama film about former Royal Navy officers who use their wartime motor gun boat for smuggling, only to see it seemingly “lose heart” as their activities grow more corrupt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ship That Died of Shame canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11497608 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Ship That Died of Shame Context triple: [Gordon Dines, notableWork, The Ship That Died of Shame]
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A.
The Ship That Would Not Die
The Ship That Would Not Die is the famed nickname of the World War II destroyer USS Laffey, renowned for surviving an intense and prolonged kamikaze and bomb attack off Okinawa.
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B.
The Shipwreck
The Shipwreck is a dramatic 18th-century maritime painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its vivid depiction of storm-tossed seas and human struggle against nature.
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C.
The Wreck
The Wreck is a popular surf break off Byron Bay, Australia, known for the shipwreck that shapes its waves and distinctive lineup.
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D.
The Seafarers
The Seafarers is a 1953 short documentary film and one of Stanley Kubrick’s early non-fiction works, focusing on the lives and organization of merchant seamen.
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E.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
- 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: The Ship That Died of Shame Target entity description: The Ship That Died of Shame is a 1955 British crime drama film about former Royal Navy officers who use their wartime motor gun boat for smuggling, only to see it seemingly “lose heart” as their activities grow more corrupt.
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A.
The Ship That Would Not Die
The Ship That Would Not Die is the famed nickname of the World War II destroyer USS Laffey, renowned for surviving an intense and prolonged kamikaze and bomb attack off Okinawa.
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B.
The Shipwreck
The Shipwreck is a dramatic 18th-century maritime painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its vivid depiction of storm-tossed seas and human struggle against nature.
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C.
The Wreck
The Wreck is a popular surf break off Byron Bay, Australia, known for the shipwreck that shapes its waves and distinctive lineup.
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D.
The Seafarers
The Seafarers is a 1953 short documentary film and one of Stanley Kubrick’s early non-fiction works, focusing on the lives and organization of merchant seamen.
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E.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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crime drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceMaterial | Nicholas Monsarrat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Ship That Died of Shame and Other Stories
NERFINISHED
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short story by Nicholas Monsarrat ⓘ |
| centralMotif | motor gun boat that appears to lose heart ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gordon Dines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Basil Dearden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
General Film Distributors
NERFINISHED
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Rank Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Seth Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | 35 mm ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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drama film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bill Randall
NERFINISHED
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Birdie NERFINISHED ⓘ George Hoskins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitle | The Ship That Died of Shame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
postwar disillusionment
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smuggling ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | William Alwyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | former Royal Navy officers ⓘ |
| notableFor | moral allegory involving a warship used for crime ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Ealing Studios crime cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
increasingly corrupt criminal activities
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use of wartime motor gun boat for smuggling ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Relph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Basil Dearden
NERFINISHED
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Michael Relph NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Monsarrat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | post-Second World War Britain ⓘ |
| starring |
Bernard Lee
NERFINISHED
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Bill Owen NERFINISHED ⓘ George Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold Goodwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Attenborough NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland Culver NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia McKenna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Ship That Died of Shame Description of subject: The Ship That Died of Shame is a 1955 British crime drama film about former Royal Navy officers who use their wartime motor gun boat for smuggling, only to see it seemingly “lose heart” as their activities grow more corrupt.
Referenced by (1)
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