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HMS Prince of Wales

1939 King George V-class battleship
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HMS Prince of Wales

Summary

HMS Prince of Wales is a battleship[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of battleship entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,504 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • HMS Prince of Wales's image is recorded as Prince of Wales-1.jpg[3].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's image is recorded as HMS Prince Of Wales in Singapore.jpg[4].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's instance of is recorded as battleship[5].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's instance of is recorded as shipwreck[6].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's operator is recorded as Royal Navy[7].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's manufacturer is recorded as Cammell Laird[8].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's vessel class is recorded as King George V-class battleship[9].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's Commons category is recorded as HMS Prince of Wales (ship, 1941)[10].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[12].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's participated in conflict is recorded as Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse[13].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 3.56, 'lon': 104.47833333333}[14].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02g5zv[15].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's service entry is recorded as +1941-01-19T00:00:00Z[16].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning[17].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's significant event is recorded as keel laying[18].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's significant event is recorded as ship completed[19].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's significant event is recorded as ship launching[20].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's pennant number is recorded as 53[21].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's topic's main category is recorded as Category:HMS Prince of Wales (ship, 1941)[22].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's Commons gallery is recorded as HMS Prince of Wales (1941)[23].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's described by source is recorded as Drachinifel[24].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's described by source is recorded as uboat.net[25].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's described by source is recorded as naval-history.net[26].
  • HMS Prince of Wales's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Prince-of-Wales-British-ship[27].

Why It Matters

HMS Prince of Wales ranks in the top 4% of battleship entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,504 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    Topic's main category → Category:HMS Prince of Wales (ship, 1941)
    Manufacturer → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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