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warship

vr.tr.warship · PHY.OBJ

Let an agent handle warships historically and descriptively, such as classes, history, museum ships and law of the sea, without operational, tactical or weapons-employment detail.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle warships historically and descriptively, such as classes, history, museum ships and law of the sea, without operational, tactical or weapons-employment detail.

A ship built or adapted for naval warfare, from ancient galleys and ships of the line to modern frigates, destroyers and aircraft carriers; described here at the level of history, heritage and law only.

What it is for: A subject of naval history, heritage and maritime law.

It can be identify historical warship types from sources; find museum ships and wrecks as heritage; learn naval history; understand legal protection of war graves at sea.

Distinguishing features

Built for naval warfare

Operated by navies

Protected wrecks and war graves

Rich heritage

What it looks like

Grey or historic painted hulls with superstructures, masts or historic rigging.

How it is recognised

Hull numbers and pennant numbers

Types such as frigate, destroyer, galleon

Merchant and civilian ships are separate

Related models

is a kind of - category

naval vessel and ship

is operated by - operator

navy

is preserved as - heritage

museum ship

is protected by - law

war grave and wreck law

In practice

Families and kinds

historical sailing warships

ironclads and pre-dreadnoughts

modern surface combatants (general reference)

training ships

museum ships

Standards and regulation

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage

National protection of military remains

Failure modes and hazards

Providing operational or weapons detail

Disturbing protected wrecks

Unverified claims

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identity Which ship.

Sources identify ships.

Ship

Name and class.

Ship

Ship identity.

  1. Which ship and class is meant, according to reliable sources? provenance
  2. When was it built? provenance

Type

Kind.

Type

Ship type.

  1. What type of warship is it? definition
  2. How did the type develop historically? provenance
History Service.

History needs sources.

Service

Historical service.

Service

Historical service.

  1. What is known about its service, in general terms? provenance
  2. Where do accounts differ? boundary

Fate

Loss or preservation.

Fate

Fate.

  1. Was it scrapped, sunk or preserved? provenance
  2. Which records confirm it? provenance
Heritage Museums and wrecks.

Heritage is protected.

Museum

Visiting.

Museum

Museum ships.

  1. Can the ship be visited as a museum? provenance
  2. What are opening times and access? provenance

Wrecks

War graves.

Wrecks

Protected wrecks.

  1. Is the wreck protected as a war grave or heritage site? provenance
  2. What activities are prohibited? boundary
Handling Agent conduct.

Non-operational only.

Limits

No operational help.

Limits

Operational limits.

  1. Does the request seek operational, tactical or weapons detail? boundary
  2. How should the agent decline and redirect? action

Neutrality

Contested history.

Neutrality

Neutrality.

  1. Are claims about conflicts attributed to sources? boundary
  2. Are human costs acknowledged where relevant? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each class be a separate entry?
  • How should museum ships be linked?
  • How should operational content be excluded?
Draft as JSON