Notable modern and historical ships.

Entity["Ship",name] or

represents an entity of type "Ship".

[prop]

gives the value of a specified property.

[{propi,}]

gives the value of a list of properties.

EntityClass["Ship",{propispeci,}]

represents a class of entities with values of propi defined by speci.

Sample Entities

Properties

  • Beambeam overall
    Builderbuilder
    BuilderCountrybuilder country
    Classclass
    Crewcrew
    DateBeganOperationstart date of operation
    DateCommissioneddate commissioned
    DateLaidDowndate laid down
    DateLauncheddate launched
    Depthdepth
    Displacementdisplacement
    Draughtdraught
    EntityClassesentity classes
    EntityTypeListentity type list
    HistoricalNameshistorical names
    Imageimage
    Lengthlength overall
    MaximumSpeedmaximum speed
    Namename
    Operatoroperator
    Ownersowners
    PassengersTotaltotal passengers
    PortOfRegistryports of registry
    Shipwreckshipwreck
    Tonnagetonnage
    TotalCapacitytotal capacity
    Typetype

Details

  • "Ship" entities include operational, retired, scrapped and sunken vessels that were designed to transport passengers or goods across oceans and other bodies of water.
  • "Ship" entity classes include shipwrecks, cruise ships and aircraft carriers.
  • Some properties are available for the "Ship" entity type as a whole and can be given using the form EntityValue["Ship",property]. Such properties include:
  • "Properties"the list of available properties
    "PropertyCanonicalNames"the standard names of available properties
    "SampleEntities"a sample list of available entities (typically of length 10)
    "SampleEntityClasses"a sample list of available entity classes (typically of length 10)
    "EntityCount"number of entities available
    "Entities"the list of available entities
    "EntityCanonicalNames"the standard names of available entities
    "EntityClasses"the list of available entity classes
    "EntityClassCanonicalNames"the standard names of available entity classes
    "PropertyClasses"the list of available property classes
    "PropertyClassCanonicalNames"the standard names of available property classes
    "PropertyCount"number of properties available
  • The following annotations can be used in the third argument of EntityValue["Ship",property,annotation]:
  • "Source"source information for the property
    "Date"the date associated with the entity-property value (if any)
    "EntityAssociation"an association of entities and entity-property values
    "PropertyAssociation"an association of properties and entity-property values
    "EntityPropertyAssociation"an association in which the specified entities are keys, and values are a nested association of properties and entity-property values
    "PropertyEntityAssociation"an association in which the specified properties are keys, and values are a nested association of entities and entity-property values
    "Dataset"a dataset in which the specified entities are keys, and values are an association of property names and entity-property values
  • The following annotations can be used in the second argument of EntityValue[property,annotation]:
  • "Qualifiers"the list of possible qualifiers for the property
    "QualifierValues"the list of possible values that can be given to each qualifier
    "DefaultQualifierValues"the list of default values for the property's qualifiers
    "Description"a brief textual description of the property
    "Definition"a detailed textual definition of the property
    "PhysicalQuantity"the physical quantity associated with the entity-property value
    "Unit"the unit associated with the entity-property value
  • A qualifier value of Automatic indicates that an applicable format of values can be used; e.g. for the "Date" qualifier, this includes a proper date or date span.

Examples

Basic Examples  (4)

Use for entity discovery:

Find a property value for an entity:

Retrieve a dataset of all available properties for an entity:

Find the 10 largest ships by tonnage: