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hospital ship
noun
- a ship built to serve as a hospital, especially used to treat the wounded in wartime and accorded safe passage by international law.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hospital ship1
Example Sentences
As well as the silhouettes representing the personnel from all three services, two bespoke figures were created to represent nurses Sisters Evershed and Field, who died while saving 75 men from a hospital ship.
A French hospital ship docked in Egypt has begun treating injured Gazans, a French official says.
The yard was building hospital ships and minesweepers in 1917 when King George V became the first of many royal visitors over the years.
At least 38 Chinese ships were spotted in Second Thomas Shoal’s vicinity on Friday, including a Chinese navy fast assault craft and a hospital ship, the Philippine coast guard said.
French officials said they are also considering evacuating injured people to hospital ships in the Mediterranean off the Gaza coast.
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