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hospital ship

noun

  1. a ship built to serve as a hospital, especially used to treat the wounded in wartime and accorded safe passage by international law.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hospital ship1

First recorded in 1675–85
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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.

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A French hospital ship docked in Egypt has begun treating injured Gazans, a French official says.

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The yard was building hospital ships and minesweepers in 1917 when King George V became the first of many royal visitors over the years.

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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.

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French officials said they are also considering evacuating injured people to hospital ships in the Mediterranean off the Gaza coast.

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