A fourteenth hospital ship was sunk by a German mine in the English Channel off Juno beach, during the Normandy invasion.” That meant that wounded “servicemembers could not be assured of safety aboard hospital ships.”.
For the past year, marine pilot Ian Lawrence and his family of four have been volunteering on a hospital ship off the coast of Sierra Leone... The GlobalMercy is thought to be the world's largest purpose-built non-governmental hospital ship.
The "Auspicious Ark," is China's third domestically designed and built 10,000-tonne-class hospital ship, said spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang at a regular press conference.
Screenshot photo shows the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's third hospital ship, Auspicious Ark,takes part in a multi-purpose medical rescue drill in the Yellow Sea...Chinese hospital ship returns home following humanitarian mission2025-01-16.