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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hospital ship¹

First recorded in 1675–85

Example Sentences

The government has sent three warships carrying aid and two hospital ships to some of the worst-hit areas, where many roads remain impassable.

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The vessel was requisitioned by the British Admiralty during the war to serve as a hospital ship.

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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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