Hospital ship

United States Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort in 2009.

A Hospital ship is a big boat which is built to cure patients. Most are operated by militaries, or by governments. Attacking one is a war crime, but Hospital ships are not allowed to carry any weapons, and enemy navies (if the owner of the Hospital ship is at war) are allowed to inspect them.　And hospital ship is due to be protected by Second Geneva Convention.

Hospital Ship Media

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  Tangier circa 1670. Hospital ships were used during the evacuation of the port in the 1680s.

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  HMS Melbourne, the first modern hospital ship, served during the Second Opium War. Excerpt from The Illustrated London News about the ship (click to read).

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  Hospital Ship, Avonmouth, Bristol Channel, 1895

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  Avonmouth hospital ship ward 1895

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  RMS Mauretania as hospital ship HMHS Mauretania during World War I.

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  HMHS Aquitania in World War I service as a hospital ship.

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  Template:HMHS (youngest sister of Titanic and Olympic) after conversion to a hospital ship during World War I.

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  Non-government hospital ship MV Africa Mercy

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  Navio-Auxiliar “Pará”, navegando rumo ao Arquipélago de Bailique, no Amapá.