hospital ship

English

United States Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort in 2009

Noun

hospital ship (plural hospital ships)

1. A ship that is intended to serve as a mobile hospital with appropriate equipment and personnel.
   • 1946 March and April, “Notes and News: Anglo-Irish Steamship Fleets”, in Railway Magazine, page 118:

     The Leinster has been in use as a hospital ship and a transport, but is now released and is refitting for her regular service.

Translations

hospital ship

• Finnish: sairaalalaiva
• French: navire-hôpital (fr) m, navire hôpital
• German: Lazarettschiff (de) n
• Hebrew: אֳנִיַּת בֵּית חוֹלִים (he) f (oniyat beit kholim)
• Hungarian: kórházhajó (hu)
• Russian: госпита́льное су́дно n (gospitálʹnoje súdno)
• Swedish: lasarettsfartyg n