Israel has asked foreign countries to send hospital ships to help treat wounded Palestinians who are allowed to leave the war-ravaged Gaza Strip for neighbouring Egypt, the Israeli ambassador to ...

LANDSTUHL, Germany, Oct. 14 -- Dazed, shell-shocked and desperate for news about their battered ship and missing shipmates, 39 wounded sailors from the destroyer USS Cole arrived at the big U.S ...

The ships, Polesie and Verity, collided in the early morning about 22 kilometers (14 miles) southwest of the island of Helgoland, Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said.

Hospital ships are often military vessels. RFA Argus, for example, is an imposing sight, at over 574 feet long and displacing 30,954 tons. It began life as a transport vessel before joining ...

The 894-foot modified supertanker ships can carry up to 1,200 medical personnel. Each contain 12 operating rooms, a 1,000-bed hospital facility, digital radiological services, a medical laboratory ...

The two Mercy-class hospital ships, Mercy and Comfort, are huge ships converted from oil tankers.At 894 feet long, each is longer than two new EMS ships parked nose to tail. The Mercy-class ships ...