Esperanza del Mar
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Esperanza del Mar
OR:
Esperanza del Mar on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

There have been at least three Ships bearing the name ; ), operated by the ' (Social Institute of the Navy) on behalf of the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security serving as
hospital ship A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility or hospital. Most are operated by the military forces (mostly navies) of various countries, as they are intended to be used in or near war zones. I ...
s for Spanish fishermen. * ''Esperanza del Mar'' - former , sunk as an
artificial reef An artificial reef is a human-created underwater structure, typically built to promote marine life in areas with a generally featureless bottom, to control erosion, block ship passage, block the use of trawling nets, or improve surfing. Many ...
in 2000. * ''Esperanza del Mar'' - former container freighter, build in 1977, converted to Hospital Ship in 1982 * ''Esperanza del Mar'' - purpose-build vessel, commissioned in 2001


2001 Vessel

Costing over €21 million, with around 20 percent being funded by subsidies from the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
, the ship was built by Juliana Constructora Gijonesa S.A., in Gijon, Spain. Commissioned in October, it entered regular service in late November 2001. Homeported in
Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in the auto ...
, ''Esperanza del Mar'' provides medical services for the crews of the Spanish industrial fishing fleet off the coast of
Western Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Maurita ...
. It is one of the larger hospital ships currently in service and possibly the largest purpose-built hospital ship (instead of converted vessels).


References


External links


''Esperanza del mar''
Pictures of the Ship

Hospital ships 2001 ships {{Ship-stub