Ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility

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H.M.S. Dreadnought, a hospital ship, being towed from Greenwich to Chatham by tugs. Wood engraving by J. Greenaway, with letterpress and view of St Paul's Cathedral in title area, 1872.

A ward on the top deck of a hospital ship with patients standing or sitting by their beds. Engraving.

Boer War: the ward of a hospital ship in which a nurse converses with an anxious lady and her daughter. Gouache painting by F. Dickinson, 1899.

Boer War: wounded soldiers being lifted off a hospital ship and carried away on stretchers. Halftone, c. 1900, after F. de Haenen after J. Bruton.

World War One: two scenes from a hospital ship, a burial service and slightly wounded men on deck. Two halftones, c. 1916, after photographs.

Crimean War: the Belleisle Hospital Ship taking provisions on board. Wood engraving.

H.M.S. Dreadnought, a hospital ship, moored off Greenwich, rowing boats nearby. Wood engraving, 1870.

A nurse with convalescent soldiers on the deck of a hospital ship. Pen and ink drawing by E. S. H.

H.M.S. Dreadnought, a hospital ship, being towed to the breakers by tugs. Wood engraving by T. Williams, November 1872.

The War in Egypt: bringing the wounded home on board H.M.S. "Euprates". Wood engraving.

Embarking sick below third cataract. Coloured lithograph by J.G. Keulemans after W.W.C. Verner.

Hospital ships, China: sketches showing the interior including the surgery room, with printed text. Wood engraving, 1860.

Medical staff on board a hospital ship. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

Medical officers tending the leg of a wounded reclined patient on board a hospital ship. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

Royal Naval personnel in anti-gas protective gear on the hospital ship H.M.S. Warrior. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

Going down the river to the ships at Long Reach : being extracts from the reports of Chas. Thomson, Engineer Superintendent of the ambulance steamers 1885-1904. Part one / by John Burne.

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Hospital ships

Images from the collections

Images about Hospital ships

Works from the collections

Medical staff on board a hospital ship. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

Medical officers tending the leg of a wounded reclined patient on board a hospital ship. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

Royal Naval personnel in anti-gas protective gear on the hospital ship H.M.S. Warrior. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

Hospital ships, China: sketches showing the interior including the surgery room, with printed text. Wood engraving, 1860.

Going down the river to the ships at Long Reach : being extracts from the reports of Chas. Thomson, Engineer Superintendent of the ambulance steamers 1885-1904. Part one / by John Burne.

Hospital ships

Images from the collections

Images about Hospital ships

Works from the collections

Medical staff on board a hospital ship. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

Medical officers tending the leg of a wounded reclined patient on board a hospital ship. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

Royal Naval personnel in anti-gas protective gear on the hospital ship H.M.S. Warrior. Glass negative, ca. 1919.

Hospital ships, China: sketches showing the interior including the surgery room, with printed text. Wood engraving, 1860.

Going down the river to the ships at Long Reach : being extracts from the reports of Chas. Thomson, Engineer Superintendent of the ambulance steamers 1885-1904. Part one / by John Burne.

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