Africa Mercy
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The Africa Mercy is a hospital ship of the Christian aid organization Mercy Ships . It is used for free medical treatment of people. The Africa Mercy is currently the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship.
history
Dronning Ingrid
The first ship in the series of intercity ferries was built from 1978 to 1980 under the name Dronning Ingrid ( IMO 7803188) and under construction number 418 at the Danish shipyard Helsingørs Værft AS in Helsingør as a train ferry for the Danske Statsbaner . The Dronning Ingrid was laid down on August 28, 1978; it was launched on August 8, 1979. It was named after the Danish Queen Ingrid .
On July 21, 1980 the ferry was handed over to the DSB . The ship was initially used from August 1980 in the Kattegat on the routes Korsør - Nyborg and Helsingborg - Copenhagen . In autumn 1986 there was a brief assignment on the Helsingborg - Copenhagen line. On February 9, 1989, the ferry in Nyborg collided with the Superflex Charlie ferry , killing two people. From the beginning of 1997 the ship sailed for Scandlines A / S for a few months . After the construction of the tunnel through the Great Belt was in Korsør and Nakskov from 1 June 1997 launched .
Ingrid
In March 1999 the ship was sold to Royal Mercy Valletta Ltd. sold and initially renamed Ingrid . The purchase was financed by a donation from the Balcraig Foundation.
Africa Mercy
The ship was then converted into a hospital ship at the A&P shipyard in Newcastle , where the ship was renamed Africa Mercy in April 2000 . The renovation, which was completed in March 2007, cost around 45 million euros. Since then she has been sailing under the Maltese flag with her home port Valletta.
Technical specifications
The ship was initially measured at 10,606 GRT / 5,088 NRT and had a deadweight capacity of 5,199 tons. There was space for up to 2,280 passengers on board. There were four railway tracks with a length of 494 meters on board. In addition, up to 200 cars could be transported, for which 625 lane meters were available.
After the conversion to a hospital ship, the ship is measured at 16,572 GT / 4,971 NRZ and has a deadweight of 4,150 tons. Railroad tracks and car decks were removed during the renovation.
Since the conversion, the ship has been powered by four sixteen-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines with a total output of 12,480 kW . The motors act on two controllable pitch propellers and give the ship a speed of up to 18.5 kn . The B&W diesel engines (16U28LU) were built by Alpha-Diesel. The remaining two identical diesel engines are used for generators during idle times.
Facilities
The ship has eight decks. There is space for 484 crew members on the upper decks. The hospital, which occupies an area of around 1200 square meters, is housed on the former ferry deck. It has 82 beds. There is also an intensive care unit. The five operating theaters are designed for up to 7,000 operations per year.
Sister ships
Sister ships are the Scandlines ferry Kronprins Frederik and the former Prins Joachim .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b M / S Africa Mercy. In service since 2007. In: mercyships.de. Retrieved April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ MS Dronning Ingrid. Retrieved March 18, 2014 .
Web links
- M / S Africa Mercy. In service since 2007. In: mercyships.de.
- Information about the ship from Fakta om Fartyg