Anastasis (ship)
 The Anastasis in Cape Town
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The Anastasis was a hospital ship of the Mercy Ships mission and relief organization . The former cruise ship was built as the passenger and cargo ship Victoria in Monfalcone in 1953 and has been used as a cruise ship since 1974. In 1978 it was bought by Mercy Ships and converted into a floating hospital with three operating rooms, a dental clinic, X-ray unit and a medical laboratory. The Anastasis was known as the "largest private hospital ship in the world", and the value of the ship's medical equipment was over a million US dollars in 2007.
construction
The Victoria was built together with her sister ship Asia as the last ship in a series of seven medium-sized passenger ships operated by Lloyd Triestino at Fincantieri in Monfalcone. The Victoria and her sister ship were built for the route from Genoa to Hong Kong , which took them about a month. The ship carried a relatively small number of 290 first class passengers and 141 tourist class passengers. As a result, the Victoria , like her sister ship, had large lounges and cabins to make the long voyage more pleasant for the passengers. It was also unusual that the capacity of the first class was higher than that of the tourist class.
Furnishing
The equipment of the Victoria and the Asia was very comfortable at the time. The first class cabins were all equipped with their own bathroom, while the tourist class passengers sometimes had to share a bathroom with their neighbors. All cabins and lounges on board the ship were fully air-conditioned.
The first class and the tourist class each had the same amount of deck space and lounges, which was also unusual. Both classes each had a lobby, a lounge, a large veranda, a card room and a writing room. In addition, both classes had their own dining room and pool. The sister ships were therefore together with the other ships of the Lloyd Triestino as the most modern and comfortable passenger and cargo ships of their time. The cuisine on board the Victoria was predominantly Italian, but also offered international dishes.
The lounges of the first class were at the level of the promenade deck, the Lido deck and the first class pool were one deck above. The tourist class lounges were on the A deck. The first class dining room and the tourist class dining room were also located on this deck. The two dining rooms were separated from each other by a gallery. The tourist-class pool and lido deck were on the aft promenade deck of the ship.
Victoria
The Victoria was launched on September 18, 1951 and put into service in March 1953 and henceforth used on the route from Genoa to Hong Kong. Stopovers were in Naples , Messina , Port Said , Suez , Aden , Karachi , Bombay , Colombo and Singapore . In 1965 the route of the ship was relocated, which now also called Venice and Jakarta . In 1967 she switched to the route to Cape Town and Karachi.
In 1974 the ship was sold to the Adriatica di Navigazione due to falling numbers and converted into a cruise ship. However, this was not very successful, which is why the Victoria was launched as a cruise ship in 1977 after only three years.
Anastasis
After a year of lay-in, the ship was sold to Mercy Ships in 1978 and extensively converted into a hospital and auxiliary ship. In 1982 the ship was finally put into service under the new name Anastasis .
The aid ship was mainly used in the African region for health care and disaster relief . Two more ships, the Caribbean Mercy and the Island Mercy , were temporarily used. The Anastasis had, among other things, several operating theaters, a hospital with forty beds, a dental station and its own eye clinic. The ship also had three theaters that were used for demonstrations and lectures. Despite many alterations, a large part of the original furnishings was retained until the end.
Retirement
Due to the high operating costs, the high need for technical personnel and a construction that was not optimal for the purpose, the Anastasis was replaced by the new hospital ship Africa Mercy in February 2007 despite its very good condition after 274 aid missions in 28 years . The Africa Mercy is a former Danish railway ferry built in 1980 , which operated as Dronning Ingrid between Warnemünde and Gedser . With its 152 m length, 23.7 m width and 16,572 tons, the Africa Mercy also took on the title of "largest private hospital ship in the world". The Anastasis was meanwhile sold to India for scrapping.
On June 28, 2007, the Anastasis left the port for the last time to drive to India for scrapping on its own. On the transfer voyage, some of the ship's old crew remained on board, which is unusual since employees of the scrap yard usually take over the ships that were sold. The Anastasis arrived on August 10, 2007 for scrapping in Alang , where it was dismantled in the coming months. Much of the ship's historical equipment was removed and sold to collectors. The Anastasis was the last existing ship of the Lloyd Triestino.
The sister ship
The Asia was also retired in 1974 by Lloyd Triestino and sold to Lebanon , where it was renamed Persia . The ship was converted into an animal transporter in 1977, renamed Norleb in 1984 and scrapped in Gadani in 1985 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the ship with a detailed description of the equipment. ssMaritime.com, accessed July 13, 2015 .
- ^ M / S anastasis. Mercy Ships, archived from the original on April 9, 2018 ; accessed on July 17, 2019 .
- ↑ The ship on midshipcentury.com. Retrieved July 13, 2015 .