Jutlandia
 The Jutlandia 1963
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The motor ship Jutlandia was a passenger and cargo ship built in 1934 for the Danish shipping company Det Østasiatiske Kompagni (East Asian Company). It was especially known as a hospital ship during the Korean War .
history
On behalf of the United Nations and the Red Cross , the Jutlandia was used as a civilian hospital ship in the Korean War from 1951 to 1953 . The Danish government arranged for the conversion to a modern hospital ship , so that four operating theaters and 356 hospital beds were available. The ship was used on a total of three trips. In the meantime, the ship has been further adapted to the requirements of humanitarian operations with air conditioning, an eye clinic and a helicopter deck.
In contrast to the military hospital ships, civilian patients were cared for on the Jutlandia , so that in addition to 4981 soldiers, far more than 6000 civilians were treated. On October 16, 1953, the Jutlandia returned to Copenhagen after 999 days in UN service , to be used again by the EAC. On January 14, 1965, she left Copenhagen for her last trip to Bilbao , where she was scrapped.
Slowly falling into oblivion, the ship was brought back into the Danish consciousness for a long time by the hit Jutlandia (1986) by Kim Larsen .
literature
- Kristine KN Midtgaard: Jutlandia shipping companies: tilblivelse og virke 1950-53. Dansk Udenrigspolitisk Institut, København 2001.
- Peter Frederiksen: Jutlandia - Danmark i Korea-krigen. Høst & Søn, København 2006.
