Mercy Ships
Mercy Ships upon which we have served!
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Anastasis (1953-2007, purchased 1978 and joined the Mercy Ship Fleet 1983) |
Africa Mercy (1980-present, purchased 1998 and joined the Mercy Ship Fleet 2007) |
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Original use and original name(s) |
Italian liner ("Victoria"). Click here for vintage photographs. |
Danish rail ferry ["Dronning Ingrid" (1980-99), "Ingrid" (1999-2001)] |
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Length |
159 meters |
152 meters |
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Breadth |
20.73 |
23.7 meters |
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Gross Tonnage |
11,701 |
16,572 |
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Built |
1953 |
1980 |
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Registered |
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Crew Capacity |
420 |
484 |
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Cargo Capacity |
3 holds/3060 m3 total |
1724 m3 |
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Main Engines |
2 Fiat 7510 (8,050 BHP each) |
4 B & X (3120 kW each) |
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Draft |
7.2 meters |
6.0 m |
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Number of ORs |
3 |
6 |
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Number beds |
50 beds |
78 beds |
Times of our service on the Mercy Ship:
| Where the ship was docked |
Dates of service |
Read about it in the SteffeScope |
| Lome | Jun 4 - 6, 2003 |
Saturday, June 7, 2003 |
| Sierra Leone (photo gallery) | Apr 29 - May 24, 2004 |
Saturday, May 1, 2004 Saturday, May 8, 2004 |
| Liberia | Mar 20 - Apr 9, 2006 | |
| Liberia (photo gallery) | Apr 6 - Apr 27, 2007 | |
| Liberia (photogallery) | Feb 16 - Mar 31, 2008 & Jun 27 - Aug 8, 2008 |
Saturday, February 23, 2008 Saturday, March 22, 2008 |
| Benin | Feb 20 - Aug 16, 2009 |
Here are some stories about patients and their treatment aboard the Mercy Ship
If you have the stomach for it, look at some of the pictures of extreme disease that we see.