Chinese hospital ship Daishan Dao

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People's Liberation Army (Navy) ship PLA(N) Peace Ark (T-AH 866) steams in close formation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014.jpg
Hospital ship 866 (Peace Ark)
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Name
  • Daishan Dao (navy)
  • (Chinese :岱山岛)
  • Peace Ark (peacetime)
  • (Chinese :和平方舟)
Namesake Daishan Island
BuilderCSIC (Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited)
Launched2007
CommissionedDecember 22, 2008
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Displacementapproximately 14,000 tons
Length178 metres
Beamapproximately 25 metres
Propulsiontwin engines
Aircraft carried Z-8JH (27 passengers or 15 stretchers)
Aviation facilitieshangar

Daishan Dao is a Type 920 hospital ship of the People's Liberation Army Navy of the People's Republic of China. Daishan Dao is also known as Peace Ark during peacetime, [1] and has received NATO reporting name Anwei class (meaning comfort). [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Daishan Dao is the lead ship and the only ship in her class, Type 920 hospital ship.

History

The ship was launched in 2007 with the stated intention of giving China a platform to provide a better means to providing quicker humanitarian response to disasters around the world, but others contend it also allows China to extend the navy's blue water capabilities. [6]

On 1 September 2010, the hospital ship embarked on a three-month "Harmonious Mission 2010" to the Gulf of Aden with a total of 428 officers including 100 medical workers. En route she visited and provided medical treatment to the local people of Djibouti, Tanzania, Kenya, the Seychelles and Bangladesh. [1] [7]

During "Harmonious Mission 2011", Peace Ark visited Cuba, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, the first Chinese voyage to the Caribbean. [7]

In November 2013, she was deployed to Tacloban, Philippines to assist in the recovery from Typhoon Haiyan. [8]

Peace Ark also participated as part of the Chinese contribution to Exercise RIMPAC 2014 in addition to the United States hospital ship USNS Mercy. [9]

During "Harmonious Mission 2015", Peace Ark visited Australia, Barbados, French Polynesia, Grenada, Mexico, Peru, and the United States.Timeline 2010--2019

In 2017, Peace Ark traveled to Djibouti (treating 7,841 Djiboutians), Sierra Leone, Gabon, Republic of Congo (treating 7,508 Congolese), Angola, Mozambique (treating 9,881 Mozambiquans), and Tanzania (treating 6,421 Tanzanians). [10] :284

Characteristics

Daishan Dao is the sole ship of its class, and is assigned pennant number 866. She is assigned to the South Sea Fleet and based out of Zhoushan in Zhejiang province. She has a capacity of 300 beds, 20 ICU beds, 8 operating theatres, and can perform 40 major surgeries a day, in addition to X-ray, ultrasound, CT, hypothermia, hemodialysis, traditional Chinese medicine, and dental facilities. [9] [11] She is also equipped with a remote networking and communications system to allow teleconferencing with doctors and specialists on land. [9]

In accordance with the Geneva Conventions, Daishan Dao and her crew do not carry any offensive weapons, while the ship is painted white with red crosses to mark her as a hospital ship. [9]

Similar vessels

Peace Ark (front) and USNS Mercy sailing side by side. USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and People's Liberation Army (Navy) hospital ship Peace Ark (T-AH 866) transit the Pacific Ocean during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014.jpg
Peace Ark (front) and USNS Mercy sailing side by side.

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