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The Hague Convention on Hospital Ships is a 1904 multilateral treaty that supplemented the 1899 Hague Convention for the adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva Convention. The convention established that during times of war, hospital ships would be exempted from dues and taxes imposed on vessels in the ports of the states that ratify the treaty. It is the one treaty on the laws of war that was concluded between the two conferences at The Hague in 1899 and 1907.

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Hague Convention on Hospital Ships

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The Hague Convention on Hospital Ships is a 1904 multilateral treaty that supplemented the 1899 Hague Convention for the adaptation to Maritime Warfare...

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Hospital ship

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hospital ships of the United States Sanitary Commission Others Mercy Ships Hospital train Hague Convention on Hospital Ships Hospital ships designated...

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Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907

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The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 are a series of international treaties and declarations negotiated at two international peace conferences at The...

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List of United States Navy hospital ships

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under the second Geneva Convention of 1906 and the Hague Convention of 1907. In this list, the particular roles of some hospital ships are identified, e.g...

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Second Geneva Convention

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protect religious and medical personnel serving on a combat ship. Article 22 states that hospital ships cannot be used for any military purpose, and owing...

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List of hospital ships sunk in World War I

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Hospital ships were covered under the Hague Convention X of 1907. Article four of the Hague Convention X outlined the restrictions for a hospital ship:...

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Battle of Tsushima

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defines Hospital Ships to be "solely for the purpose of assisting the wounded, sick or shipwrecked". See Hague Convention on Hospital Ships for signatory...

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German hospital ship Ophelia

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1914 and seized by the Royal Navy for violating Hague Convention X of 1907 concerning hospital ships. After her seizure, she operated in British service...

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AHS Centaur

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resulted in public outrage as attacking a hospital ship is considered a war crime under the 1907 Hague Convention. Protests were made by the Australian and...

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List of Australian hospital ships

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The Australian Hospital Ships, using ship prefix AHS, were a number of converted civilian ships used for medical services during the Second World War....

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List of hospitals and hospital ships of the Royal Navy

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ship until 2024, not a hospital ship per Hague Convention X of 1907) Or Loyal Katherine Siam served as a hospital ship twice, from 1693 to 1697 and, after...

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Law of war

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war, such as the 1949 Geneva Conventions, also include prohibitions on attacking doctors, ambulances or hospital ships displaying a Red Cross, a Red...

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USAHS Acadia

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ambulance ship solution until events forced a change to Hague Convention protected hospital ships. One such event was the refusal of both the North African...

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SS Maheno

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Article 5 of the 1899 Hague Convention it was repainted white overall, with a broad green stripe along its sides, and large red crosses on the sides and funnels...

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HMAT Wandilla

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message decoded on 31 August 1942 showed that the ship was being used to carry supplies to Benghazi in violation of the Hague Convention, making the sinking...

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Hell ship

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Dudley W. Morton, on 26 January 1943. Morton then ordered the ship's lifeboats to be fired upon with small arms fire. The Hague Convention of 1907 bans the...

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MV Wilhelm Gustloff

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of War: Adaptation to Maritime War of the Principles of the Geneva Convention (Hague X); 18 October 1907 Archived 12 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Roger...

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Aerial bombardment and international law

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specifically covered by rules such as the 1907 Hague Convention and Protocol I additional to the Geneva Conventions, which contain pertinent restrictions, prohibitions...

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SS Op Ten Noort

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was completed on February 19, and she started her first voyage as a hospital ship on February 21. Japan had signed the Hague Convention of 1907 that made...

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Merchant navy

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as transport ships, hospital ships and cargo ships. During World War II, they were commissioned for use as hospital ships, supply ships and armed merchant...

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Battle of the River Plate

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and Achilles. In Montevideo, the 13th Hague Convention came into play. Under Article 12, "belligerent war-ships are not permitted to remain in the ports...

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SS Donegal

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ambulance ships to carry wounded personnel from France back to Great Britain. Ambulance ships were classified as hospital ships under Hague Convention X of...

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HMHS Glenart Castle

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the Hague Convention. Only the case of HMHS Llandovery Castle was prosecuted, but the convictions were quashed. A memorial plaque was dedicated on the...

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War crimes in World War I

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dictating the treatment of civilians as defined by the Geneva Conventions and the Hague Conventions. The Military General Governorate of Serbia (MGG/S), as...

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