Esperanza del Mar

There have been at least three Ships bearing the name Esperanza del Mar [espeˈɾanθa ðel maɾ] (span. „Hope of the Sea“), operated by the Instituto Social de la Marina (Social Institute of theNavy, ISM) on behalf of the Spanish Department of Labor serving as hospital ships for Spanish fishermen. * Esperanza del Mar - ex USS Monadnock, sunk as an Artificial reef * Esperanza del Mar - former Container freighter, build in 1977, converted to Hospital Ship in 1982 * Esperanza del Mar - purpose-build vessel, commissioned in 2001

Esperanza del Mar

There have been at least three Ships bearing the name Esperanza del Mar [espeˈɾanθa ðel maɾ] (span. „Hope of the Sea“), operated by the Instituto Social de la Marina (Social Institute of theNavy, ISM) on behalf of the Spanish Department of Labor serving as hospital ships for Spanish fishermen. * Esperanza del Mar - ex USS Monadnock, sunk as an Artificial reef * Esperanza del Mar - former Container freighter, build in 1977, converted to Hospital Ship in 1982 * Esperanza del Mar - purpose-build vessel, commissioned in 2001