Portuguese hospital ship. Viana do Castelo. North Portugal

Between 1955 and 1973, Gil Eannes was the flagship of the Portuguese White Fleet that operated in the codfish fishing in the seas of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and Greenland. As the flagship of the White Fleet and besides her main function as hospital ship, Gil Eannes served also as maritime authority, mail ship, tug, icebreaker and general support ship for the Portuguese fishing vessels.
Now permanently moored in the Port of Viana do Castelo, serving as museum ship and youth hostel. After the last trip in 1973, the ship lost his functions, staying moored and abandoned in the Port of Lisbon for many years. The ship was intended to be demolished for scrap.
In 1997, the historian and TV presenter José Hermano Saraiva (sponsor of the last trip of the ship when he was ambassador to Brazil) launched, in one of his history TV programs, a campaign to save the historical ship Gil Eannes from the intended demolition that was planned to occur a few days from there .
In this video we’ll walk you through:
- Operating theatre
- X-ray machine
- Galley
- Captain's room
- The bridge
- Nurses bedrooms
- Eiffel Bridge (ponte)
TIMESTAMPS
1:12 Eiffel Bridge
2:07 Entrance to Gil Eaness
3:47 Start on deck
09:49 Barber
10:15 Galley
14:10 Engine room
18:13 Medical rooms
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