HMCS Merciful (SHR-01)

The HMCS Merciful (SHR-01) (formerly Panamax sized oil tanker SS Western Pacific) was a hospital ship in service in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command from the early 2000s onwards. In 1999, the Canadian government purchased the SS Western Pacific for conversion into a hospital ship, mirroring the American conversions of San Clemente-class oil tankers SS Worth and SS Rose City into USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) and USNS Comfort (T-AH-19). The conversion work was assigned to Allied Shipbuilding in Vancouver, British Columbia. It's work was completed in late 2002 and was commissioned in mid 2003 as the first dedicated hospital ship of the Canadian Forces.