The cat was supposed to be owned by a German crewman on Bismarck. Here’s his photo.Īircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal of Britain. He’s a black and white patched cat, and all cats are cute, at least for me. He started being a ship’s cat for Germany in 1941, and died in 1955 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
He tries to kill Jerry, the mischievous rodent, on the ship.>
Tom and jerry episode 71 cruise cat part 2 - YouTube:Įver watched this episode of Tom & Jerry? Tom works as a ship's cat here. They helped control rodents on ships, which could otherwise damage vital ropes, furniture and electrical wires. What? Ship’s cat? Yes, ship’s cat.ĭating back from ancient times to recent history, cats were carried along on ships by shipmen. Sam, when his name wasn’t Sam, worked as a ‘ship’s cat’ for the German battleship Bismarck in World War-II. Though the cat was first named Oscar, he’s widely known as ‘Unsinkable Sam’ because he miraculously survived threewarships sinking in World War II when countless trained navy men died of drowning.Īnd how he survived three times, God knows. It’s the cat famously named ‘Unsinkable Sam’. Yes, it did exist in history, but is much forgotten. Ever imagined a cat would survive bullets and bomb blasts in a battle and finally would get into someone’s good hands to lead a peaceful, Garfield-like life thereafter?
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