Tag: Kriegsmarine

MEET SAM THE UNSINKABLE CAT

According to the story, Unsinkable Sam survived the destruction of three warships in World War II and lived happily until 1955. A pastel portrait of Sam (titled Oscar, the Bismarck’s Cat) by the artist Georgina Shaw-Baker is in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

U-BOATS WERE NOT SUBMARINES

Their hull design was close to that of a destroyer. A long, thin hull and sharp-raked bow. When a U-boat needed speed, she had to run on the surface. Once submerged she could only run on batteries, slow and for a limited period.