The Story of Unsinkable Sam the Cat
The cute feline started his sea-going career in the Kriegsmarine, the fighting navy of the Third Reich and ended his vocation in the Royal Navy. Sam was on board Bismarck, the HMS Cossack, and the HMS Ark Royal.
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.
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