Ships' Pets and Mascots

[Randi]

From the old forum: Ships' Pets and Mascots

After seeing the picture Caro posted about Rufus the Australian Station Dog, I found the following links. Caveat: The sites do not include footnotes or citations, although there are some photographs. In any case, perhaps these will be of interest to folks working on the specific ships.

http://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/featuring/war02.html

http://www.usni.org/news-and-features/c ... a-services

http://parksfacts.blogspot.com/2010/10/ships-cat.html

Enjoy...

[Caro]

Coast Guard Canines

My favourite is Pete the Pooch.

[Michael]

Mine, too!

[AvastMH]

Nobby is a bit worrying - one paw on the wheel and one paw on the handbrake

[Caro]

From Twitter:

Gladstone
@TreasuryMog

Here is Simon. He was on HMS Amethyst and in 1949 during the Yangtze incident he received the PDSA's Dickin Medal after surviving injuries from cannon shelling, for raising morale and killing off a rat infestation #RemembranceDay

[Michael]

[leelaht]

That wide-legged stance probably helps him keep is balance in rough swells.

[Caro]

From Cats of Yore on Twitter:



"Sailors on board HMAS Gascoyne feeding the ship's cat" ca. 1945.

[Randi]

[Caro]

https://twitter.com/CatsOfYore/status/1 ... 89570?s=20
"Members of the crew of HMS Ganges with the ship's cat"

[Caro]

SOUTH BOUND CONVOY ABOARD HMS WESTON, AN ESCORTING SLOOP. 1940.
The First Lieutenant with WESTON's three cats; Blitz, Winston, and Smutz; all were born on the ship.

Imperial War Museum collection.