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Ships' Pets and Mascots
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 1:37 am
by Randi
Re: Ships' Pets and Mascots
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:31 pm
by Caro
Coast Guard Canines
My favourite is Pete the Pooch.
Re: Ships' Pets and Mascots
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:41 pm
by Michael
Mine, too!
Re: Ships' Pets and Mascots
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 8:17 pm
by AvastMH
Nobby is a bit worrying - one paw on the wheel and one paw on the handbrake
Re: Ships' Pets and Mascots
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 8:50 am
by 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
Re: Ships' Pets and Mascots
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 2:24 pm
by Michael
Re: Ships' Pets and Mascots
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 7:07 pm
by leelaht
That wide-legged stance probably helps him keep is balance in rough swells.
Re: Ships' Pets and Mascots
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 9:33 pm
by Caro
From Cats of Yore on Twitter:
"Sailors on board HMAS Gascoyne feeding the ship's cat" ca. 1945.
Re: Ships' Pets and Mascots
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 9:35 pm
by Randi
Re: Ships' Pets and Mascots
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:15 am
by Caro
https://twitter.com/CatsOfYore/status/1 ... 89570?s=20
"Members of the crew of HMS Ganges with the ship's cat"
Re: Ships' Pets and Mascots
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 7:08 am
by 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.
