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Cat that lives aboard a ship at sea

The ship's true cat has been a mutual characteristic on many trading, exploration, and naval ships dating to ancient times. Cats take been carried on ships for many reasons, most importantly to control rodents. Vermin aboard a ship tin can cause damage to ropes, woodwork, and more recently, electrical wiring. In add-on, rodents threaten ships' stores, devour crews' foodstuff, and can crusade economic damage to ships' cargo, such as grain. They are also a source of affliction, which is dangerous for ships that are at sea for long periods of time. Rat fleas are carriers of plague, and rats on ships were believed^[a] to be a primary vector of the Black Expiry.^[ii]

Cats naturally assail and impale rodents,^[3] and their natural ability to adapt to new surroundings made them suitable for service on a send. In addition, they offer companionship and a sense of home, security and esprit to sailors away from dwelling house.

History [edit]

The African mutiny was probably starting time tamed in the Fertile Crescent during the first agronomical revolution that started about 10,000 years ago.^[4] Pocket-size cat bones excavated on Mediterranean islands indicate that cats were introduced effectually the starting time of the first millennium.^[5] Analysis of mitochondrial DNA of archaeological cat specimens revealed that ancient Egyptian cats started spreading in the 8th century BCE along Mediterranean trading routes and reached a Viking port at the Baltic Sea past the seventh century.^{[half dozen]} The written report suggests that viking sailors took cats with them on their voyages.^[7] During the Age of Discovery from the 15th through the 18th centuries, explorers and traders took them on board their ships to much of the rest of the world.^[8]

Cats and superstition [edit]

Sometimes worshipped as deities, cats accept long had a reputation as magical animals and numerous myths and superstitions sprang upwardly amid the unusually superstitious seafaring community.^[9] They were considered to be intelligent and lucky animals, and a high level of care was devoted to keeping them happy. Some sailors believed that polydactyl cats were better at catching pests, possibly connected with the suggestion that actress digits give a polydactyl cat better residuum, important when at ocean.^[10] In some places polydactyl cats became known as "send'south cats".^[11]

Cats were believed to have miraculous powers that could protect ships from unsafe atmospheric condition. Sometimes, fishermen'southward wives would keep black cats at home too, in the hope that they would be able to use their influence to protect their husbands at sea. It was believed to be lucky if a true cat approached a sailor on deck, but unlucky if it simply came halfway, and then retreated. Another popular conventionalities was that cats could start storms through magic stored in their tails. If a ship's cat roughshod or was thrown overboard, it was thought that it would summon a terrible storm to sink the ship and that if the send was able to survive, it would be cursed with ix years of bad luck. Other beliefs included that if a cat licked its fur confronting the grain, information technology meant a hail storm was coming; if it sneezed information technology meant rain; and if it was frisky it meant wind.

Some of these beliefs are rooted in reality. Cats are able to detect slight changes in the weather, every bit a result of their very sensitive inner ears, which also permit them to land upright when falling. Low atmospheric pressure, a common precursor of stormy atmospheric condition, oftentimes makes cats nervous and restless.^[12] Cats naturally react to barometric pressure changes, through which a keen observer can detect unusual beliefs and predict an incoming storm.^[13] The tradition that every ship needs a mascot made cats very welcome among sailors.

Notable examples [edit]

The prevalence of cats on ships has led to them being reported on by a number of noted seafarers. The outbreak of the Second Earth War, with the spread of mass communication and the active nature of the world's navies, also led to a number of ship'southward cats becoming celebrities in their own right.^[14]

Aussie [edit]

Aussie was the last send's cat of the transpacific liner RMSNiagara. He was a v-yr-old grey-and-white long-haired tom. His mother had been Niagara 'south cat earlier him; his father was a Persian true cat in Vancouver, British Columbia. Aussie was born at Suva in Fiji.^[xv]

When Niagara was mined off the coast of New Zealand in 1940, Aussie was put in one of the lifeboats, but he jumped back aboard ship. A few days later, residents of Horahora, Whangarei, claimed that a cat answering Aussie'southward description came ashore on a slice of driftwood, and that i of them had taken him in, just the cat escaped and had not been seen since.^[15]

Blackie [edit]

Blackie was HMSPrince of Wales's transport's cat. During the 2d Earth War, he achieved worldwide fame afterward Prince of Wales carried Prime Minister Winston Churchill across the Atlantic to NS Argentia, Newfoundland, in Baronial 1941, where he secretly met with the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt for several days in a secure anchorage. This meeting resulted in the announcement of the Atlantic Charter.

As Churchill prepared to stride off Prince of Wales, Blackie approached. Churchill stooped to bid farewell to Blackie, and the moment was photographed and reported in the world media. In honor of the success of the visit, Blackie was renamed Churchill.^[sixteen]

Blackie survived the sinking of Prince of Wales by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service later that year, and was taken to Singapore with the survivors. He could not exist found when Singapore was evacuated the following year and his fate is unknown.^[17]

Camouflage [edit]

Camouflage was the send's cat aboard a United states of america Coast Guard LST in the Pacific theater, WWII. He was known for chasing enemy tracer rounds beyond the deck.^[18]

Chibley [edit]

Chibley was the send's cat aboard the tall transport Barque Picton Castle. She was rescued from an animal shelter and circumnavigated the world five times. Picton Castle's role equally a grooming ship resulted in Chibley beingness introduced to a large number of visitors and becoming a celebrity in her own right. Chibley died on November 10, 2011, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. She had sailed over 180,000 miles at bounding main.^[xix]

Convoy [edit]

Convoy comatose in a hammock aboard HMS Hermione

Convoy was the ship'southward true cat aboard HMSHermione. He was and then named because of the number of times he accompanied the ship on convoy escort duties. Convoy was listed in the ship's book and provided with a full kit, including a tiny hammock in which he slept. He was killed along with 87 of his coiffure mates when Hermione was torpedoed and sunk on 16 June 1942 by German submarineU-205.^{[ citation needed ]}

Emmy [edit]

Emmy was the ship'south cat on RMSEmpress of Republic of ireland. She was an orange tabby cat who never missed a voyage. However, on 28 May 1914, Emmy jumped send while in port in Quebec City. The crew returned her to the ship, but she left again, leaving her kittens behind. Empress of Ireland left without her, which was regarded as a terrible omen.^[20] Early on the adjacent morning time Empress of Ireland was struck past Storstad while steaming through fog near the oral cavity of the Saint Lawrence River and rapidly sank, killing more than than 1,000 people.^[21]

Felix [edit]

Felix was the ship's true cat aboard Mayflower II when she set sail from Devon, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1957 to symbolize the solidarity between the UK and the U.s.a. following World State of war Ii. He was given his own life jacket and once suffered a broken paw later a mishap. The paw was set by the ship'due south doctor. Photos and stories virtually Felix appeared in National Geographic, Life, and Yankee magazine subsequently his arrival in the U.s.a.. The cat and the rest of the crew marched in a New York ticker tape parade and toured the Due east Coast that summer. He was eventually adopted past the cabin boy's girlfriend, Ann Berry, and settled in Waltham, Massachusetts. The electric current captain of the Mayflower II wrote a children'south book well-nigh Felix entitled Felix and his Mayflower Two Adventures.^[22] The book was published during the celebration of the ship's fiftieth anniversary at Plimoth Plantation.^[23]

Halifax [edit]

Halifax was the name given to Alvah and Diana Simon'south send's cat who was found in the Canadian port of Halifax, on their way to winter at Tay Bay in 1994, on Roger Henry. The true cat spent all of the time iced in on the boat with Alvah, when Diana had to leave for family purposes. Alvah'due south book Northward To The Night ^[24] describes his adventure in the ice with Halifax the cat, who ended up losing half an ear to frostbite.

Jenny [edit]

Jenny was the name of the ship's cat aboard Titanic and was mentioned in the accounts of several of the crew members who survived the ocean liner'south fateful 1912 maiden voyage. She was transferred from Titanic 'southward sis ship Olympic and gave birth in the calendar week before Titanic left Southampton. The galley is where Jenny and her kittens normally lived, cared for by the victualling staff who fed them kitchen scraps.^[25] Stewardess Violet Jessop later wrote in her memoir that the cat "laid her family near Jim, the scullion, whose approving she e'er sought and who always gave her warm devotion".^{[26] [27]}

Kiddo [edit]

Kiddo seemed to take stowed away on the airship America, when information technology left from Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey, in 1910 to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Initially, Kiddo was so upset past the experience, the cat had to exist placed in a gunny sack and suspended beneath the airship's gondola. He somewhen settled in and, evidently, was better at predicting bad weather than the barometer. The airship's engines eventually failed, and the small coiffure and Kiddo abandoned the America for lifeboats when they sighted the Royal Mail Ship Trent most Bermuda. Kiddo and so was retired from being a transport's cat and was taken intendance of by Edith Wellman Ainsworth, the daughter of the American journalist, explorer, and aviator Walter Wellman who fabricated the daring attempt.^[28]

Mrs Chippy [edit]

Mrs Chippy (actually a male person) was the ship's cat aboard Endurance, the ship used by Sir Ernest Shackleton for his Regal Trans-Antarctic Expedition. When the ship was lost, having become trapped and eventually crushed in pack water ice, Shackleton ordered five sled dogs and Mrs Chippy shot, as Shackleton had decided that the animals could not be kept during the arduous journeying ahead.

Nansen [edit]

Nansen (actually a female person)^[29] was the ship'due south true cat on Belgica, which was used for the Belgian Antarctic Expedition. She was brought on lath by motel boy Johan Koren, and was named after Fridtjof Nansen. She died on 22 June 1898,^[30] and was buried in the Antarctic.^[31]

Peebles [edit]

Lieutenant Commander R H Palmer plays with Peebles, the ship's true cat, who leaps through his clasped arms on board HMS Western Isles at Tobermory, Mull

Peebles was the ship'southward cat aboard HMSWestern Isles. Some other cat who became a favourite of the ship's crew, he was known to be particularly intelligent and would shake the hands of strangers when they entered the wardroom.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Pooli [edit]

Pooli in uniform on July 4, 1959, her 15th birthday

Pooli served aboard a The states attack transport during the Second World War.^[32] She was awarded three service ribbons and four battle stars.^[33]

Rinda [edit]

Rinda was the ship'south cat on the Norwegian cargo ship Rinda, which was torpedoed and sunk during Earth War II. When the surviving crew realized that their beloved transport'south cat was not on board the lifeboat, they rowed around in the night until they finally heard a sorry "miauu" in the distance. "We rowed as difficult as we could and laughed and cried when we lifted the sopping wet furball aboard". The cat became the transport's cat aboard the rescue send, the British armed naval trawler HMTPict, and was given the name Rinda after the previous ship.^[34]

Simon [edit]

Simon was the ship's true cat of HMSAmethyst during the Yangtze Incident in 1949, and was wounded in the bombardment of the send which killed 25 of Amethyst'south crew, including the commanding officer. He soon recovered and resumed killing rats and keeping up the crew's morale. He was appointed to the rank of 'Able Seacat' Simon and became a celebrity subsequently the send escaped the Yangtze and returned to Britain. He later contracted an infection and died presently after. Tributes poured in and his obituary appeared in The Times. He was posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal, the only cat e'er to earn the honour, and was buried with total naval honours.

Tarawa [edit]

Tarawa was a kitten rescued from a pillbox during the Boxing of Tarawa past the U.s. Declension Guard. She was a mascot aboard an LST, only did non become along with the LST'due south other mascot, a dog named Kodiak, and jumped send aground.^[eighteen]

Tiddles [edit]

Tiddles at his station aboard HMS Victorious. Despite a long tradition, at that place are no longer ships' cats aboard Royal Navy vessels

Tiddles was the ship's cat on a number of Royal Navy aircraft carriers. He was born aboard HMSArgus, and later joined HMSVictorious. He was often seen at his favourite station, on the aft capstan, where he would play with the bell-rope. He eventually travelled over thirty,000 miles (48,000 km) during his time in service.

Togo [edit]

Togo was the ship's cat on HMSDreadnought. A Persian cat, Togo was known for resting in the barrels of the ship's main battery.^[35]

Trim [edit]

Trim was the send'southward true cat on a number of the ships under the command of Matthew Flinders during voyages to circumnavigate and map the coastline of Commonwealth of australia during 1801–1803. He became a favourite of the crew and was the start cat to circumnavigate Australia. He remained with Flinders until death. He has been the subject of a number of works of literature, and statues have been placed in his accolade, including 1 that sits on a window sill at the Land Library of New S Wales in Sydney.

Unsinkable Sam [edit]

Previously named Oscar, he was the ship's cat of the German language battleshipBismarck. When she was sunk on 27 May 1941, simply 116 out of a crew of over 2,200 survived. Oscar was picked upward past the destroyer HMSCossack, i of the ships responsible for destroying Bismarck. Cossack herself was torpedoed and sunk a few months after, on 24 October, killing 159 of her coiffure, but Oscar once more survived to be rescued, and was taken to Gibraltar. He became the ship'southward cat of HMSArk Majestic, which was torpedoed and sunk in November that year.

Oscar was again rescued, merely information technology was decided at that time to transfer him to a abode on land. By now known as Unsinkable Sam because of surviving the three ship sinkings, he was given a new chore as shore duty mouse-catcher in the office buildings of the Governor of Gibraltar because he still had "six lives to go".^[36] He somewhen was taken to the United kingdom and spent the balance of his life at the 'Home for Sailors'. A portrait of him exists in the collections of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.^[37]

Today [edit]

The Royal Navy banned cats and other pet animals from all ships on the body of water in 1975 on hygiene grounds;^[14] all the same, cats are still common on many private ships.

One notable example is "Toolbox" (a feral kitten born in a toolbox), the senior ship's cat, official warrant officer and "Helm's Assistant" aboard the modern Kalmar Nyckel. A celebrity in her own correct, she is the subject of ii books.^{[38] [39]} A number of send's cats were included in the chronicles for the National Geographic Magazine (1968–1970) and detailed in the 1972 book Dove by Robin Lee Graham, which was adapted into the 1974 moving picture The Pigeon.^{[ citation needed ]} Bug Naked, Captain Kate McCue's sphynx true cat, sails with her aboard the mega cruise transport Celebrity Edge. ^[40]

In fiction [edit]

In that location are at least two books chosen The Send'due south Cat: a 1977 children'south book past Richard Adams and Alan Aldridge,^[41] and a 2000 novel by Jock Brandis.^[42] Matthew Flinders' Cat is a 2002 novel by Bryce Courtenay featuring tales virtually Trim, the transport'due south cat that circumnavigated Australia. In Fish Head, a 1954 children's book by Jean Fritz, the eponymous true cat unwittingly becomes a ship's cat.^[43]

In science fiction, the role of the transport's cat has been transferred to spaceships. Notable examples include Cordwainer Smith'southward 1955 short story "The Game of Rat and Dragon"^[44] and Andre Norton'south 1968 novel The Zip Stone ^[45] featuring a telepathic mutant feline named Eet.^[46] Robert A. Heinlein'due south The Cat Who Walks Through Walls features a cat named Pixel who travels on various space adventures with the narrator.^[47] On flick, Conflicting (1979) and the sequel Aliens (1986) feature Jones ("Jonesy") aboard USCSS Nostromo.^[48] In the UK science fiction comedy series Blood-red Dwarf, a man called Lister was in stasis for 3 1000000 years on the spaceship Cherry-red Dwarf when all other living beings had died except his significant cat. The cats evolved over the 3 million years into a humanoid species and when Lister came out of stasis he met the last of them that was chosen Cat.^[49]

See also [edit]

• List of cats

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Footnotes

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• "Ship's cats". Moggies. UK.
• "The Send's Cats that Lapped and Mapped the Earth". Seafurrers. Australia.
• Dunwoody, HHC (1883). "Proverbs relating to animals". Indicate Service Notes: Weather Proverbs. Washington: Office of the Main Signal Office. pp. 29–30. – Collection of proverbs relating to cats predicting weather condition

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