23rd February: Unsinkable Sam – the luckiest cat of WWII
‘Unsinkable Sam’ was a ship’s cat in both the German and British navies during World War II. Even though all three ships he sailed on (the German Bismarck, then the British Cossack and Ark Royal) were sunk within the space of six months in 1941, Sam survived each time – although he never went to sea again.
