07/03/2023
Unsinkable Sam is a legendary cat said to have survived the sinking of three separate military vessels for two separate countries. Sam, originally named Oscar, was a ship cat on the German battleship Bismarck. After the shipโs sinking, Unsinkable Sam was rescued from the wreckage by the British Navy. Post rescue, Sam is said to have served on the HMS Cossack and the HMS Ark Royal, surviving the sinking of both. While the authenticity of this legend is sometimes doubted, the sailors of the British Navy believed it wholeheartedly, and a cat by the name of Unsinkable Sam retired to the Home for Sailors in Belfast in 1941 until his death in 1955.