What was the name of the cat that survived the sinking of the Bismarck, HMS Cossack and the HMS Ark Royal in WW II ?
Unsinkable Sam Unsinkable Sam Unsinkable Sam (also known as Oskar or Oscar) is the nickname of a real or fictitious cat, reportedly in service as a ship's cat during World War II both in the Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy, surviving the sinking of three ships in total. The cat's original name is unknown. The name "Oscar" was given by the crew of the British destroyer HMS "Cossack" that rescued him from the sea following the sinking of the German battleship "Bismarck". "Oscar" was derived from the International Code of Signals for the letter 'O', which is code for "Man Overboard" (the
HMS Ark Royal (R09) HMS Ark Royal (R09) HMS "Ark Royal" (R09) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and, when she was decommissioned in 1979, was the Royal Navy's last remaining conventional catapult and arrested-landing aircraft carrier. She was the first aircraft carrier to be equipped with angled flight deck at its commissioning; her sister ship, , was the Royal Navy's first angle-decked aircraft carrier after modification in 1954. "Ark Royal" was the only non-United States vessel to operate the McDonnell Douglas Phantom at sea. "Ark Royal" was the sister ship to , which was initially named HMS "Audacious", hence the name