[b]Unsinkable Sam[/b] (also known as [b]Oskar[/b] or [b]Oscar[/b]) was the name of an alleged black and white German "ship's cat":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%27s_cat whose original owner was unknown. He saw service in both the [[Kriegsmarine]] and [[Royal Navy]] during [[World War II]]. He served on board three vessels and miraculously survived the sinking of all three ([i]Bismarck[/i]'s, then the HMS [i]Cossack[/i]'s, and finally the HMS [i]Ark Royal[/i]'s).

After the sinking of HMS [i]Ark Royal[/i] he retired from his shipborne career and was first transferred to to the offices of the Governor General in Gibraltar as a mouse-catcher. He then was sent back to the United Kingdom where he lived the rest of his life in a seaman's home in Belfast, Northern Ireland until his natural death in 1955.

Some researchers are skeptical whether or not Sam actually existed.

He is often seen in fanart with [[Kantai Collection]]'s [[Bismarck (kancolle)|]]. He also appeared in [[Z1 Leberecht Maass (kancolle)|]]'s holiday damage CG (post #2128215).

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Unsinkable Sam":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsinkable_Sam
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