convoy was the ship's cat aboard hms "hermione". he was named "convoy" because he often went with the ship on convoy escort duties (where the ship would sail with a group of other ships for protection). like the ship's sailors, convoy was listed in the ship's book, and given a full kit, including a tiny hammock where he would sleep. he was killed along with 87 of his crew mates when "hermione" was torpedoed and sunk on 16 june 1942 by german submarine u-205.