Dogs, Cats and Shipwrecks
Posted By: Thrasybulus      12/17/2012 12:08:59 AM
Frary Home Companion, by Professor John Frary
Original Article

Pusuke, a Japanese dog, died last year at the age of 26 years and 8 months, Guinness reckons she’s was the world’s oldest dog. And speaking of survivors I just learned that Oskar, the Bismarck’s ship’s cat, survived the battleship’s sinking along with 115 out of 2200 crewmen. Oskar was rescued by the HMS Cossack. The destroyer was torpedoed and sunk six months later with the loss of 127 crewman. Oskar was taken off a piece of floating debris by crewmen of HMS Ark Royal. Three weeks later the Ark Royal was sunk by another U-Boat. Oskar was saved...