A portrait of "Unsinkable Sam", by Georgina Shaw-Baker.
THERE are many cliches about cats, but none more enduring and endearing than the nine lives they are said to have. With regards to this, it has been said over the last 70-plus years that a cat named "Unsinkable Sam" survived the sinking of three ships he'd been on – a battleship, a destroyer and an aircraft carrier.
Is there any truth to this?
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