Among the Navy’s most famed mascots was Blackie, a ship’s cat aboard HMS Prince of Wales during the Second World War. He ...

Simon, a scrappy cat found in Hong Kong, became a cherished crew member aboard the British HMS Amethyst in 1948. During a brutal attack on the Yangtze River, he was wounded but kept killing rats ...

Simon protected food stores from an infestation of rats on board the HMS Amethyst during a siege. He was posthumously awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal, the charity's animal equivalent of the Victoria ...

not so many. Simon the cat won the Dickin Medal ("the animal VC") for surviving injuries, raising morale and controlling rat infestation on HMS Amethyst during the Yangtze Incident in 1949 but few ...

These funds then supplement the allocation for direct costs — so a $100,000 NIH grant at HMS would provide $100,000 for direct costs and would be accompanied by a $69,000 allowance for indirect ...

The HMS Amethyst The PLA responded to this violation with warning shots. When they too were ignored, its troops opened fire on the HMS Amethyst. The British ship was eventually grounded and its ...

One such heroic cat was Simon, who famously guarded his soldiers aboard the HMS Amethyst, a guard ship deployed to protect the British Embassy in Nanjing, China, amidst the Chinese Civil War in 1949.

Simon the tuxedo cat was so efficient at catching rats on the British Warship HMS Amethyst, he was awarded the PDSA (People's Dispensary for Sick Animals) Dicken Medal for his courage. In 1949 ...

Simon is the only cat to have been awarded the Dickin Medal He kept vermin away from the food supply after Plymouth's HMS Amethyst was bombed and the crew stranded Simon is among 75 recipients of ...

Simon joined the crew of Plymouth's HMS Amethyst when it was in Hong Kong in 1948 during the Chinese Civil War. Despite suffering serious injuries during shelling, the courageous cat returned to ...

One notable real-life example of a companion cat during World War II is the story of Simon, a cat aboard the British Royal Navy's HMS Amethyst. The crew of the HMS Amethyst adopted him from Hong ...

The events took place in a war-torn China in 1949 whilst serving on board the Royal Navy Frigate, HMS Amethyst,'' Andy Bannister told UTV. ''After coming under unprovoked heavy artillery fire ...