archaeos:ventureonwilderseas:Cats have lived (and worked!) on board ships for hundreds of years, ser
archaeos:ventureonwilderseas:Cats have lived (and worked!) on board ships for hundreds of years, serving as mousers, mascots, and morale-boosters. Once common on navy ships, cats still live on many private sailboats and some tall ships.(Sources+more info, top to bottom: 1, 2, 3, 4)If I may submit some WWI ships’ cats courtesy of the Imperial War Museum:(The cat on the aeroplane is aboard a WWI carrier!) -- source link