A group of sailors surround the ship's cat "Convoy", as he sleeps in a miniature hammock on board HMS HERMIONE. According to the original caption, "Convoy" is in the ship's book and provided with full kit. The cat obtained his name because of the number of times he accompanied the ship on duty patrols.

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Topics:
   + Animals in hammocks
   + HMS Hermione (74)
   + Hammocks in the Royal Navy
   + Men with cats
   + Photographs from the Imperial War Museum
   + Ships' cats
   + Sleeping cats

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Licensing:

• Artist: Beadell, S J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer
• License: Public Domain

Media information:

• Original datetime: 1941-11-26
• Upload datetime: 2011-12-16T16:19:49Z
• Uploader: User:Common Good
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• Refreshed: 2018-07-19 06:07:11 UTC

Technical Topics:
   + Black and white photographs
   + UK Government artistic works