In Life’s Ups and Downs, Able Sea-cat Bart relates the story of Matthew Flinder’s Trim, the ship’s cat who found going aloft hard to resist. He found coming down more challenging as do all seafaring felines, the sailors’ pest controllers, shipmates, mascots and pets. But there were usually shipmates to assist.   Read more

In Daily Bread Able Sea-cat Bart shares the experience of a ship’s cat torpedoed during the Battle of the Atlantic who survived on hardtack (and flying fish). Relive this World War II tale of survival from the story curator of seafaring felines, the sailors’ pest controllers, shipmates, mascots and pets.   Read more

What happened to the ship’s cat? Able Sea-cat Bart revisits the sinking of USS Monitor during the American Civil War in Cannon Cat Cold Case. Was there a seafurrer on board or not the story curator of seafaring felines, the sailors’ pest controllers, shipmates, mascots and pets asks Dr Anna Holloway.   Read more

In Fortune’s Swings, Able Sea-cat Bart shares Richard Hakluyt’s story of the ship’s cat that “lept into the sea” when John Locke was sailing to Jerusalem. It’s the first recorded rescue at sea reports the story curator for seafaring felines, the sailors’ indispensable shipmates, mascots and pets.   Read more

Pirate Pickings, William Dampier’s tale of hungry buccaneers with dwindling food supplies, shows how grumbling tums become mutinous minds. Despite this, the men shared the meagre supplies with the ships’ cats reports Able Sea-cat Bart, story curator of the seafaring felines, the sailors’ pest controllers, shipmates, mascots and pets.   Read more

First aid reveals the confidential correspondence between skippers of the hospital ship USS Solace and destroyer USS Bell 1919–20 regarding the disappearance of Solace’s ship’s cat Thomas Whiskers. Able Sea-cat Bart, story curator of seafaring felines, the sailors’ pest controllers, shipmates, mascots and pets, investigates a possible catnipping here.   Read more

Fur and Feathers is an extraordinary tale of South Shetlands sealing, shipwreck, survival, and the Cora’s ship’s cat buddying up to the local penguins. You couldn’t invent this says Able Sea-cat Bart, story curator of seafaring felines, the sailors’ pest controllers, shipmates, mascots and pets.   Read more

Watch Out is the story of a seafurrer whose vigilance and see-in-the-dark eyes were responsible for the ship avoiding an iceberg and safe arrival in Boston. Ships’ cats spot hazards their shipmates miss says Able Sea-cat Bart, story curator of seafaring felines, the sailors’ pest controllers, shipmates, mascots and pets.   Read more

Blackie, ship’s cat on HMS Prince of Wales, witnessed one of the most momentous events of World War II, the Atlantic Charter Conference with Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt. Talk about brush with fame says Able Sea-cat Bart, story curator of seafaring felines, the sailors’ pest controllers, shipmates, mascots and pets.   Read more

In Winging It, read how Jenny, the ship’s cat, catches flying fish and provides a fresh-is-best portion of the sailors’ diet. Flying fish landing on deck is like having room service reckons Able Sea-cat Bart in this true tale of seafaring felines, the sailors’ pest controllers, shipmates, mascots and pets.   Read more