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Ship’s Cat

@R08Cat

HMS Queen Elizabeth’s original Ship’s Cat. Now ashore keeping Excel & Word rodent-free, while awaiting my next sea draft. Personal account.

 Portsmouth, England
Joined January 2018
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1/ I’ve just found @DartmouthBRNC’s Ship Tech Lab, complete with very large model ship 😻 This is where Officer Cadets learn some of the science behind ships and the things which affect their stability. It’s hard to resist a little play... #ItWasLikeThisWhenIFoundItChief #STEM
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#OnThisDay 1921 the Admiralty increased the allowance for milk for ships cats from 1 Shilling to 1 Shilling & Sixpence per week. @RoyalNavy
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Kate 𓆉@kejamieson_27 Oct 2021
Of course on #BlackCatDay the most important cat to be following is @R08Cat ⚓️
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Two of my favourite things - #FishAndShips 😸🐟⚓️
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1/ There are hundreds of UK Armed Forces personnel in Bahrain, contributing to the security of shipping in the region. We may be a long way from home but Friday is still #FishAndChips day! 🐟 Which one gets your vote? Poll below 👇
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#OnThisDay 100 years ago in1921 the Admiralty increased the allowance for milk for ships cats from 1 Shilling to 1 Shilling & Sixpence per week. @RoyalNavy
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I’ve received a paw-some care package from @AnnaMarquiss1 who was concerned about my reduced mousing opportunities during lockdown. These chocolate mice will be, um, well attended to shall we say?! Stay safe folks, & look out for your fellow humans & cats (perhaps even dogs) 😸🐾
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Staff training complete with a welcome back address from @CaptainRReadwin, delivered virtually to the whole BRNC force. All staff are now refreshed and ready to welcome a new intake of approx 150 new Officer Cadets next week. Capt Readwin enjoying his wet from his @R08Cat mug!
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After a great few days with @hms_tamar I must bid farewell for now 😿 A big thank you to CO Lt Cdr Hutchinson & MEO Lt Wright for their hospitality, and to the many junior Marine Engineers who kept finding me hiding around the ship but didn’t blow my cover. Legends, all! 😸
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*volume up* I thought I’d lend a paw on @hms_tamar’s Bridge. I just can’t understand why cats were banned from ships when we’re so helpful in the workplace. Baffling. Time for a swift exit?! 🐈 #ItWasLikeThisWhenIFoundItChief #Whoops #CatsOfTwitter
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After all the good food I thought I’d pay a visit to @hms_tamar’s gym. The Marine Engineering Officer has introduced me to the fishies 🐟 game on the rowing machine and explained that when I row hard enough, the Commanding Officer will personally bring me a lobster. Let’s go! 😸
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*Volume up* @RoyalNavy ships used to have cats to keep 🐀 at bay. This stopped in 1975 but the legend lives on & the occasional unauthorised “miaow” may be heard over a main broadcast system... I’d better take cover before I get the blame for this one 😸 @HMS_tamar #CatsOfTwitter
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I am conducting spot checks of all interesting-looking doors & hidey-holes on board @hms_tamar. An engineer told me that there’s a secret gammon store next to the tartan paint cupboard & I shall not rest until I have located it! 🍖😸 Just fire fighting gear in this locker...
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1/ @hms_tamar’s Ship’s Company is 75 sailors in 3 teams. 50 work while the other 25 are ashore, resting. The crew currently includes: 2x @nznavy 🇳🇿 2x @RNReserve 1x Merchant Navy ⚓️ 1x stowaway cat 🐈 Average age: 27 yrs young! They also have 51 extra bunks for visitors.
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2/ Depending on what @hms_tamar is doing, the extra 51 embarked forces bunks could be used by all sorts of people from @RoyalMarines boarding teams to officers undergoing training. The mattresses pass the comfort test - I will be returning here after lunch 😸
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🌲🌿🌵@hms_tamar is the RN’s newest* & greenest ship. Catalytic converters reduce nitrogen based emissions by up to 95% 🌴🌳 *Shiny new ship @HMS_Spey arrives in #Portsmouth today. Once formally handed over to the RN, Spey pounces on Tamar’s title! 🙀 #NoFilter #OKMaybeAFilter
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If the giant tin of tuna is for me, who / what on earth is the meat for @hms_tamar? 🙀
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Phew. It’s just @hms_tamar’s lion. Maybe it’ll leave me a chunk or two of chicken?
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Being very well looked after on board offshore patrol vessel @hms_tamar. Definitely going to need a cheeky catnap after the biggest tin of tuna I’ve ever seen 😸 #Massive #CatsOfTwitter
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Well that paw-patrol was a little different! Unfortunately I must depart (for now) but before I do, a big thank you to the fantastic team at @RAFBrizeNorton for having me and shout out to the paw-some @scottyeders for showing me around. Thanks shipmates! 🐾😸
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The Air Traffic team monitors & controls air activity around @RAFBrizeNorton, getting aircraft in & out safely. Lots of important radars, technolo- 🙀 oh my gosh, there’s a big orange cardboard wavey-hand on a stick, to say hello to pilots with. That’s so cool!😸 @RoyalAirForce
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🙀 Don’t worry mate; the old tail-stuck-in-the-cat-flap situation happens to the best of us! 😸🐈#CatsOfTwitter #VoyagerForce
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