A nice 'photo of Ginger, senior Ship's Cat aboard HMS Hood, in speculative mood.  JR.

Ginger (HMS Hood)

Ginger's junior partner as Ship's Cat on HMS Hood.  As he was photographed (therefore alive) in 1940, there is a definite possibility that he went down with his ship.  Best regards, JR.

HMS Hood's Rear-Cat.

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Francis Pridham, CB, KBE, (seated, first right) at his eldest daughter Anne's's wedding to Lieutenant-Commander James Graham Gould ("Nat") aboard HMS Hood, 28 July 1937.  Pridham served as Flag Captain and CSO aboard the Hood, 1936-1938; from 1941 to 1946 (when he retired) he served as President of the Ordnance Board with the rank of Vice-Admiral.  Note the HMS Hood crest on the gun-caps.  The thought "Ginger and Fishcake sat here" occurs - but I am sure the wedding party would have preferred not to think of that ...  JR.