Animals aboard the RMS Titanic - wikipedia Animals aboard the RMS Titanic This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 July 2018. There were many animals aboard the RMS Titanic during her disastrous maiden voyage, which ended with the ship sinking on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg. They included dogs, cats, chickens, other birds and an unknown number of rats. Twelve dogs were on the Titanic but only three survived, and the rest of the animals perished in the disaster. Contents 1 Inventory of the animals 2 Fate of the animals 3 Notes 4 References Inventory of the animals The ship had her own official cat named Jenny, who was kept aboard Titanic as a mascot and also worked to keep down the ship 's population of rats and mice. Transferred over from Titanic 's sister ship Olympic, Jenny gave birth in the week before Titanic sailed from Southampton. She normally lived in the galley, where the victualling staff fed her and her kittens on scraps from the kitchens. Stewardess Violet Jessop wrote that the cat `` laid her family near Jim, the scullion, whose approval she always sought and who always gave her warm devotion ''. A number of dogs were brought aboard by passengers as pets. Most were kept in kennels on the ship 's F Deck, though some First Class passengers kept theirs in their cabins -- probably without the knowledge of the crew or with the turning of a blind eye, as they were not supposed to do so. The ship 's carpenter, John Hutchison, was responsible for the dogs ' welfare. The kennel dogs were exercised daily on the poop deck by a steward or one of the bellboys. As for the lapdogs, the American painter Francis Davis Millet wrote disapprovingly in a letter sent from Titanic 's last stop, Queenstown in Ireland, `` Looking over the ( passenger ) list I only find three or four people I know but there are... a number of obnoxious, ostentatious American women, the scourge of any place they infest, and worse on shipboard than anywhere. Many of them carry tiny dogs, and lead husbands around like pet lambs ''. The dog owners had planned to hold a dog show aboard the ship on the morning of 15 April, but the Titanic would sink the preceding night. The details of several of the dogs aboard Titanic were recorded and included : A King Charles Spaniel and an elderly Airedale Terrier, owned by William Carter. Chow - Chow, a chow chow owned by Harry Anderson. A champion French Bulldog called Gamin de Pycombe, owned by Robert Williams Daniel, who had bought him in England for the very high price of £ 150 ( £ 13,393 in 2015 prices ). Kitty, another Airedale Terrier, owned by millionaire John Jacob Astor. A Pomeranian owned by Margaret Bechstein Hays, named Bebe, which she kept ( probably surreptitiously ) in her cabin. A dog owned by Elizabeth Rothschild, also kept in her cabin. A Pekingese called Sun Yat Sen, owned by Henry Sleeper Harper and his wife Myra. Frou - Frou, a toy dog owned by Helen Bishop. The dog was allowed to stay in her cabin as the stewards considered it `` too pretty '' to put among the bigger dogs in the kennels. There were probably more dogs aboard, but their details ( and owners ) have not survived. Passenger Charles Moore of Washington, D.C. made a last - minute change to his plans to transport aboard Titanic 100 English foxhounds, which he intended to use to start an English - style fox hunt in the Washington area. They were instead shipped aboard another vessel. As well as the dogs and cats, there were a number of birds aboard. Ella Holmes White of New York brought four roosters and hens, which were probably kept in or near the F Deck dog kennels. She had imported them from France with the intention of improving her poultry stock at home. Another woman was said to have brought 30 cockerels aboard and Elizabeth Ramel Nye brought her yellow canary. Two dogs and a canary disembarked with the passengers who left the ship at Cherbourg, Titanic 's first port of call after Southampton. The animals travelled on their own tickets and even the canary that left at Cherbourg had to be paid for, to the tune of 25 US cents. Like any other ship of the time, Titanic had a substantial population of rats. One was seen running across the Third Class Dining Room on the evening of the sinking, to the shock and amazement of the diners. Some of the women who saw it burst into tears, while men tried unsuccessfully to capture the rat. Fate of the animals Few of Titanic 's animals survived the ship 's sinking. Three of the dogs were taken aboard lifeboats by their owners. Margaret Hays ' Pomeranian got away safely in Lifeboat 7 and lived until June of 1917 when it ran away or was stolen, while Elizabeth Rothschild refused to board Lifeboat 6 unless her dog was allowed to come too. Henry and Myra Harper brought their Pekingese aboard Lifeboat 3, but Helen Bishop had to abandon Frou - Frou in her cabin, much to their mutual distress. The dog attempted to stop her leaving by holding on to her dress with his teeth until the seam tore. Afterwards, Bishop spoke of her sorrow : `` The loss of my little dog hurt me very much. I will never forget how he dragged on my clothes. He so wanted to accompany me ''. None of the other animals survived. At some point during the sinking, someone decided to free the dogs from their kennels, leading to a pack of excited dogs racing up and down the slanting deck as the ship went down. One female passenger is said to have refused to be parted from her dog and chose to stay aboard. Several days later, as the SS Bremen passed through an area still strewn with debris and bodies floating in the water, a single passenger saw the body of what she thought was a woman tightly holding what could have been a large shaggy dog in her arms. Robert W. Daniel 's bulldog Gamin de Pycombe was last seen in the water swimming for his life after the ship went down. After the sinking, several of the surviving animal owners made compensation claims for their lost pets and poultry. Daniel claimed $750 for the loss of his pedigree bulldog, while Carter claimed $300 for the loss of his two dogs. White claimed $207.87 for her lost chickens and Chow - Chow was valued by Anderson at $50. Only three out of twelve dogs survived the sinking. Notes Jump up ^ Gittins, Dave ; Akers - Jordan, Cathy ; Behe, George ( 2011 ). `` Too Few Boats, Too Many Hindrances ''. In Halpern, Samuel. Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic : A Centennial Reappraisal. Stroud, UK : The History Press. p. 78. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7524 - 6210 - 3. Jump up ^ Eveleth, Rose ( March 31, 2014 ). `` The Definitive Guide to the Dogs on the Titanic ''. Smithsonian. Smithsonian Institution. ISSN 0037 - 7333. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ Arnold, Brooke ( April 19, 2017 ). `` The Remarkable Story of Jenny the Titanic Cat ''. The Catington Post. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` 1912 : The French Chickens Who Went Down With the Titanic ''. Hatching Cat. New York. June 22, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ Marsh, Carol ( September 1, 1998 ). Gigantic Titanic Trivia for Kids !. Carole Marsh Books. p. 29. ISBN 9780793389858. Jump up ^ Harvey, Ian ( 6 August 2016 ). `` From 12 dogs aboard the Titanic, only 3 survived ''. The Vintage News. Retrieved 20 May 2018. Jump up ^ Kelly, Kate ( 25 August 2014 ). `` Dogs of the Titanic : Three Who Survived ''. America Comes Alive. Retrieved 20 May 2018. ^ Jump up to : Eaton & Haas 1999, p. 234. Jump up ^ Pellegrino 2012, p. 29. ^ Jump up to : Georgiou 2000, p. 18. ^ Jump up to : Davenport - Hines 2012, p. 174. Jump up ^ Lynch 1992, p. 100. References Davenport - Hines, Richard ( 2012 ). Titanic Lives : Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew. UK : HarperCollins. ISBN 978 - 0 - 007 - 32164 - 3. Eaton, John P. ; Haas, Charles A. ( 1999 ). Titanic : A Journey Through Time. Sparkford, Somerset : Patrick Stephens. ISBN 978 - 1 - 8526 - 0575 - 9. Georgiou, Ioannis ( 2 November 2000 ). `` The Animals on board the Titanic ''. Atlantic Daily Bulletin. Southampton : British Titanic Society. ISSN 0965 - 6391. Lynch, Don ( 1992 ). Titanic : An Illustrated History. New York : Hyperion. ISBN 978 - 1 - 56282 - 918 - 6. Pellegrino, Charles ( 2012 ). Farewell, Titanic : Her Final Legacy. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978 - 0 - 470 - 87387 - 8. RMS Titanic First class facilities Second and Third class facilities Grand Staircase Musicians Sinking Alternative theories Changes in safety practices Legends and myths Lifeboats Lifeboat No. 1 British inquiry US inquiry Wreck of Titanic Maritime Memorial Act Deck officers Edward J. Smith ( Captain ) Henry Tingle Wilde ( Chief Officer ) William McMaster Murdoch ( First Officer ) Charles H. Lightoller ( Second Officer ) Herbert Pitman ( Third Officer ) Joseph G. Boxhall ( Fourth Officer ) Harold G. Lowe ( Fifth Officer ) James Paul Moody ( Sixth Officer ) Joseph Bell ( Machine Room Manager ) Crew members Frederick Barrett Harold Bride William Denton Cox Sid Daniels Alfred Frank Evans Frederick Fleet Luigi Gatti Robert Hichens Violet Jessop Charles Joughin Reginald Lee Evelyn Marsden William Mintram Jack Phillips George Symons Passengers Fatalities Allison family Thomas Andrews John Jacob Astor IV David John Bowen Archibald Butt Thomas Byles Roderick Chisholm Walter Donald Douglas Edith Corse Evans Annie Funk Jacques Futrelle Sidney Leslie Goodwin Benjamin Guggenheim John Harper Wallace Hartley Charles Melville Hays Edward Austin Kent Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche Francis Davis Millet Harry Markland Molson Michel Navratil Eino Viljami Panula W.T. Stead Ida Straus Isidor Straus John Borland Thayer Jr. Frank M. Warren, Sr. George Dennick Wick George Dunton Widener Harry Elkins Widener Duane Williams George Henry Wright Survivors ( last living ) Rhoda Abbott Trevor Allison Lillian Asplund Madeleine Astor Ruth Becker Lawrence Beesley Karl Behr Dickinson Bishop Mauritz Håkan Björnström - Steffansson Elsie Bowerman Francis Browne Margaret `` Molly '' Brown Daniel Buckley Alden Caldwell Helen Churchill Candee Charlotte Drake Cardeza Lucile Carter Gladys Cherry Millvina Dean Margaret Devaney Sir Cosmo Duff - Gordon Lucy, Lady Duff - Gordon Ethel Flora Fortune Dorothy Gibson Archibald Gracie IV Frank John William Goldsmith Edith Haisman Henry S. Harper Eva Hart Margaret Bechstein Hays Masabumi Hosono J. Bruce Ismay Eleanor Ileen Johnson Louise Laroche Louise Kink Margaret Mannion Michel Marcel Navratil Alfred Nourney Arthur Godfrey Peuchen Winnifred Quick Marjorie Newell Robb Edith Rosenbaum Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes Emily Ryerson Beatrice Sandström Frederic Kimber Seward Eloise Hughes Smith Jack Thayer Marian Thayer Barbara West Ella Holmes White R. Norris Williams Marie Grice Young Monuments and memorials General Memorials and monuments to the RMS Titanic Australia Bandstand ( Ballarat ) United Kingdom Engine Room Heroes ( Liverpool ) Engineers ( Southampton ) Musicians ( Southampton ) Titanic ( Belfast ) Orchestra ( Liverpool ) United States Straus Park ( New York City ) Titanic ( New York City ) Titanic ( Washington, D.C. ) Butt - Millet Memorial Fountain ( Washington, D.C. ) Popular culture Books The Wreck of the Titan : Or, Futility ( 1898 ) A Night to Remember ( book ) Polar the Titanic Bear Films Saved from the Titanic ( 1912 ) In Nacht und Eis ( 1912 ) Atlantic ( 1929 ) Titanic ( 1943 ) Titanic ( 1953 ) A Night to Remember ( 1958 ) The Unsinkable Molly Brown ( 1964 ) Raise the Titanic ( 1980 ) Secrets of the Titanic ( 1986 ) Titanica ( 1992 ) Titanic ( 1997 ) The Legend of the Titanic ( 1999 ) Titanic : The Legend Goes On ( 2000 ) Ghosts of the Abyss ( 2003 ) Tentacolino ( 2004 ) Titanic II ( 2010 ) Television S.O.S. Titanic ( 1979 ) Titanic : The Complete Story ( 1994 ) Titanic ( 1996 ) No Greater Love ( 1996 ) `` A Flight to Remember '' ( Futurama ) ( 1999 ) Titanic ( 2012 ) Titanic : Blood and Steel ( 2012 ) Saving the Titanic ( 2012 ) Music `` The Titanic ( It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down ) '' ( folk song ) The Sinking of the Titanic ( music composition ) Titanic ( musical ) The Unsinkable Molly Brown ( musical ) `` My Heart Will Go On '' ( Celine Dion song ) `` Nearer, My God, to Thee '' ( song ) Video games Titanic : Adventure Out of Time ( 1996 ) Titanic : Honor and Glory ( TBA ) Museums and exhibitions SeaCity Museum ( Southampton ) Titanic Museum ( Branson, Missouri ) Titanic Museum ( Pigeon Forge, Tennessee ) Maritime Museum of the Atlantic ( Halifax ) Titanic Belfast Places Titanic ( Canada ) Titanic Canyon Titanic Quarter, Belfast Cape Race, Newfoundland Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia Mount Olivet Cemetery ( Halifax ) Related Ships RMS Olympic RMS Carpathia HMHS Britannic CS Mackay - Bennett SS Californian Replica Titanic Titanic II Others White Star Line David Blair Arthur Rostron Stanley Lord Titanic Historical Society Encyclopedia Titanica Halomonas titanicae Women and children first SOS CQD Robert Ballard Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Animals_aboard_the_RMS_Titanic&oldid=849859169 '' Categories : 1912 animal deaths History of the Atlantic Ocean Lists of domesticated animals RMS Titanic Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español 日本 語 Português Edit links This page was last edited on 11 July 2018, at 21 : 40 ( UTC ). 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Question: how many dogs were among the survivors of the titanic
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