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But on May 26th, 1941, a storm wasn't the ship or Oscar's primary concern.
但在1941年5月26日，风暴并不是这艘船或奥斯卡最担忧的。
After a long pursuit by British naval vessels that spanned a whopping 2 million square miles from the Baltic to the Arctic to the Bay of Biscay, the Bismark found itself cornered by British ships, near Francis Port City of Brest.
经过英国海军舰艇的长期追击，从波罗的海到北极再到比斯开湾，范围达200万平方英里，俾斯麦号最终在弗朗西斯海港城市布雷斯特附近被英国舰艇围困。
Having been responsible for the destruction of British forces, the Allies took no half measures, with Fairey Swordfish biplanes from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal unloaded torpedo upon torpedo into its hull,
俾斯麦号是英国军队覆灭的罪魁祸首，因此协约国没有半途而废，皇家方舟号航空母舰上的剑鱼式双翼机向俾斯麦号的船体发射了一枚又一枚鱼雷，
before the other ships with the fleet including HMS King George V and HMS Rodney sealed its death warrant with an onslaught of shelling and forced the crew to scuttle it.
随后，舰队中的其他舰艇，包括乔治五世国王级战列舰和罗德尼号战列舰，用猛烈的炮击给俾斯麦号下了死亡判决书，迫使船员们沉没。
Of the 2,200 crew on board the Bismark, only 115 survived. This included one very lucky cat.
俾斯麦号上的2200名船员中，只有115人幸存。其中包括一只非常幸运的猫。
Oscar, reportedly found clinging to a plank of wood, sopping wet and undoubtedly very angry, was picked up up by another British ship involved in the attack on the Bismarck, HMS Cossack. The Cossack survived to sail another day.
据报道，奥斯卡被发现时全身湿透，紧紧抓住一块木板，无疑非常愤怒。他被另一艘参与袭击俾斯麦号的英国船只救起，这艘名为“哥萨克号”的舰船幸存下来，并继续航行。
On board his new home life largely returned to normal for Oscar, although the humans aboard now spoke to him in a different tongue to the German he was used to.
在船上，奥斯卡的生活基本恢复正常，尽管船上的人现在用一种不同于他习惯的德语的语言和他交谈。
Still, fish is fish in any language. As arguably the most famous of the tribal class destroyers of World War II, HMS Cossack had already seen quite a lot of the war by 1941.
不过，不管用什么语言，鱼就是鱼。作为二战中最著名的部落级驱逐舰，哥萨克号在1941年已经参与了相当多的战争。
The ship came from a proud lineage, being the fifth to bear the name HMS Cossack and continued to build on this by participating in some notable World War II battles, including the Second Battle of Norway.
这艘船来自一个自豪的家族，是第五艘以哥萨克号命名的船，并继续在此基础上参加一些著名的二战战役，包括第二次挪威战役。
Outpacing the Bismark and many other ships, she could travel at a speed of 36 knots and came fully equipped with four twin turreted 4.7-inch guns, two quadruple 0.5-inch anti-aircraft machine guns,
她的速度超过了俾斯麦号和许多其他船只，最高时速可达36节，装备了四门双联装4.7英寸火炮、两挺四联装0.5英寸防空机枪、
one quadruple torpedo tubes, two-depth charged throwers and rail with a complement of 20-depth charges and one quadruple 2-pounder anti-aircraft gun.
一挺四联装鱼雷发射管、两座深水炸弹投掷器和轨道，以及20枚深水炸弹和一挺四联装2磅高射炮。
But like the Bismarck, Oscar didn't care too much about how well equipped HMS Cossack was, nor that it weighed 2,159 tons when fully loaded, or that it took him quite a while to travel the 377 feet from one end of the ship to the other.
但和在俾斯麦号上一样，奥斯卡并不太在意哥萨克号的装备有多好，也不在乎它在满载时重达2159吨，也不在乎他需要很长时间才能从船的一端航行377英尺到另一端。
All he cared about was enjoying his comfortable new life aboard and the new nickname Unsinkable Sam.
他所关心的只是享受他在船上舒适的新生活和新的绰号“不沉山姆”。
Little did the crew or the cat know, however, that the nickname was a sign of things to come. It was October and the Cossack was just off the coast of Gibraltar when she made her final stand.
然而，船员和猫并不知道这个绰号预示着未来的事情。那是十月，哥萨克号在直布罗陀海岸附近进行了最后的抵抗。
Alongside her sister ships, she joined forces with those already defending convoys' tumult and escorting capital ships that were integral to the World War II naval battle.
和她的姊妹舰一起，她加入了那些已经在抵抗护航队骚乱和护送主力舰的部队，这些舰艇是第二次世界大战海战中不可或缺的一部分。
In late October 1941, she was hit by a single torpedo from U-boat U-563 and 159 of the 190 crew were lost.
1941年10月下旬，她被U型潜艇U-563发射的一枚鱼雷击中，190名船员中有159人丧生。
But HMS Cossack was valiant and was towed along by a tug for another 2 days as sailors desperately tried to keep her afloat to make it to the coast of Gibraltar.
但哥萨克号很勇敢，被拖船拖了两天，水手们拼命想让她浮起来，以便到达直布罗陀海岸。
But sadly, it was not to be. Two days later, HMS Cossack finally gave up, sinking beneath the waves to her final resting place.
但不幸的是，这并没有实现。两天后，哥萨克号终于放弃了，沉入海浪之下，找到了她的最终安息之地。
It's not clear when Unsinkable Sam decided to abandon ship. However, given his ability for surviving, the situations, his choice to disembark should have been a clue to those around him.
目前尚不清楚不沉山姆何时决定弃船。然而，考虑到他的生存能力和当时的情况，他选择下船应该能给周围的人一个提示。
Incredibly, the scrappy cat survived and went on to live on the third ship of his illustrious career HMS Ark Royal.
令人难以置信的是，这只好斗的猫幸存了下来，并继续在他辉煌的职业生涯中的第三艘船皇家方舟号上生活。
Funnily enough, Unsinkable Sam had come full circle from a boat that fought against the Bismarck to another that helped it reach its watery grave.
有趣的是，不沉山姆从一艘与俾斯麦号作战的船到了另一艘使得它沉入水中的船。
Sailing along at 30 knots, Sam settled in for life aboard the third ship of his navy career.
山姆以30节的速度航行，在他海军生涯的第三艘船上安顿下来。
The Ark Royal was reportedly one of the navy's first modern carriers, weighing 22,000 tons and standing at 800 feet long.
据报道，皇家方舟号是海军第一艘现代航母之一，重达22000吨，长800英尺。
Sam could spend his days hiding in plenty of nooks and crannies around its armament with eight twin 4.5 in AA guns, four quadruple 2 pounder AA and eight quadruple 0.5 in AA machine guns.
山姆可以整天躲在它的武器库周围的许多角落里，包括八门双联装4.5英寸防空炮、四门四联装2磅防空炮和八挺四联装0.5英寸防空机枪。
And with the Ark Royal able to carry up to 65 aircraft, mainly the Fairey Swordfish, but also Fairey Fulmar, there were plenty of people coming and going to sneak Sam bits of fish.
而且皇家方舟号能够搭载多达65架飞机，主要是剑鱼式战斗机，还有海燕式战斗机，因此来来往往的人都想偷偷给山姆一些鱼。
Alas though, Unsinkable Sam's luck wasn't holding out. He had been on the Ark Royal for less than a month when it was hit by a torpedo from a submarine attack by U-boat U-81 on 14th November, 1941.
然而，不沉山姆的运气并不好。1941年11月14日，他登上皇家方舟号还不到一个月，就被U型潜艇U-81的一次潜艇袭击发射的鱼雷击中。
Unfortunately, the torpedo hit directly between the ship's magazine storage area and the fuel bunkers and the crew immediately recognized the danger, with the order given to abandon ship.
不幸的是，鱼雷直接击中了船的弹药库和燃料仓之间，船员们立即意识到危险，并下令弃船。
Despite their best efforts, the ship sank below the waves a short time later. At this point, Unsinkable Sam had understandably had enough of life at Sea.
尽管他们尽了最大努力，但船还是在不久之后沉入海中。此时，不沉山姆显然已经厌倦了海上生活。
In the space of around 6 months, he had survived a defection to the enemy side and three ships sinking beneath his paws. It was time for him to retire.
在大约6个月的时间里，他经历了一次叛逃到敌方，三艘船沉没在他的爪下。是时候退休了。
So instead, he took up a position as mouse catcher in the Governor General of Gibraltar's offices.
因此，他转而担任直布罗陀总督办公室的捕鼠员。
After an illustrious career killing Vermin, Sam eventually lived out his last years in Belfast, passing away in 1955.
在杀死害虫的辉煌职业生涯之后，山姆最终在贝尔法斯特度过了晚年，并于1955年去世。
The tale of Unsinkable Sam is a well-known navy legend and one that encapsulates the bond between the ship sailors and its onboard furry companions.
不沉山姆的故事是海军中一个著名的传说，它概括了船员和船上毛茸茸的伙伴之间的纽带。
Sadly, we don't actually know if he really existed while it's likely all three ships did have cats and there is proof of this on at least two to say they were all the same cat is a bit of a stretch.
遗憾的是，我们实际上并不知道他是否真的存在过，而三艘船上可能都有猫，至少有两艘有证据表明，要说它们都是同一只猫，有点牵强。
The two pictures that exist of him show clearly different cats with different markings and colorings, making it more likely that the legend was born from multiple felines rather than just one exceedingly lucky one.
现存的两张照片清楚地显示了不同的猫，它们有不同的标记和颜色，这使得这个传说更有可能是来自多只猫，而不仅仅是一只极其幸运的猫。
But regardless of whether the tale of Oscar, AKA Unsinkable Sam is true or not, the naval legend brings a sense of hope in wartime and provides a moment of levity among the death and destruction of World War II, in particular.
但无论奥斯卡或不沉山姆的故事是否真实，这个海军传说在战争时期带来了一种希望，尤其是在二战的死亡和破坏中增添了一丝轻松。
Despite everything, Unsinkable Sam managed to sail through the war with most of his nine lives intact.
尽管如此，不沉山姆还是挺过了战争，九条命中的大部分都完好无损。
