"Tirpitz was a pig captured from the German Navy after a naval skirmish following the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914. 'Tirpitz' was subsequently adopted by the crew of HMS Glasgow, who made him their mascot, and named him 'Tirpitz', after Alfred von Tirpitz, the German Admiral, and Secretary of State of the Imperial Naval Office.
"Tirpitz was eventually auctioned off for charity as pork in 1919. He ultimately raised £1,785 for the British Red Cross. Tirpitz's head was mounted and is still in the Imperial War Museum in London. Another of Tirpitz's legacies was bequeathed to the next HMS Glasgow, which retained a pair of silver mounted carvers made from Tirpitz's trotters."
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Here he is with his new crewmates.
On a side note, how do you post a picture without it looking like a link or attachement?