I do happen to know ship's cats and dogs were popular back in the Age of Sail. The HMS Hood even had a ship's dog on the night she was sunk.
More superstitions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailors'_superstitions
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"That flag and I are twins, born in the same hour from the same womb of destiny. We cannot be parted in life or in death; so long as we float, we shall float together."
As much as I dislike it sometimes, I'm a tin can sailor, through and through.
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