Jenny and her kittens' fate is unknown. Some believe she went down with the ship, while some have witnessed her carrying her kittens off the ship in Southampton.
With no one to smuggle her into a lifeboat—as was the case with two lucky Pomeranians and one Pekingese on board—Jenny's story likely didn't have a happy ending. The cat never turned up after the ship sank into the Atlantic, and she was presumed dead. But rumors attached to Jenny put a brighter spin on her voyage.
They included dogs, cats, chickens, other birds and an unknown number of rats. Three of the twelve dogs on the Titanic survived; all other animals perished.
“Only one cat is known to have been aboard the Titanic, and she is said to have disembarked before the ship left Southampton… A stoker named Jim Mulholland reported that he had cared for the ship's cat, and for its four kittens born en route to Southampton.
More than 1500 people died in the disaster, but they weren't the only casualties. The ship carried at least twelve dogs, only three of which survived.
It is reported that amongst the variety of breeds being transported were a few Airedales, a Fox Terrier, King Charles Spaniel, Toy Poodle, French Bulldog, Chow-chow, Pekinese and two Pomeranians. Nine of the dogs were kept in an onboard kennel facility where they were walked and fed each day.
Were there horses aboard the Titanic? That's still a mystery. Some sources say there were polo ponies aboard, and there's an unverified story about a German racehorse who had a private paddock on C deck.
Jenny and her kittens' fate is unknown. Some believe she went down with the ship, while some have witnessed her carrying her kittens off the ship in Southampton.
It is believed that approximately 12 dogs were on board when it sank, though there may have been more. Only three dogs survived. These lap dogs could have easily been snuck onto a lifeboat and belonged to first-class passengers, who were the only ones allowed to bring their dogs onto the ship.
Canine survivors
Three small dogs, two Pomeranians and a Pekingese, survived the Titanic disaster cradled in their owners' arms as they climbed into lifeboats. Miss Margaret Hays, aged 24, boarded Titanic at Cherbourg and was travelling home with two friends to New York with her Pomeranian called Lady.
One of these is a species of bacteria -- named Halomonas titanicae after the great ship -- that lives inside icicle-like growths of rust, called "rusticles." These bacteria eat iron in the ship's hull and they will eventually consume the entire ship, recycling the nutrients into the ocean ecosystem.
Unsinkable Sam (also known as Oskar or Oscar) is the nickname of a ship's cat who purportedly served during World War II with both the Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy and survived the sinking of three ships.
Of the 337 bodies recovered, 119 were buried at sea. 209 were brought back to Halifax. 59 were claimed by relatives and shipped to their home communities. The remaining 150 victims are buried in three cemeteries: Fairview Lawn, Mount Olivet and Baron de Hirsch.
Joughin continued working aboard ships until his retirement in 1944, not deterred by the Titanic tragedy. He passed away at the age of 78 in 1956, having survived nearly half a century after making it out of an epic shipwreck with the help of a good stiff drink.
Before she became known as 'Miss Unsinkable,' Violet Jessop weathered a childhood plagued by illness.
There were 12 dogs on the ship, three of whom made it onto lifeboats and survived. The ship also housed an unknown number of cats including the ship's official mascot Jenny, as well as an unknown number of birds including chickens, cockerels, and at least one canary.
There were 128 children aboard the ship, 67 of which were saved. The youngest Titanic survivor was just two months old; her name was Millvina Dean (UK, b. 2 February 1912), and she wasn't even supposed to be on board, nor were her family.
Around 109 children were onboard when the titanic sank. And about half of the number, around 59 to 60 children, died. Only one child travelling in first class died. The others were children of third-class passengers.
List of child passengers and crew on the Titanic? 128 children aged 14 or under were aboard the Titanic on her maiden voyage. There were 11 first class child passengers, 26 second class, 89 in third class and 2 child crew members.
Sidney Leslie Goodwin (9 September 1910 – 15 April 1912) was a 19-month-old English boy who died during the sinking of the RMS Titanic. In 2008, mitochondrial DNA testing by bio-anthropologist Ryan Parr and the American Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory revealed his identity.
Alongside her husband, she was a passenger on the ill-fated RMS Titanic when it struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912. Madeleine, who was 18 years old and five months pregnant with her first child, was helped into Lifeboat No. 4 by her husband, who then asked if he could join her on account of her delicate condition.
It has also been claimed a pig was present on Titanic's voyage, although this was later proven to be a musical toy pig (pictured left), belonging to passenger Edith Rosenbaum.
The Titanic was the first ship to come with a heated swimming pool. Not surprisingly, it was for the exclusive use of first-class passengers. As were the Turkish bath, squash court and dog kennel. 700 third or steerage class passengers had to share 2 bathtubs - not many for a journey lasting almost 6 days.
Rose Eveleth Contributor March 31, 2014 Titanic Then... On board the ship's disastrous inaugural journey were around 12 dogs, four roosters, four hens, one yellow canary, 30 cockerels, an unspecified number of rats, and the ship's rat-catcher feline, Jenny.