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  2. Schipperke - Wikipedia

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    Schipperkes are widely referred to in the United States, albeit erroneously, as "Belgian canal barge dogs" or "Belgian ship dogs." Apparently, however, their history dates to a seventeenth-century black shepherd dog commonly called the Leuvenaar, a 40-pound dog often found in the Louvain region of Belgium and employed to guard flocks and transport.

  3. Elizabethan Sea Dogs - Wikipedia

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    "Sea Dogs" was an informal name bestowed upon English privateers who were authorised by Queen Elizabeth I to raid England's enemies, even during times of peace. Carrying letters of marque issued by the English Crown, the Sea Dogs frequently attacked both enemy shipping at sea and enemy outposts on land.

  4. Seaman (dog) - Wikipedia

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    The dog "patrolled all night" to warn of bears, [8]: I, 233 and once had to drive off a buffalo in their camp while the men slept. [ 7 ] : 274–275 A modern commentator on the Expedition remarked that "Lewis seems to have been happiest when he was alone on shore with his gun, his notebook, and his dog Seaman."

  5. Judy (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Judy (1936 – 17 February 1950) was a ship's dog aboard HMS Gnat and Grasshopper stationed on the Yangtze before and during World War II.She proved able to hear incoming aircraft, providing the crew with an early warning.

  6. Animals aboard the Titanic - Wikipedia

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    Many of them carry tiny dogs, and lead husbands around like pet lambs". [11] The dog owners had planned to hold a dog show aboard the ship on the morning of 15 April, [12] but the Titanic sank well before dawn that morning. The Astors with their Airedale, "Kitty" The details of several of the dogs aboard the Titanic were recorded and included:

  7. Gribshunden - Wikipedia

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    Suggestive of the ship's Gribshunden ("Griffin-Hound") name, the chimeric figurehead is described as a dog-like or dragon-like sea monster with lion ears, devouring a person in its crocodilian mouth. [6] [13] [20] [16] The figurehead was conserved at the Danish National Museum, and is now curated and exhibited at Blekinge Museum in Sweden.

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