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Physical description

Mounted stuffed pig's head, Tirpitz the Pig

History note

'Tirpitz' the pig was seen swimming in the water after the sinking of the German light cruiser SMS Dresden off the Juan Fernandez Islands (South Pacific, some 600 kilometres off the coast of Chile) on 14 March 1915. A sailor on HMS Glasgow jumped overboard to save the animal. Tirpitz became a mascot on the Glasgow, was later kept at the Whale Island Gunnery School, Portsmouth, and was auctioned three times for charity. When he died his head was stuffed and mounted. For photographic portrait of Tirpitz the pig see Q 47559 (IWM Photograph Archive).

Object details

Category

Souvenirs and ephemera

Related period

First World War (association)

Materials

Mount: wood

Specimin: organic

Dimensions

whole: Depth 475 mm, Height 920 mm, Width 660 mm

Catalogue number

EPH 9032

On display at

IWM London

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