During Trident's northern service, a Russian gift placed an unexpected passenger inside the submarine. Pollyanna the reindeer came aboard in August 1941 and adapted well enough to eat some of the navigation charts. When it was time to remove her, some people proposed using her as meat, but the crew refused. A local slaughterman instead helped secure her for safe removal to a zoo, offering an unusually vivid glimpse of wartime crew culture inside a cramped submarine.
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Pollyanna the reindeer aboard HMS Trident
A reindeer presented by the Russians lived aboard Trident, ate navigation charts, and was eventually moved safely to a zoo.