1941Blackie Published 26 July 2017 at 1038 × 719 in A Love of the Hot-Water Bottle: Wartime Anecdotes / WSC with the ship’s hot water bottle, Blackie, HMS Prince of Wales, Argentia meeting with FDR, August 1941. Four months later Blackie survived the sinking of the battleship by Japanese aircraft off Malaya. Share this article: