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Captain (retired) John Stewart Cowie, C.B.E. (23 June, 1898 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy with a talent in torpedoes.

Life & Career

Cowie passed out of the Training Establishment and was appointed to Drake in August, 1914. When she paid off on 7 April, 1915 he went to Monarch, where he served until 19 March, 1917 when he was sent to Vernon for a five-day Torpedo Control Course.

Cowie served in Marksman from 4 April 1917 until 18 March, 1918 when he was appointed to Warwick for three months and then to Manly through the end of the war.

Post-War

Cowie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority 15 December, 1918.

Cowie excelled in torpedoes, winning the Ogilvy Medal for 1923.

Cowie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander with a seniority 15 December, 1926.

Cowie designed a new Torpedo Control Disc which Vernon was evaluating around 1928, an earlier version having been passed over in 1925. Its innovation was that it was suitable to all torpedo speeds and all ranges. It was deemed that four should be constructed for evaluation, in the hopes that they might replace the Torpedo Control Disc Mark II**, which was inspiring criticism.[1]

Cowie was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1931.

Cowie was placed on the Retired List with the rank of Captain (retired) on 30 April, 1948.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1928. pp. 51-2.