Steve Cowan
Commander - Sydney Battle Squadron
| Steven is a model boater from
wayback, building mainly British steam battleships in 1:144th
scale. He was a natural for conversion to 1:144th scale
model warship combat. Steven joined in early 2001 and set
to work with his favorate material, medium density fiberboard
(MDF), to build HMS
Terrible, a late 19th century 'protected' cruiser to
use as a fast transport. Launched at the 2001 June National
Meeting, HMS Terrible proved that MDF, even when well sealed,
does not like being hit with steel ball bearings at 50m/s
and then sunk in 20 feet of water. Within 30 minutes of
the start of the battle she was a wreck laying on the bottom
of the dam, her seams having opened and never again will
a ship's hull be built from MDF in this hobby.
Undaunted, Steven built two Liberty ships (SS
Meg and SS
Millie, named after his cats) for he and his daughter
Katherine
to sail and started work on HMS
Revenge , a WWI British Dreadnought of the 'R' class.
These ships all have fiberglass hulls.
With Richard
Simpson , Steven set up the Sydney Battle Squadron
and is now its Commanding Officer.
National Battle Honours
June
2001 AusBG National Meet, Newcastle NSW
January 2002 AusBG National Meet, Armidale NSW |
Ships |
| HMS
Revenge |
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British "Revenge" class Battleship
Built and still owned by Steve
Cowan
Status: Working up, to commission in May 2002 |
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| SS
Meg |
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Liberty Ship
Built by and still owned by Steve
Cowan,
Status: Operational, commissioned January 2002 |
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| SS
Millie |
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Liberty Ship
Built by and still owned by Steve
Cowan,
Status: Operational, commissioned January 2002 |
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| HMS
Terrible |
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British "Terrible" class "Protected"
cruiser
Built by and still owned by Steve
Cowan,
Status: Wrecked, commissioned June 2001 and wrecked at the
same meeting |
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