EML Admiral Cowan (M313), Estonian Navy
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EML ADMIRAL COWAN (M313), ESTONIAN NAVY
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Origin/meaning
Formerly HMS Sandown Minehunter to Estonia in 2007. Named for brittish Admiral Sir Walter Cowan (1871-1956) who commanded the 1st Cruiser Squadron in the Baltic 1919 whose task was to protect the sealanes to the new States of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland. His forces took the mission agressively and attacked the Soviet Russian Fleet at Kronstadt Naval Base and sunk a Battleship and a Cruiser of the Soviet Russian Navy. The Ships badge is based on the Coat of Arms of the Admiral, who was given a Baronetcy in the 1921 New Years Honours.
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