Jonathan Cowan

Biography
Captains full name: Jonathan Cowan

Rank Held in the squadron: Master

Career: Navy Officer

Age of joining the Navy: 19

Current Age:21

Reason for joining the RN: Revenge

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Friends and Family
James Cowan Freetrader (Younger brother) Jean Du'Lavei Privateer

Record of Achievement

 * November 18th 1720 - Discharged from the Squadron

Background Story
Borne on Riding Rocks,in the Bahamas to Charles and Elizabeth Cowan. Father moved from London to the Bahamas to start a small shipping company. The company started with a small 'Otter' Skuda named the Orca. Father worked tirelessly to provide for our family and the business grew into a reputable shipping company with a small fleet of ships.

At the age of 17 Father had given me command of the Orca and I was starting to learn the in's and outs of the business. After a year as Captain of the Orca i ran into my first pirate and was able to defeat the pirate captain in single combat, thus securing his ship a small sloop named the Razor and returned with both ships to Riding Rocks.

Having earned the respect of my crew and my fathers business associates i was given command of a newly built 'Dolphyn' Ketch which i named the Swift Wave, and given freedom to choose my own destinations and cargoes.

On the night of August 1st 1719 my family had been murdered by pirates raid the small town of Riding Rocks and burned our warehouses and ships. I was spared due to running into a head wind and being delayed by 2 full days. When i arrived home i had found everything i love gone and taken from me. I provisioned my ship and informed my crew that i was going after the pirate scum and asked for volunteers. After Off loading all cargo and salvaging what we could off the burned fleet, we were ready to start our search. Every single crewman volunteered and some of the dock, warehouse works as well.

After 9 months of chasing and killing pirates we caught up to a ship just off the coast of Iguana, Antilles and boarded her. The battle was over quickly and the Captain surrendered seeking parley. I found out from the Captain that he was one of the pirates who attacked the island and that the pirates had been hired by a Spanish shipping company to kill my whole family. We returned to Port Royal and turned over the pirate and ship to the Admiralty. I then offered my services to the Admiralty and was given my commission and orders to report for service with Saint George Squadron as of May of 1720.