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John Croft Hawkins
Hawkins as a captain c.1850
Born	6 April 1798 Westminster St James, London
Died	25 August 1851(1851-08-25) (aged 53) Colaba, Bombay
Buried	St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai
Allegiance	United Kingdom East India Company
Service / branch	Royal Navy Royal Indian Navy
Years of service	1811–1851
Rank	Captain
Commands	HCS Clive HCS Euphrates HCS Clive Persian Gulf Squadron Acting Superintendent and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy HCS Hastings Assistant Superintendent, Indian Navy
Battles / wars	Napoleonic Wars Third Anglo-Maratha War Persian Gulf campaign of 1819 Bani Bu Ali expedition

Captain John Croft Hawkins (6 April 1798 – 25 August 1851) was a British naval officer who served in the Royal Indian Navy, rising to become Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy, in 1848.

Hawkins as a lieutenant, by Charles Hayter

Hawkins was serving on HCS Aurora in 1816 when she was attacked by thirteen pirate vessels