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About James Hawker
Captain James Hawker was an English officer in the Royal Navy. After service on the Shrewsbury and Sheerness, he was appointed first lieutenant of the Colchester at the end of 1755, and was posted in 1768. With the Iris he fought a drawn battle with La Touche Treville in the more powerful frigate Hermione off New York in 1780. He commanded the Hero in Porto Praya under Commodore George Johnstone in 1781, after which he had no further service.
Everything about James Hawker →- Occupation
- naval officer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1730
- Died
- 1786