Admiral Sir John Hawkins was an English naval commander, naval administrator, privateer and slave trader. Hawkins pioneered, and was an early promoter of, English involvement in the Atlantic slave tra
Portrait of John Hawkins at the National Maritime Museum, London
The coat of arms granted to John Hawkins by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms, in 1565, showing an enslaved man.
Hawkins chartered Queen Elizabeth I's Jesus of Lübeck.
The Spanish Armada in 1588
Richard Hawkins
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Admiral Sir Richard Hawkins was an English seaman, explorer and privateer. He was the son of Admiral Sir John Hawkins.
John Hawkins (naval commander)
…the chief architect of the Elizabethan Navy. He redesigned the navy so the ships were faster, more manoeuvrable and had more firepower. Hawkins' son, Richard Hawkins, was captured by the Spanish. In response, along with his cousin Sir Francis Drake, he raised a fleet of ships to attack the Spanish in the West Indies…
Portrait by an unknown artist in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich