Hawkins

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Hawkins
Biographical information
Gender	Male
Hair color	Brown
Died	1720s, in Port Royal's shipyard
Title(s)	Captain
Statistics
Ship(s) captained or crewed	Hawkins' ship
Affiliation	Weatherby Swann
Behind the scenes
First appearance	Dead Man's Chest
Last appearance	Dead Man's Chest
Cause	Killed by Ian Mercer.

"I've arranged passage to England. The captain is a friend of mine."
"No! Will's gone to find Jack!"

―Weatherby Swann and Elizabeth Swann

Hawkins was a captain operating at the time of Lord Cutler Beckett's arrival to Port Royal. He was a friend of Governor Weatherby Swann's at the time Elizabeth Swann was imprisoned and was to help them to escape from Port Royal, but was murdered by Beckett's spy Ian Mercer.

Biography

"What's happening, father?"
"There are still men loyal to me here. A ship is waiting. I have arranged a passage to England and sent a letter to the King, detailing what has happened here."

―Elizabeth Swann and Weatherby Swann

After Lord Cutler Beckett took control of Port Royal, Governor Swann struck a deal with Captain Hawkins in order to secure passage back to England for his daughter. Beckett foresaw this action, however, and had Ian Mercer intercept Hawkins. Mercer murdered the captain by stabbing him in the chest, and found about his person a letter to the King of England written by—and thus incriminating—Governor Swann.

Behind the scenes

• Captain Hawkins was portrayed by an uncredited actor in Dead Man's Chest.
• Although not named in the film itself, this character was intended to be called "Captain Hawkins", as revealed by screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio on the Dead Man's Chest DVD commentary. Hawkins' backstory was intended to relate to that of Jim Hawkins' father in Treasure Island, explaining the circumstances of his father's disappearance at sea and why he never returned to the Admiral Benbow Inn. The name also appeared in the film's junior novelization, as well as a production draft of the film dated January 19, 2006.
• Captain Hawkins is absent from the film's comic book adaptation because his death had adult nature.

Appearances

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (junior novelization)