List of sea captains

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates This is a list of sea captains. The list includes merchant ship's captains as well as naval ship's captains. It is limited to those notable in this role (those who already have Wikipedia articles).

Image	About	Nationality	Merchant	Naval	Born	Died
File:WilliamAdams-woodblack-new.svg	Adams, William English navigator who is believed to be the first Briton to reach Japan, becoming a key naval advisor to Tokugawa Ieyasu.	Template:Flag		Yes	1564	1620
File:Ramonalcarazphil.png	Alcaraz, Ramon A Filipino naval officer decorated for his heroism as part of the Offshore Patrol unit of the U.S. Army Forces (USAFFE) during WW2 and considered to be the father of the Philippine Marine Corps.	Template:Flag		Yes	1915	2009
	Alexanderson, Leroy Last captain of Template:SS, the biggest ocean liner ever built entirely in the United States and fastest passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service.	Template:USA	Yes		1910	2004
File:Kōsaku Aruga.jpg	Aruga, Kōsaku Japanese naval officer who participated in World War II. Known for his participation in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.	Template:JAP		Yes	1897	1945
File:William Bainbridge.jpg	Bainbridge, William Commodore in the U.S Navy, notable for his victory over Template:HMS during the War of 1812.	Template:USA		Yes	1774	1833
File:Joshua Barney NH 56818 (17071628866) (cropped).jpg	Barney, Joshua Commodore in the U.S Navy who served in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.	Template:USA		Yes	1759	1818
File:James Barron.jpg	Barron, James An American who served in the Virginia State Navy during the last years of the American Revolution and commissioned in the new U.S. Navy.	Template:USA		Yes	1769	1851
File:Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's (1909) (14596170630).jpg	Barron, Samuel American naval officer of the U.S. Navy and later Confederate Navy, acting as a representative in Europe for the Confederacy during the Civil War.	Template:Flag		Yes	1809	1888
File:John Barry by Gilbert Stuart.jpg	Barry, John Officer in the Continental Navy and later in the U.S. Navy.	Template:USA		Yes	1745	1803
File:James D. M. Beebe.jpg	Beebe, James. 19th-century American Sandy Hook Pilot. Known for being the longest serving Sandy Hook-New Jersey pilot, having served for 55 years as a Sandy Hook pilot.<ref name="Lore">Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:USA			1827	1917
File:Vitus Bering Reconstruction (cropped).jpg	Bering, Vitus Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy. The first European to discover Alaska. Many geographical features in the area are named for the explorer.	Template:DEN		Yes	1681	1741
	Berwick, Thomas A third generation Scottish master mariner until he was found guilty of scuttling his ship and sentenced to twenty years transportation in Australia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:UK	Yes		1825	1891
File:Captain Phineas Banning Blanchard.jpg	Blanchard, Phineas Banning Among the last of the American merchant trade tall ship sea captains, commanded the barks Herbert Black and Willard Mudget and the ship Bangalore.	Template:USA	Yes		1879	1962
File:Peter Blake at Dunedin airport.jpg	Blake, Peter New Zealand yachtsman who won the Whitbread Race, Jules Verne Trophy, and led New Zealand to successive victories in the America's Cup.	Template:NZ			1948	2001
File:WilliamBligh.jpeg	Bligh, William Royal Navy officer known for the mutiny that occurred during his command of Template:HMS. Bligh successfully navigated the ship's launch 6,700km to safety after being set adrift by the mutineers.	Template:Flag		Yes	1754	1817
File:Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra.jpg	de la Bodega y Quadra, Juan Francisco Spanish Criollo naval officer born in Peru. Explored the Northwest Coast of North America as far north as present day Alaska. Bodega Bay is named for him.	Template:Flag		Yes	1743	1794
File:Guillermo Brown, por Henry Herve.jpg	Brown, William Irish-born, "father of the Argentine Navy", victorious in the Independence War, the Cisplatine War, and the Guerra Grande in Uruguay	Template:ARG		Yes	1777	1857
File:LC-USZ62-62747 (18130107443).jpg	Buchanan, Franklin American naval officer who served as an admiral in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War, and commanded the ironclad Template:Ship.	Template:Flag		Yes	1800	1874
File:Pedro Álvares Cabral - steel engraving by American Bank Note Company.jpg	Cabral, Pedro Álvares Portuguese explorer and navigator, generally regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil.	Template:Flag		Yes	1467	1520
File:Piero Calamai Andrea Doria.jpg	Calamai, Piero Italian master aboard Template:SS at time of her fatal collision with MS Stockholm.	Template:ITA	Yes		1901	1972
	Campbell, Peter Irish-born founder of the Uruguayan Navy.	Template:URU		Yes	1780	1832
	Chung-Hoon, Gordon Chinese/Hawaiian-American naval officer. First Asian-American to obtain flag rank. Distinguished for his command of USS Sigsbee in WW2 and honored with an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer named in his honor.	Template:USA		Yes	1910	1979
	Columbus, Christopher Genoese navigator, colonizer, and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, on behalf of Spain, led to general European awareness of the Americas.	Template:Flagcountry	Yes		1451	1506
	Comstock, Andrew 19th-century maritime pilot best known for the captain of Columbia and Magic in the America's Cup.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:USA			1828	1910
	Cook, James British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his pioneering voyages in the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand, Australia, and Hawaii.	Template:Flag	Yes	Yes	1728	1779
	Cooper, Thomas 19th-century American maritime pilot best known for piloting battleships built at the Boston Navy Yard on their initial seatrials.	Template:USA			1833	1906
	Coram, Thomas Sea captain who later operated a ship building business at Taunton, Massachusetts.	Template:Flag	Yes		1668	1751
File:WilliamBCushing.jpg	Cushing, William American naval officer, best known for sinking the Confederate ironclad Template:Ship, a feat for which he received the thanks of Congress.	Template:USA		Yes	1842	1874
File:Charles Bird King - Stephen Decatur - NPG.87.26 - National Portrait Gallery.jpg	Decatur, Stephen American naval officer notable for his heroism in the First and Second Barbary Wars, and in the War of 1812. The youngest man to reach the rank of captain in the U.S. Navy.	Template:USA		Yes	1779	1820
	Đỗ, Kiếm South Vietnamese naval officer who secretly organised the evacuation of over 30,000 refugees aboard 32 South Vietnamese navy ships during the Fall of Saigon, preventing those ships from falling into the hands of North Vietnamese.	Template:Flagicon Republic of Vietnam		Yes	1933
File:1590 or later Marcus Gheeraerts, Sir Francis Drake Buckland Abbey, Devon.jpg	Drake, Francis English privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era. Known for circumnavigating the globe in command of Template:Ship.	Template:Flag	Yes	Yes	ca. 1540	1595
File:Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) (style of) - Captain George Duff (1764–1805) - BHC2666 - Royal Museums Greenwich.jpg	Duff, George Distinguished British naval officer of the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars.	Template:Flag		Yes	1764	1805
File:Leif Erikson Statue, Duluth (15290644106).jpg	Erikson, Leif Norse explorer thought to be the first European to set foot on continental North America, prior to Christopher Columbus.	File:Raven Banner.svgNorse			c. 970	c. 1025
File:Admiral Farragut2.jpg	Farragut, David American naval officer, the first admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead".	Template:USA		Yes	1801	1870
File:Elcano.jpg	Elcano, Juan Sebastián Spanish Basque navigator and explorer best known for taking command and completing the first circumnavigation of the world following Magellan's demise.	Template:Flag		Yes	1476	1526
File:Robert Fitzroy.jpg	FitzRoy, Robert British captain of Template:HMS during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, and as a pioneering meteorologist who revolutionized the art of weather forecasting.	Template:UK		Yes	1805	1865
File:Captain George Flavel portrait.jpg	Flavel, George One of the first licensed marine pilots in the state of Oregon. Flavel would go on to amass a fortune with a business managing pilot boats on the Columbia River.	Template:USA			1850	1893
File:Charles Fryatt IWM Q 066269.jpg	Fryatt, Charles Master of the Great Eastern Railway's steamship Template:SS, and he was shot by the Germans in 1916 after he used his ship to try and ram Template:SMU.	Template:UK	Yes		1872	1916
File:Gregório Lopes - Vasco da Gama (ca 1524).jpg	da Gama, Vasco Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.	Template:Flag	Yes		ca. 1460–1469	1524
File:Giuseppe Garibaldi 1861.jpg	Garibaldi, Giuseppe Italian patriot, Italian shipmaster and merchant marine deep-sea captain. He is celebrated as one of the greatest generals of modern times<ref name="scholar and patriot">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> and as the "Hero of the Two Worlds" because of his military enterprises in South America and Europe.<ref name="Garibaldi on Encyclopædia Britannica">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> He fought in numerous military campaigns that led to the Italian unification	Template:ITA	Yes		1807	1882
File:Minoru Genda.jpg	Genda, Minoru Japanese naval officer during World War II, and was considered one of the most successful naval strategists of the Imperial Japanese Navy, including that of the attack on Pearl Harbor.	Template:JAP		Yes	1904	1989
File:Captain Richard Hall Gower (1768–1833) SFK CCM R 1966 7.jpg	Gower, Richard Hall English mariner, empirical philosopher, nautical inventor, entrepreneur, and humanitarian.	Template:Flag	Yes		1768	1833
File:Vice Adm. Samuel L. Gravely, Jr.jpg	Gravely, Samuel American naval officer. The first African American in the U.S. Navy to command a Navy ship, the first fleet commander, and the first to become a flag officer, retiring as a vice admiral.	Template:USA		Yes	1922	2004
	Greenlaw, Linda American author and at the time, the only female swordfishing boat captain on the East Coast of the United States. She was featured in the 1997 book The Perfect Storm and the film The Perfect Storm.	Template:USA	Yes		1960
File:Guan Tianpei.jpg	Guan, Tianpei Chinese admiral of the Qing dynasty and "Commander-in-Chief of Naval Forces". Established courteous relations with British Rear-Admiral Frederick Maitland. Fought in the First and Second Battle of Chuenpi, and the Battle of the Bogue.	Template:Flag		Yes	1781	1841
File:Halpin Memorial Medal.png	Halpin, Robert Captained the Brunel-designed leviathan Template:SS, which laid transoceanic telegraph cables in the late 19th century.	Template:IRL	Yes		1836	1894
File:TameichiHara.jpg	Hara, Tameichi Japanese naval commander during the Pacific War and the author of the IJN manual on torpedo attack techniques.	Template:JAP		Yes	1900	1980
File:Mochitsura Hashimoto.jpg	Hashimoto, Mochitsura Commander of the Japanese submarine Template:Jsub which sank Template:USS, the single greatest disaster in US naval history.	Template:JAP		Yes	1909	2000
	Hazelwood, Joseph Captain of Template:Ship at the time of its 1989 oil spill.	Template:USA	Yes		1946
File:Michael A. Healy.jpg	Healy, Michael A. American Captain of the United States Revenue Cutter Service and the first African-American to command a ship of the United States government.	Template:USA		Yes	1839	1904
File:Hirose Takeo.jpg	Hirose, Takeo Japanese naval officer during the Russo-Japanese War whose sacrifice elevated him to the status of national hero.	Template:JAP		Yes	1868	1904
File:Joseph Henderson.jpg	Henderson, Joseph 19th-century American harbor pilot who guided large vessels into and out of New York Harbor as a Sandy Hook pilot.<ref name ="Captain">Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:USA			1826	1890
File:PSM V75 D318 Henry Hudson.png	Hudson, Henry English sea explorer and navigator, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and the northeastern United States. Numerous geographical features have been named for him.	Template:Flag	Yes		~1565	1611
File:1814 IsaacHull Polyanthos.png	Hull, Isaac American naval officer who distinguished himself as XO aboard the frigate Template:USS in the Quasi-War with France, and later as commander during her battle with HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812.	Template:USA	Yes	Yes	1773	1843
	Johnson, Irving An American sail training pioneer, adventurer, lecturer and writer, best known for his film Around Cape Horn, and seven circumavigations of the world, each time with an amateur crew of students.	Template:US	Yes	Yes	1905	1991
	Jones, Christopher English captain of the 1620 voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower to establish the Plymouth Colony.	Template:Flag	Yes		c. 1570	1622
File:British School - Captain George Johnstone (1730–1787) - BHC2808 - Royal Museums Greenwich.jpg	Johnstone, George British mariner and naval officer, later serving as Member of Parliament.	Template:Flag	Yes	Yes	1730	1787
File:Catesby ap Roger Jones.png	Jones, Catesby ap Roger American naval officer who joined the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.	Template:Flag		Yes	1821	1887
File:Captain John Paul Jones, Continental Navy.jpg	Jones, John Paul Scottish sailor and the United States' first well-known naval officer during the American Revolution.	Template:Flag	Yes	Yes	1747	1792
File:Thomas ap Catesby Jones 1829.jpg	Jones, Thomas ap Catesby American naval officer during the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War. Distinguished for his bravery during the Battle of Lake Borgne.	Template:USA		Yes	1790	1858
File:Piet de Jong in uniform (cropped).jpg	Jong, Piet de Decorated Dutch naval officer and submarine commander during World War II. Later served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands.	Template:NED		Yes	1915	2016
	Kapahulehua, Kawika Hawaiian sailor who was the first to captain the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa from Hawaii to Tahiti using only traditional navigation techniques.	Template:USA	Yes		1930	2007
File:勝海舟.jpg	Kaishū, Katsu Japanese naval officer and statesman during the end of the Tokugawa shogunate into the Meiji restoration.	Template:JPN		Yes	1823	1899
	Kelley, Beverly American Coast Guard officer who was the first woman appointed to command an American military vessel, the patrol boat USCGC Cape Newagen, in 1979.	Template:USA		Yes	~1954
File:Khuong-1970.JPG	Khương, Hữu Bá Highly decorated South Vietnamese naval officer with numerous "command-at-sea" posts, including accepting and delivering the first Vietnamese Navy ship across the Pacific from the US.	Template:Flagicon Republic of Vietnam		Yes	1930	2015
File:James Killick.jpg	Killick, James Captain of the tea clipper Challenger and founder of the firm Killick Martin & Company. He became affectionately known as the ‘China Bird’ and the ‘Admiral’.	Template:UK	Yes	No	1816	1889
File:AlmiranteCoundouritis--inheartofgermani00vaka.jpg	Kountouriotis, Pavlos Greek naval admiral and commander of the Hellenic Navy during the Balkan Wars and World War I, Later became the first and third President of Greece.	Template:GRE		Yes	1855	1935
File:Kukiyoshitaka2.jpg	Kuki, Yoshitaka Japanese naval commander during Japan's Sengoku Period, under Oda Nobunaga, and later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi.	Template:JAP		Yes	1542	1600
File:Geoje HuengNam Retreat Memorial Tower.jpg	LaRue, Leonard American captain of the SS Meredith Victory, a U.S. Merchant Marine cargo ship that evacuated over 14,000 refugees during the Korean War, the largest humanitarian rescue operation by a single ship in history.	Template:USA	Yes		1914	2001
File:WilliamLeLacheur.jpg	Le Lacheur, William Sea captain from Guernsey widely credited as having transformed the economy of Costa Rica by establishing the Costa Rican coffee trade.	Template:UK	Yes		1802	1863
File:William Ladd c1830.jpg	Ladd, William American anti-war activist and New England sea captain who devoted his pen to preaching non-resistance during the War of 1812.	Template:USA	Yes		1778	1841
File:JamesLawrenceATcommons.jpg	Lawrence, James American naval hero. During the War of 1812, he commanded Template:USS against Template:HMS. Best known today for his dying command "Don't give up the ship!".	Template:USA		Yes	1781	1813
File:Don Blas de Lezo -Museo Naval-.jpg	De Lezo, Blas A Spanish naval officer best remembered for the Battle of Cartagena de Indias where Spanish forces under his command decisively defeated a large British invasion.	Template:Flag		Yes	1689	1741
File:Luckner.png	von Luckner, Felix A German nobleman, naval officer, author, and sailor who earned the epithet Der Seeteufel (the Sea Devil) for his exploits in command of the sailing commerce raider SMS Seeadler (Sea Eagle) during the First World War.	Template:Flag		Yes	1881	1966
File:Captain Thomas Macdonough, U.S.N..jpg	Macdonough, Thomas American naval officer. Macdonough's actions during the decisive Battle of Lake Champlain are often cited as a model of tactical preparation and execution.	Template:USA	Yes	Yes	1783	1825
File:Retrato de Hernando de Magallanes.jpg	Magellan, Ferdinand Portuguese maritime explorer who led the first circumnavigational expedition, and located the eponymous Strait of Magellan. He was also the first European to reach the Philippines.	Template:Flag		Yes	1480	1521
File:Bankichi.jpg	Matsuoka, Bankichi Japanese naval officer in the Tokugawa Navy during the Boshin War, serving as Captain of the Japanese warship Banryū during the Battle of Hakodate.	Template:JPN		Yes	1841	1871
	Maynard, Robert British naval officer best known for defeating the pirate Blackbeard by luring him to board an unarmed sloop with most of his crew hidden below deck.	Template:Flag		Yes	1684	1751
File:Philo Norton McGiffin.jpg	McGiffen, Philo American naval officer who served in Chinese service as a naval advisor during the First Sino-Japanese War. He proved a talented tactician during the Battle of the Yalu as well being as the first American to command a modern battleship in wartime.	Template:USA		Yes	1860	1897
	McGrath, Kathleen A. American naval officer who was the first woman to command a U.S. Navy ship as commander of USS Recovery in 1993. In 1998, she was appointed commander of USS Jarrett, one of the first women to command a combat ship in the U.S. Navy.	Template:USA		Yes	1952	2002
Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado, Governor of Grão Pará. 18th century painting. Artist unknown.	Mendonça Furtado, Francisco Xavier de Portuguese nobleman who served in the armed services for 16 years rising from the rank of soldier to sea captain. Involved in several military actions including the Spanish–Portuguese War of 1735 Appointed in 1751 as governor of north Brazil's State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão, and in 1759 as Secretary of State in Lisbon.	Template:Flag		Yes	1701	1769
File:Hugh Mulzac.jpg	Mulzac, Hugh First African American to command a vessel in the United States Merchant Marine.	Template:USA	Yes		1886	1971
File:Gloucester MA - Fisherman's Memorial.jpg	Murphy, Richard New England fishing schooner captain, noted for surviving a series of close calls at sea.	Template:USA	Yes		1838	1916
File:Naihe Kukui.jpg	Naihekukui Known as "Captain Jack" or "Jack the Pilot" to visitors, served as Honolulu harbor master and admiral of the royal fleet in the early Kingdom of Hawaii.	Template:Flag		Yes	c. 1790s	1825
File:HoratioNelson1.jpg	Nelson, Horatio British naval officer known for his leadership, strategy, and unconventional tactics during the Napoleonic Wars. Widely regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders in history.	Template:Flag		Yes	1758	1805
File:William Nelson.jpg	Nelson, William U.S. Navy officer and later a Union general in the American Civil War. He holds the distinction of being the only naval officer to achieve the rank of major general on either side of the Civil War.	Template:USA		Yes	1824	1862
File:PeterdeNeumann-Vigilant.jpg	de Neumann, Bernard Peter Awarded a George Medal for his actions during an air attack by the Luftwaffe; Convicted of piracy by Vichy French; Instigator and overseer of the installation of the Thames Navigation Service.	Template:UK	Yes	Yes	1917	1972
File:Christopher Newport statue.jpg	Newport, Christopher English seaman and privateer. Captain of the Susan Constant and commander of the 1607 Virginia Company voyage to establish the first North American settlement at Jamestown.	Template:Flag	Yes		1561	1617
File:Fred Noonan (cropped).jpg	Noonan, Fred British-American merchant mariner and Royal Navy officer, working his way up from ordinary seaman to merchant captain. Later worked as a flight navigator and disappeared with Amelia Earhart during their World Flight.	Template:USA	Yes	Yes	1893	1937
	Oxilia, Italo Antifascist boat captain that rescued Italian Resistance members and politicians from Fascist Italy	Template:ITA	Yes		1887	1971
File:Piloto Pardo.jpeg	Pardo, Luis Captain of the Chilean steam tug Yelcho which rescued the 22 stranded crewmen of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Template:Ship from Antarctica.	Template:CHI		Yes	1882	1935
File:Captain John Parker, Whaling Master (1800-1867).jpg	Parker, John One of the most successful arctic whalers to sail from Hull in the nineteenth century and for many years captain of the whale ship Truelove.	Template:UK		Yes	1800	1867
File:Captain Sir Richard Pearson, 1731-1806 RMG BHC2942.tiff	Pearson, Richard British naval officer who was captain of Template:HMS during the American Revolution. He was defeated by John Paul Jones in a pivotal battle.	Template:Flag		Yes	1731	1806
File:Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth by James Northcote.jpg	Pellew, Edward British naval officer. Fought during the American and French Revolutionary Wars. Pellew makes a fictional appearances in the Horatio Hornblower novels.	Template:Flag		Yes	1757	1833
File:Matthew C. Perry 1855-56.jpg	Perry, Matthew American naval officer who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.	Template:USA		Yes	1794	1858
File:Captain Oliver Hazard Perry, Portrait in oils by Edward L. Mooney.jpg	Perry, Oliver Hazard American naval officer who served in the War of 1812 and earned the nickname "Hero of Lake Erie" for leading American forces in a decisive naval victory at the Battle of Lake Erie.	Template:USA		Yes	1785	1819
File:RichardPhillips.jpg	Phillips, Richard U.S. merchant mariner, shipmaster and author, who served as captain aboard Template:MV during its hijacking by Somali pirates in April 2009.	Template:USA	Yes		1955
File:Mau Piailug.gif	Piailug, Mau Micronesian fisherman and navigator from Satawal, best known as a teacher of traditional, non-instrument wayfinding methods for open-ocean voyaging, sparking a Hawaiian cultural renaissance and ultimately preserving the art of Polynesian navigation.	Template:Flag			1932	2010
File:Prat01.jpg	Prat, Arturo Captain of Template:Ship, Prat was killed shortly after boarding the Peruvian armored monitor Template:Ship at the Naval Battle of Iquique.	Template:CHI		Yes	1848	1879
File:Edward Preble.jpg	Preble, Edward Officer in the United States Navy and United States Merchant Marine, participated in the Revolutionary War, the Quasi-War with France, and the First Barbary War.	Template:USA	Yes	Yes	1761	1807
File:Sir Walter Ralegh by 'H' monogrammist.jpg	Raleigh, Walter English sailor, writer and explorer. North American explorer, confidant of Elizabeth I, builder of the English galleon, Ark Royal.	Template:Flag	Yes	Yes	1552	1618
File:Samuel Chester Reid.jpg	Reid, Samuel Chester American naval officer during the War of 1812. Commanded the privateer General Armstrong and engaged gunboats from British en route to Jamaica and New Orleans.	Template:USA	Yes	Yes	1783	1861
	Rinnan, Arne Norwegian captain of the Template:MV who defied Australian government demands during the Tampa Affair, was later awarded the Nansen Refugee Award and the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.	Template:NOR	Yes		1940
File:Commodore John Rodgers.jpg	Rodgers, John (War of 1812) American naval officer who served in the United States Navy from its organization in the 1790s through the late 1830s. His service included the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812.	Template:USA		Yes	1772	1838
File:John Rodgers.jpg	Rodgers, John (Civil War) Son of the above John Rodgers, also with a long career of distinguished service, commanding an expedition of Naval Infantry and Marines in Florida during the Seminole Wars and the North Pacific Exploring and Surveying Expedition.	Template:USA		Yes	1812	1882
	Ross, Eliza Ann (née McGray) Wife of Captain David Larkin Ross aboard the "Reform" enroute to Buenos Aires, successfully assumed command of the ship upon David's death. Her brief command made her one of America's first female ship captains.	Template:CAN			1849	1940
File:Captain Rostron.jpg	Rostron, Arthur British captain for the Cunard Line and master of Template:RMS during her rescue Template:RMS survivors. Rostron was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal and Order of the British Empire for his efforts, and was eventually made Commodore of the Cunard fleet.	Template:UK	Yes		1869	1940
File:Tsutomu Sakuma.jpg	Sakuma, Tsutomi Japanese naval officer who served during the Russo-Japanese War and one of the first submarine commanders of the Imperial Japanese Navy.	Template:JPN		Yes	1879	1910
	Schettino, Francesco Captain of the ill fated cruise ship Costa Concordia.	Template:ITA	Yes		1960
	Seyburn, Isaac D. Welsh-American merchant captain who served as a naval officer during the American Civil War. Commanded the schooner Template:USS as part of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron under David Farragut.	Template:USA	Yes	Yes	1824	1895
File:EdwardHobartSeymour.jpg	Seymour, Edward Hobart British Admiral of the Fleet. Took part in the capture of Canton and the attack on the Taku forts. Appointed commander-in-chief of the China Station, lead the Naval Brigade in the relief of Peking during the Boxer Rebellion.	Template:UK		Yes	1840	1929
	Shchetinina, Anna Soviet merchant marine captain, often said to be the first western woman captain of an ocean-going ship	Template:USSR	Yes	No	1908	1999
File:鄭一嫂.jpg	Shi, Yang Chinese pirate who took control of her husband's pirate confederation with personal command of 24 ships and over 1,400 pirates at the time of her retirement. Considered not only history's most successful female pirate, but one of the most successful pirates in history.	File:Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svgQing dynasty			1775	1844
	Siddins, Richard Captain of Template:Ship and one of the earliest and best known merchant ship captains sailing out of Port Jackson.	Template:UK	Yes	Yes	1770	1846
File:Robert Smalls - Brady-Handy.jpg	Smalls, Robert An African-American born into slavery in South Carolina, worked as a deckhand aboard CSS Planter. Commandeered the vessel and piloted it to Union lines. Then served as a pilot and captain in the Union Navy.	Template:USA		Yes	1839	1915
File:EJ Smith.jpg	Smith, Edward Captain of Template:RMS. Joined the White Star Shipping Line in March 1880 where he quickly rose in stature. Received his first White Star command, SS Republic in 1887.	Template:UK	Yes	Yes	1850	1912
	Smith, William Captain of the brig Williams, when passing around Cape Horn he encountered strong headwinds and ventured south, discovering the South Shetland Islands, and later sighted the Antarctic.	Template:UK	Yes		1779	1847
File:Sohn Won Yil 1948.png	Sohn, Won-yil South Korean merchant mariner who organized the Korean coast guard, providing the groundwork to stand up a Navy at the start of the Korean War, becoming the first Chief of Naval Operations and founder of the Republic of Korea Navy.	Template:Flag	Yes	Yes	1909	1980
File:Robert F. Stockton.jpg	Stockton, Robert Field American naval officer, notable in the capture of California during the Mexican–American War. Later served as a U.S. Senator.	Template:USA		Yes	1795	1866
File:Robert Surcouf-A Maurin-1835.png	Surcouf, Robert Captain and ship owner from St. Malo. Notable as French corsair during the Napoleonic Wars.	Template:FRA	Yes	Yes	1773	1823
File:Wilhelm-von-Tegehthoff-1866.jpg	von Tegetthoff, Wilhelm Austrian Captain and Fleet Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Fleet. Considered one of the prominent naval commanders of the 19th century, Tegetthoff was known for his innovative tactics as well as his inspirational leadership.	Template:Flag		Yes	1827	1871
File:Tōgō Heihachirō.jpg	Tōgō, Heihachirō One of Japan's greatest naval heroes known as "the Nelson of the East". As Commander-in-Chief during the Russo-Japanese War, he successfully routed Russian naval forces at Port Arthur and Tsushima.	Template:JPN		Yes	1848	1934
File:Thomas Truxtun.jpg	Truxton, Thomas American naval officer who operating as a privateer during the American Revolution, commanding several ships. After the war, he returned to the merchant marine, and in commanded one of the first American ships to engage in trade with China.	Template:Flag	Yes	Yes	1591	1659
	Tyrrell, Kate Irish captain of the schooner Denbighshire Lass. After inheriting her father's shipping company in the 1880s, Tyrrell fought to have her name on the documents of ownership for the schooner. Her career as sea captain spanned over twenty years, and Denbighshire Lass was the first ship to fly the Irish tricolour flag at a foreign port.	Template:Flag	Yes		1863	1921
File:Angus Walters (cropped).jpg	Walters, Angus Fishing schooner captain out of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He was a highliner fishing captain and captain of the schooner Template:Ship, winning multiple races for the International Fisherman's Trophy.	Template:CAN	Yes		1881	1968
	Welch, Martin Fishing schooner captain from Gloucester, Massachusetts. He was captain of the schooner Template:Ship in 1920 when it defeated the Canadian schooner Template:Ship in the first International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.	Template:CAN	Yes		1864	1935
File:Charles-Wilkes.jpg	Wilkes, Charles American naval officer and explorer. He is particularly noted for his 1838–1842 Pacific expedition as well as for his role in the Trent Affair during the Civil War.	Template:USA		Yes	1798	1877
	Winslow, Perry Captain of the whaling vessels Template:Ship and Edward Cary.	Template:USA	Yes		1815	1890
	Woodget, Richard English sea captain, known as the master of the sailing clipper Template:Ship during her most successful period of service in the wool trade between Australia and the United Kingdom.	Template:UK	Yes		1845	1928
File:John m whitall.jpg	Whitall, John M. Prominent Sea Captain, businessman and philanthropist in New Jersey and Pennsylvania involved in the spice and silk trade, Glass-making, and missionary work.	Template:USA	Yes		1800	1877
File:Bust of Yi Sun-sin 01.jpg	Yi, Sun-sin Korean admiral famed for his victories against the Japanese during the Imjin war. A brilliant naval strategist, Yi perfected use of the turtle ships and used sea tides and narrow straits to his advantage.	File:Flag of Korea (1856).svgJoseon dynasty Korea		Yes	1371	1433
File:Zheng He.jpg	Zheng, He Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who commanded Ming China's treasure voyages from 1405 to 1433.	Ming dynasty		Yes	1371	1433
File:Koxinga and Zheng Zhilong.jpg	Zheng, Zhilong Chinese admiral, merchant, and pirate. Fluent in Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese. Worked with the Dutch East India Company, as a privateer overseeing an armada of four hundred junks and tens of thousands of men, controlling all shipping in the South China Sea.	Ming dynasty	Yes	Yes	1604	1661
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