Hammerton Killick | |
|---|---|
 Admiral Killick | |
| Nickname(s) | Admiral Hammerton Killick |
| Born | April 18, 1856 |
| Died | September 6, 1902 (aged 46) Gonaïves |
| Allegiance |  Haiti |
| Service/ | Haitian Navy |
| Rank | Admiral |
Hammerton Killick (April 18, 1856 – September 6, 1902) was an admiral in the Haitian Navy. He was killed in the 1902 Firmin rebellion when he refused to surrender his ship to the German warship SMS Panther. A naval base in Port-au-Prince is named after him.[1] A 1943 Haitian postage stamp commemorated his role in the rebellion .[2]
- ^ Haiti: A Slave Revolution: 200 years after 1804. International Action Center. September 2004. ISBN 978-0974752105. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ^ "Haiti stamp for defier of Germans". New York Times. September 26, 1943. Retrieved January 31, 2015.