Henrik Johan Nauckhoff | |
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| Born | 13 October 1744 Kila parish, Södermanland, Sweden |
| Died | 18 February 1818 (aged 73) Stockholm |
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| Years of service | 1761–1818 |
| Rank | Admiral |
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Henrik Johan Nauckhoff (also Henric, Hindric; 13 October 1744 – 18 February 1818) was a Swedish naval officer and friherre (baron).
After having graduated as an officer in the Swedish Navy, Nauckhoff served on expeditions to Pomerania and Morocco before receiving his first commission as commander of a ship in 1776. He was granted leave in 1778 to serve in the French Navy in order to gain useful experience. He thus came to participate in the American Revolutionary War, and fought on the side of the French in the battles of Chesapeake and the Saintes; in the latter he was severely wounded and instrumental in saving the French ship Northumberland. For his service in the war he was awarded the French Order of Military Merit and the Swedish Order of the Sword, as well as a life-long pension from the French state.
After his return to Sweden, he would also participate actively in the Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790, commanding ships in the battles of Hogland, Öland (with noted distinction), Reval, Kronstadt and Vyborg Bay. During the last of these, his ship ran aground and he was taken prisoner.
He returned to Sweden following the peace treaty with Russia, and would hold several positions on land during the peacetime period thereafter. In 1796 he was promoted to rear admiral. With the outbreak of the Finnish War in 1808, he returned to command a squadron. He was promoted to vice admiral in 1809, and to the rank of full admiral in 1817, after the end of the war. He died in Stockholm.