Dooitze Eelkes Hinxt

Dooitze Eelkes Hinxt
Bornc. 1741
Died10 August 1797(1797-08-10) (aged 55–56)
Allegiance
Branch
Service years1782–1797
RankCaptain at sea
Conflicts

Captain-at-sea Dooitze Eelkes Hinxt (c. 1741 – 20 October 1797) was a Dutch naval officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars. He was the son of Eelke Tabes Hinxt, a merchant captain from the city of Dokkum. Hinxt died on the ship of the line Beschermer of wounds received during the Battle of Camperdown.