| Rochfort Maguire | |
| Birth Date: | 18 June 1815 |
| Birth Place: | County Westmeath, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Gosport, Hampshire, England |
| Branch Label: | Branch |
| Serviceyears Label: | Service years |
| Serviceyears: | 1830–1867 |
| Battles Label: | Conflict |
| Battles: | Oriental Crisis of 1840 |
Rochfort Maguire (18 June 1815 – 29 June 1867) was an Irish Royal Navy officer who served as captain of from 1852 to 1853 during the Franklin search expedition.
Maguire joined the Royal Navy in 1830.[1] He came to notice when he was wounded in action in 1840 at Sidon whilst serving on HMS Wasp under Sir Charles Napier.[2] He was mentioned in despatches and as a result he was promoted to lieutenant on in the Mediterranean.[2]
Maguire was assigned to the Franklin search expedition in 1848. They sailed out of Plymouth on a mission to find the lost remains of John Franklin's ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition of 1845. Maguire was made captain of HMS Plover from 1852 to 1854.[1]
Promoted to captain in 1855, he was given command of,,, and then .[1]
He became commander-in-chief of Australian Station on 23 May 1866, before he was invalidated out on 28 May 1867. He died a month later, on 29 June, at Royal Hospital Haslar.[1]