Fighting under Admiral Samuel Hood in Corsica, he was wounded in the right eye, losing his sight in it
He arrived in mid-November and reported to Admiral Samuel 
Hood,... [DOC] [TLE] English Historical Fiction Authors: Horatio Nelson, Not That Hamilton ... [PAR] Mar 8, 2013 ... At the age of twelve he went to sea under his uncle, Sir Maurice ... New York, 
where Nelson asked to be attached to Admiral Hood's fleet.