Horatio Nelson 1st Viscount Nelson   1758—1805   Famous British admiral   Enrolled in the Royal Navy at age 12 as seaman   Began officer training on his first ship assignment   In 1777 fought in West Indies in American Revolutionary War remained in Caribbean enforcing Navigation Act   Lost his commission 1789 recalled 1793 French Revolution   Shot in face at battle in Corsica lost right eye, wore eye patch   1797 knighted for victory Battle of Cape St. Vincent   1798 won Battle of the Nile Napoleon fled back to France   Rescued royal family of Naples   1801 commander-in-chief of Baltic Sea in charge of preventing Napoleon invasion   1805 Nelson’s fleet fought Spanish and French fleets in Battle of Trafalgar   Nelson lost his life British won the battle   Honored by Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, London

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