Sir Samuel Hood , 1st Baronet Vice - Admiral Sir Samuel Hood , 1st Baronet KB RN ( 1762 – 24 December 1814 ) was an officer of the Royal Navy and the cousin once removed of the more famous Admiral Samuel Hood , 1st Viscount Hood and his younger brother Alexander Hood who sponsored Arthur ( lost in a hurricane ) Sir Samuel Hood and his younger brother Alexander into the Royal Navy . Naval career . He entered the Royal Navy in 1776 at the start of the American Revolutionary War . His first engagement was the First Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778 , and , soon afterwards transferred to the West Indies , he was present , under the command of his cousin , at all the actions which culminated in Admiral George Rodney ' s victory of 12 April 1782 in the Battle of the Saintes . After the peace , like many other British naval officers , Hood spent some time in France , and on his return to England was given the command of a sloop , from which he proceeded in succession to various frigates . In the 32 - gun fifth - rate frigate " Juno " his gallant rescue of some shipwrecked seamen won him a vote of thanks and a sword of honour from the Jamaica assembly . French Revolutionary Wars . Early in 1793 , after the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars , Hood went to the Mediterranean in " Juno " under his cousin Lord Hood , and distinguished himself by an audacious feat of coolness and seamanship in extricating his vessel from the harbour of Toulon , which he had entered in ignorance of Lord Hood ' s withdrawal . In 1795 , in " Aigle " , he was put in command of a squadron for the protection of Levantine commerce , and in early 1797 he was given command of the 74 - gun ship of the line " Zealous " , in which he was present at Admiral Horatio Nelson ' s unsuccessful attack on Santa Cruz de Tenerife . Captain Hood conducted the negotiations which relieved the squadron from the consequences of its failure . Napoleonic Wars . " Zealous " played an important part at the Battle of the Nile . Her first opponent was put out of action in twelve minutes . Hood immediately engaged other ships , the " Guerriere " being left powerless to fire a shot . When Nelson left the coast of Egypt , Hood commanded the blockading force off Alexandria and Rosetta . Later he rejoined Nelson on the coast of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies , receiving for his services the order of St Ferdinand . In the 74 - gun third - rate " Venerable " Hood was present at the Battle of Algeciras on 8 July 1801 and the action in the Straits of Gibraltar that followed . In the Straits his ship suffered heavily , losing 130 officers and men . In 1802 , Captain Hood was employed in Trinidad as a commissioner , and , upon the death of the flag officer commanding the Leeward Islands station , he succeeded him as Commodore . Island after island fell to him , and soon , outside Martinique , the French had scarcely a foothold in the West Indies . Amongst other measures Hood took one may mention the garrisoning of Diamond Rock , which he commissioned as a sloop - of - war to blockade the approaches of Martinique . For these successes he was , amongst other rewards , appointed a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath ( KB ) . In command next of the squadron blockading Rochefort , Sir Samuel Hood lost an arm during the Action of 25 September 1806 against a French frigate squadron . Promoted to Rear Admiral a few days after this action , Hood was in 1807 entrusted with the operations against Madeira , which he brought to a successful conclusion . In 1808 Hood sailed to the Baltic Sea , with his flag in the 74 - gun " Centaur " , to take part in the Russo - Swedish war . In one of the actions of this war " Centaur " and " Implacable " , unsupported by the Swedish ships ( which lay to leeward ) , cut out the Russian 50 - gun ship " Sevolod " from the enemy ' s line and , after a desperate fight , forced her to strike . King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden rewarded Admiral Hood with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword . Late career . Present in the roads of A Coruña at the re - embarkation of the army of Sir John Moore after the Battle of A Coruña , Hood thence returned to the Mediterranean , where for two years he commanded a division of the British fleet . In 1811 he became Vice Admiral . In his last command , that of the East Indies Station , he carried out many salutary reforms , especially in matters of discipline and victualling . He died without issue at Madras in 1814 , having married Mary Elizabeth Frederica Mackenzie , eldest daughter and heiress of Francis Mackenzie , 1st Baron Seaforth . A lofty column , the Admiral Hood Monument was raised to his memory on a hill near Butleigh , Somersetshire . There is another memorial in Butleigh Church with an inscription written by Robert Southey . The Hoods Tower Museum in Trincomalee gains it name form the fire control tower named after him at Fort Ostenburg .