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The message shows one of the shortcomings of Pophams code - even the two-letter "do" required three flags hoisted for the signal. It is reported that a great cheer went up as the signal was hoisted and repeated throughout the fleet. It is said that, as he saw the flags going up, Collingwood remarked half-peevishly to his flag-lieutenant, "I wish Nelson would make no more signals; we all understand what we have to do.

The message "engage the enemy more closely" was Nelsons final signal to the fleet, sent at p. This message was signalled using the telegraphic flag and flags 1 and 6.

Nelson ordered this signal hauled up and kept aloft. It remained up until shot away during the battle. Almost immediately, the signal began to be misquoted. A number of ships in the fleet recorded the signal as "England expects every man to do his duty" omitting that and replacing will with to. This version became so prevalent that it is recorded on Nelsons tomb in St. Pauls Cathedral. The word that is also omitted on the version around the base of Nelsons Column, as seen in the photo above.

However, the Victory s log and the accounts of signal officer John Pasco and Henry Blackwood captain of the frigate Euryalus, both present at the preparation of the signal, agree on the form given here. At Portsmouth Naval dockyard. Various large flowers in shades of red, palms, and foliage among which appear attributes of Admiral Nelson's life.

Trafalgar Day was commemorated aboard the Victory, Nelson's famous flagship, in dry dock at Portsmouth where she is under repair. Wreaths were placed on the spot where Nelson fell and the famous signal England expects that every man will do his duty was displayed hoist by hoist on mizzen truck as the fore topgallant mast and fore top sail yard are down for repairs.

Ships in port acknowledged it by dipping and re-hoisting the answering pennant. Photo shows: commander G. Williams captain of the Victory, Trafalgar Day commemorated aboard Victory in dry dock - wreath at the spot where Nelson fell. A man with long white hair wearing a backwards England Expects baseball cap looks at a memorial to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the London, UK. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper. Historical Maritime Society. Retrieved The Nelson Society.

Retrieved 16 September Retrieved 7 August Retrieved September 14, Flags of the World. Bolton Past and Present: Their Story and Associations. Frederick Warne and Co. A History of Signalling in the Royal Navy. Hyden House Ltd. National Maritime Museum. Greenwood Press. ISBN Vice-Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson". SeaBritain HMS Victory. Retrieved 18 August Michael Heseltine: A Biography. And Nelson also felt the tension and the need for a final word.

Do you not think there is one yet wanting? And at the most famous battle signal ever made was hoisted to the yards and mastheads of the Victory. Yet it was not received with unanimous joy in the fleet. Ships cheered it, but in some of them the cheer itself had a dutiful ring about it.