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| | England expects that every man will do his duty |
 | | The "England expects that every man will do his duty" signal required 12 lifts which were made up of the following flags: 253, 269, 863, 261, 471, 958, 220, 370, 4, 21, 19 and 24. |
 | | inally, as with much historic detail, there is still and most probably always will be some residual factual doubt as to the precise flags used; see the 1837 James' Naval History, Vol 4, p34 "there is not, that we are aware of, a single publication that gives this message precisely as it was delivered". |
 | | [2] Nelson's instruction was: "Mr Pasco, I wish to say to the Fleet, 'England confides that every man will do his duty'. |
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