Before the Battle of Cape Matapan, HMS Griffin reportedly blocked Warspite's path. The battleship is credited with the signal, "Get out of my way, damn you." This attribution is treated as secure, unlike the disputed Warspite quotation that follows it. The exchange preserves a particularly blunt example of the language associated with fleet signals.
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Warspite's blunt signal to HMS Griffin before Cape Matapan
A viewer recalls the terse order attributed to Warspite when HMS Griffin obstructed the battleship before the Battle of Cape Matapan.