The South Atlantic Station was a formation of the Royal Navy. It was formed from the former Cape of Good Hope Station. Although the South Atlantic and Pacific Station briefly existed in World War I, the South Atlantic Station had a more substantial existence during and after World War II having been created from the Africa Station. It covered the Atlantic Ocean south of a line drawn between the northern French West African (now Mauritanian) border and French Guiana and the Southern Ocean and Indian Ocean east of a line drawn south from the western entrance to the Magellan Strait and west of a line drawn south from the South African/ Mozambican border. These responsibilities did not imply territorial claims but the navy would actively protect Britain's trading interests. The South Atlantic