South Atlantic Station

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 Station had bases at Freetown, Simonstown, and Port Stanley. It was absorbed into the Western Fleet in 1967 when that Command assumed responsibility for all ships "West of Suez".

HMS Lynx served as Admiral Talbot's flagship in the 1960s. She was the last ship remaining on the station and returned home after April 1967 and the abolishing of the CINCSASA post. Following 11 April 1967 a Senior British Naval Officer South Africa with the rank of Commodore remained, responsible to Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet, until February 1976 when the post was disestablished and HMS Afrikander closed.

Commanders-in-Chief
Commanders-in-Chief have included: Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and Pacific Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America
 * Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee (1914)
 * Vice Admiral Sir George Lyon (1939-1940)
 * Vice Admiral Sir Robert Raikes (1940-1941)
 * Vice Admiral Sir Algernon Willis (1941-1942)
 * Vice Admiral Sir Campbell Tait (1942-1944)
 * Vice Admiral Sir Robert Burnett (1944-1946)
 * Vice Admiral Sir Clement Moody (1946-1948)
 * Vice Admiral Sir Desmond McCarthy (1948-1950)
 * Vice Admiral Sir Herbert Packer (1950-1952)
 * Vice Admiral Sir Peveril William-Powlett (1952-1954)
 * Vice Admiral Sir Ian Campbell (1954-1956)
 * Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Robson (1956-1958)
 * Vice Admiral Sir Dymock Watson (1958-1960)
 * Vice Admiral Sir Nicholas Copeman (1960-1963)
 * Vice Admiral Sir Fitzroy Talbot (1963-1965)
 * Vice Admiral Sir John Gray (1965-1967)