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Originally Posted by Rainbow Six
Guys, looking at the information on the Lynx, it's worth remembering that the Falklands and South Sandwich Islands (of which South Georgia is a part) are two separate island chains, which are (I think) about six hundred miles or so apart so when the plate states that the Lynx "has not been stationed to the Islands long" that may refer to how long it has been in the South Sandwich Islands rather than how long it's been in the South Atlantic. It's possible the Lynx may have been based in the Falkland Islands since before the war and has transferred from there to the South Sandwich Islands (for whatever reason) rather than having arrived directly from the UK.
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Looking at this again, I think I was wrong when I said the islands are six hundred miles apart...according to the Commonwealth website (link below) South Georgia is 1,390 kilometres east south east of the Falklands, so even with the added fuel from the bladders that's a big distance for a Lynx to cover (and the consequences of a navigational error would most likely be fatal).
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Yearb...dwich_islands/
Also, South Georgia isn't actually part of the South Sandwich Islands per se - they're another 640 k's away from South Georgia...