Jackie Hayward's account briefly maps the operating pattern around the hospital ship SS Uganda. The ship met other vessels at the Red Cross Box, an agreed safe area at sea. By day it entered Falkland Sound to take out casualties, while at night it returned to the box for the rendezvous. Casualty evacuation therefore depended on a recurring maritime geography between collection near the fighting and a protected meeting area offshore.
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The Red Cross Box structures hospital-ship operations
SS Uganda collects casualties near the Falklands by day and returns at night to an agreed safe rendezvous area at sea.