When Sturdee took the battle-cruisers to the Falkland Islands to look for Graf Spee, the Vindictive was sent half-way, to wallow in mid-Atlantic and relay wireless signals to the Admiralty.
Kwathi uSturdee akuthatha izikhitshane zedabi ezisa kwisiqithi iFakland ekhangela uGraf Spee, iVindictive wathunyelwa ukukhawulela, ukuya kubaxinanisela kumbindi weAtlantic basasaza kunomathotholo ukunika imiqathango kuAdmirality.