- List of World War II convoys
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For an alphabetical listing of convoy codes, see List of World War II convoy codes.
This is a list of World War II convoys grouped regionally.
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European Coastal Atlantic Convoys
Code Prefix Coastal Convoy Routes First Sailing Last Sailing Number of Convoys Notes BB Belfast or River Clyde to Bristol Channel 1940 from Belfast - 1945 from Clyde 1943 from Belfast - 1945 from Clyde BC Bristol Channel to Bay of Biscay outward and return convoys used same number BD White Sea to Dikson Island September 1943 BK White Sea to Kola Inlet Summer 1941 BTC Bristol Channel to River Thames 1944 1945 CE St. Helens Roads to Southend-on-Sea CW Southend-on-Sea to St. Helens Roads DB Dikson Island to White Sea 1942 DF River Clyde to Faroe Islands military ferry service DS River Clyde to Reykjavík military ferry service EC Southend-on-Sea to Oban via Firth of Forth 1941 1941 replaced and replaced by EN convoys EN Methil, Fife to Oban via Loch Ewe temporarily replaced by EC convoys during 1941 FD Faroe Islands to River Clyde military ferry FN River Thames to Firth of Forth FP British Isles to Norway April 1940 May 1940 troop convoys FS Firth of Forth to River Thames 1939 1945 GREYBACK Dieppe, Seine-Maritime to Newhaven, East Sussex ferry service GS Grimsby to Southend-on-Sea 1940 1940 HM Holyhead to Milford Haven HN Bergen to Methil, Fife 1939 1940 HXA Western Approaches to English Channel 1939 1945 English channel section of same numbered HX convoys - no sailings from 1940 to 1944 KB Kola Inlet to White Sea KP Kola Inlet to Pechengsky District MH Milford Haven to Holyhead MT Methil, Fife to River Tyne NP British Isles to Norway April 1940 May 1940 troop convoys OA River Thames (or Methil, Fife after July 1940) to Liverpool 7 September 1939 24 October 1940 234 merged with OB convoy in the southwest approaches OB Liverpool to the Atlantic Ocean 7 September 1939 21 July 1941 345 merged with OA convoy in the southwest approaches - ON and OS convoys replaced OB convoys ON Methil, Fife to Bergen 1939 1940 PW Portsmouth to Wales SD Iceland to River Clyde military ferry service SG Southend-on-Sea to Grimsby 1940 1940 SILVERTIP Newhaven, East Sussex to Dieppe, Seine-Maritime ferry service TBC River Thames to Bristol Channel 1944 1945 TM British Isles to Norway April 1940 May 1940 troop convoys TP Norway to British Isles May 1940 May 1940 troop convoys UR Loch Ewe (later Belfast) to Reykjavík WN River Clyde, Oban and Loch Ewe to Firth of Forth WP Wales to Portsmouth North Atlantic Convoys
Code Prefix North Atlantic Routes First Sailing Last Sailing Number of Convoys Notes AT United States to British Isles March 1942 1945 troopships BHX Bermuda to Liverpool May 1940 March 1941 97 (# 41-137) sailed from Bermuda and merged with same number HX convoy at sea CK Charleston, South Carolina to British Isles 1944 1944 rarely used CT British Isles to Canada 1941 1941 troopships CU Caribbean (later New York City) to Liverpool 20 March 1943 30 May 1945 73 14-knot convoys of tankers with some fast cargo ships GUF Mediterranean Sea to Chesapeake Bay 29 November 1942 16 April 1945 22 faster ships GUS Mediterranean Sea to Chesapeake Bay 21 December 1942 27 May 1945 92 slower ships HG Gibraltar to Liverpool 26 September 1939 19 September 1942 89 replaced by MKS convoys after Operation Torch HX Halifax Harbour (later New York City) to Liverpool 16 Sept 1939 23 May 1945 377 9-knot convoys for ships of sustained speeds less than 15 knots HXF Halifax Harbour to Liverpool 29 Sept 1939 12 February 1940 17 fast sections of HX convoys JW Iceland to White Sea 25 December 1942 12 May 1945 17 (# 51-67) replaced PQ convoys KJ Kingston, Jamaica to United Kingdom KMF Firth of Clyde to Mediterranean Sea 26 October 1942 23 May 1945 45 faster ships to the Mediterranean KMS Liverpool to Mediterranean Sea 22 October 1942 27 April 1945 98 slower ships to the Mediterranean - 1st 12 sailed independently - remainder sailed with OS convoys and detached west of Gibraltar MKF Mediterranean Sea to Firth of Clyde or Liverpool 12 November 1942 4 June 1945 45 faster ships from the Mediterranean MKS Mediterranean Sea to Liverpool 12 November 1942 25 May 1945 103 slower ships from the Mediterranean- 1st 11 sailed independently - remainder merged with SL convoys west of Gibraltar NA Canada to British Isles troopships OG Liverpool to Gibraltar 2 October 1939 17 October 1943 95 early sailings every 5th merged OA/OB convoy became an OG convoy at sea - later OG convoys sailed from Liverpool ON Liverpool to Halifax Harbour 26 July 1941 27 May 1945 307 replaced OB convoys for North American destinations - alternate convoys included slower ships until the ONS convoys started ONS Liverpool to Halifax Harbour 15 March 1943 21 May 1945 51 slower ships westbound on the ON convoy route OS Liverpool to Sierra Leone 24 July 1941 27 May 1945 131 replaced OB convoys for non-North American destinations - included KMS convoys detached west of Gibraltar PQ Iceland to White Sea 29 September 1941 2 September 1942 18 replaced by JW convoys QP White Sea to Iceland 28 September 1941 17 November 1942 15 replaced by RA convoys RA White Sea to Scotland 30 December 1942 23 May 1945 17 (# 51-67) replaced QP convoys RB United States to British Isles September 1942 September 1942 1 small passenger steamers SC Sydney, Nova Scotia (or Halifax Harbour or New York City) to Liverpool 15 August 1940 26 May 1945 177 7-knot convoys of eastbound ships too slow for the 9-knot HX convoys SL Sierra Leone to Liverpool 14 September 1939 25 November 1944 178 merged with MKS convoys west of Gibraltar TA British Isles to United States large troopships TC Canada to British Isles 1939 1941 troopships carrying Canadian troops TCU Caribbean (later New York City) to Liverpool 14-knot CU convoys of tankers and fast cargo ships with troopships TU British Isles to United States 1943 1944 troopships TUC Liverpool to Caribbean (later New York City) 14-knot UC convoys of tankers and fast cargo ships with some troopships UC Liverpool to Caribbean (later New York City) 15 February 1943 3 June 1945 71 14-knot convoys of tankers with some fast cargo ships UGF Chesapeake Bay to Mediterranean Sea 24 October 1942 8 April 1945 22 faster ships - (UGF-1) was the invasion force for Operation Torch UGS Chesapeake Bay to Mediterranean Sea 13 November 1942 28 May 1945 95 slower ships UT United States to British Isles 1943 1944 troopships North American Coastal and Caribbean Convoys
Mediterranean and North African Coastal Convoys
Code Prefix Mediterranean and North African Coastal Routes First Sailing Last Sailing Number of Convoys Notes AC Alexandria to Tobruk 1941 1941 AG Alexandria to Greece 1941 1941 AH Augusta, Sicily to heel of Italy September 1943 AN Alexandria to Piraeus 1940 1941 AP British Isles to Egypt summer 1940 summer 1940 troopships ARM local Mediterranean little used AS Piraeus to Alexandria 1940 1941 AT Alexandria to Tobruk late 1941 Blue Port Said to Gibraltar 1939 1939 BS Brest, France to Casablanca September 1939 June 1940 French convoys CG Casablanca to Gibraltar CNF convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily special designation CRD Casablanca to Dakar CT Corsica to Bizerte via Sardinia 1944 1944 CV Tobruk to Malta 1944 1944 rarely used D Dakar to Casablanca DR Dakar to Gibraltar 1944 1944 DRC Dakar to Casablanca ET North Africa to Gibraltar November 1942 early 1943 GC Gibraltar to Casablanca GM Gibraltar to Malta Green Gibraltar to Port Said late 1939 late 1939 GTX Gibraltar to Alexandria via Tripoli 1943 1943 GUF Oran or Naples to Chesapeake Bay faster ships GUS Port Said to Chesapeake Bay slower ships HA heel of Italy to Augusta, Sicily 1943 HP heel of Italy to Pireaus IXF Taranto and Naples to Alexandria and Port Said K Casablanca to Brest, France French convoys - sometimes prefixed F or S KS Casablanca to Brest, France French convoys LE Port Said to Haifa LW Haifa to Port Said ME Malta to Alexandria and Port Said MO Marseilles to North Africa Ms Marseilles to Naples 1944 1945 MW Alexandria to Malta NCF fast convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily 1943 1943 NCS slow convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily 1943 1943 NP Turkey to Port Said NSF North Africa to Naples troopships NV Naples to Augusta, Sicily OM Oran to Marseilles 1944 1944 PH Piraeus to heel of Italy PN Port Said to Turkey PR Piraeus to Dardanelles 1945 1945 Red Gibraltar to far east 1939 1940 PR Dardanelles to Piraeus 1945 1945 SBF assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily 1943 1943 SBM assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily 1943 1943 SM Naples to Marseilles SNF Naples to North Africa fast troopships SR Freetown to Gibraltar 1943 1944 TA Tobruk to Alexandria TC Tunisia to Corsica 1943 1944 TE Gibraltar to North Africa 1943 1943 TJF assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily 1943 1943 TJM assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily 1943 1943 TJS assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily 1943 1943 TSF assault convoys for Naples landings TSM assault convoys for Naples landings TSS assault convoys for Naples landings TV Tripoli to Malta TX Tripoli to Alexandria UGF Chesapeake Bay to Gibraltar (later Naples) November 1942 May 1945 faster ships (UGF 1 was the Operation Torch invasion convoy) UGS Chesapeake Bay to Gibraltar (later Port Said) November 1942 May 1945 slower ships VC Malta to Tobruk VN Augusta, Sicily or Malta to Naples (OR) Naples to Livorno VT Malta to Tripoli WX western desert ports to Alexandria XIF Alexandria and Port Said to Taranto and Naples XT Alexandria to Tripoli XTG Alexandria to Gibraltar via Tripoli 1943 1943 XW Alexandria to western desert ports South Atlantic Convoys
Code Prefix South Atlantic Routes First Sailing Last Sailing Number of Convoys Notes AS United States to Suez Canal 1942 1942 via Freetown BF Bahia to Freetown 1943 USN escorts BRN Bahia to Recife northward late 1942 BT Bahia to Trinidad November 1942 July 1943 CF Cape Town to British Isles via west Africa little used CN Cape Town northward to dispersal DBF Dakar to Freetown via Banjul, Gambia 1943 1943 DSF Dakar to Freetown DSL Dakar to Freetown and Lagos DSP Dakar to Freetown and Pointe-Noire DST Dakar to Freetown and Sekondi-Takoradi E Trinidad to dispersal southward FB Freetown to Bahia FFT Freetown to Trinidad 1942 1943 FJ Florianópolis to Rio de Janeiro FSD Freetown to Dakar 1944 1944 small craft JF Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis JR Rio de Janeiro to Recife JT Rio de Janeiro to Trinidad 1943 1945 LGE Lagos eastbound local west African traffic LGW Lagos westbound local west African traffic LM Lagos to Matadi LS Lagos to Freetown LSD Lagos to Dakar via Freetown LTS Lagos to Freetown via Sekondi-Takoradi NC Walvis Bay to Cape Town OSS Freetown southward southward extension of the corresponding OS convoy OT Trinidad to North Africa PGE Pointe-Noire southward local traffic PAD Pointe-Noire to Dakar via Freetown PT Paramaribo to Trinidad PTS Pointe-Noire to Freetown via Sekondi-Takoradi RJ Recife to Rio de Janeiro RT Cape Town to Freetown (OR) Recife to Trinidad 1941 (African) 1943 (South American) 1941 SJ Santos, São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro ST Freetown to Sekondi-Takoradi STC Freetown to Cape Town via Sekondi-Takoradi STL Freetown to Lagos via Sekondi-Takoradi STP Freetown to Pointe-Noire via Sekondi-Takoradi STW Freetown to Walvis Bay via Sekondi-Takoradi TB Trinidad to Bahia TF Trinidad to Freetown TGE Sekondi-Takoradi and Lagos eastward to dispersal TJ Trinidad to Rio de Janeiro TLDM Sekondi-Takoradi to Matadi via Lagos and Douala TO North Africa to Caribbean TP Trinidad to Paramaribo TR Trinidad to Recife TRINIDAD Trinidad to dispersal southeast TS Sekondi-Takoradi to Freetown TSD Sekondi-Takoradi to Dakar via Freetown TV Trinidad eastward to dispersal WTS Walvis Bay to Freetown via Sekondi-Takoradi Indian Ocean Convoys
Code Prefix Indian Ocean Routes First Sailing Last Sailing Number of Convoys Notes AB Aden to Mumbai November 1942 ABF Aden to Mumbai fast troopship convoys AJ Aden to Colombo AK Aden to Kilindini Harbour AKD Aden to Durban via Kilindini Harbour September 1943 AM Chittagong to Chennai AP Aden to Persian Gulf Late 1942 AS United States to Suez Canal March 1942 via Freetown BA Mumbai to Aden May 1941 November 1942 BAF Mumbai to Aden fast troopships BC Beira, Mozambique to Durban (OR) Mumbai to Colombo July 1942 from Beira - September 1943 from Mumbai September 1942 from Beira BK Mumbai to Karachi 1943 1943 little used BM Mumbai to Singapore (or Colombo after January 1942) BN Mumbai to Suez Canal 1940 1941 BP Mumbai to Persian Gulf BS Suez Canal to Aden 1940 1941 C Colombo to dispersal 1942 1942 CA Cape Town southward to dispersal CB Durban to Beira, Mozambique CD Cape Town to Durban CF Colombo to Fremantle, Western Australia occasional use CH Chittagong to Kolkata CJ Kolkata to Colombo CM Cape Town to Aden military convoys via Kilindini Harbour CX Colombo to Addu Atoll {return Addu Atoll to Colombo convoys used same CX designation} DC Durban to Cape Town DK Durban to Kilindini Harbour DKA Durban to Aden via Kilindini Harbour DLM Durban to Maputo DM Durban to Malaya 1941 1942 3 DN Durban northwards to dispersal HB Australia to India 1945 1945 troopships HC Kolkata to Chittagong JA Colombo to Aden JC Colombo to Kolkata JM India to Madagascar via Kilindini Harbour 1943 1943 JMG assault convoy to Malaya September 1945 1 JS Colombo to Singapore November 1941 February 1942 KA Kilindini Harbour to Aden KM Karachi to Mumbai KD Kilindini Harbour to Durban KM Kilindini Harbour to Madagascar KP Karachi to Persian Gulf KR Kolkata and Rakhine State ports to Yangon 1945 1945 LMD Maputo to Durban MA Kilindini Harbour to Aden MC Aden to Cape Town via Kilindini Harbour and Durban MD Madagascar to Durban 1 MK Madagascar to Kilindini Harbour MN Mauritius to Seychelles MR Chennai to Yangon OW Australia to India PA Persian Gulf to Aden PB Persian Gulf to Mumbai RK Colombo to Kilindini Harbour (OR) Yangon to Kolkata via Rakhine State 1944 from Colombo, 1945 from Rangoon 1944 from Colombo, 1945 from Rangoon RM Yangon to Colombo via Chennai SD Seychelles to Madagascar SJ Singapore to Colombo November 1941 February 1942 SM Jakarta to Fremantle, Western Australia SR Kolkata to Yangon 1941 1942 SU Suez Canal to Australia 1940 1941 SW Suez Canal to Kilindini Harbour or Durban 1940 1941 US Australia to Suez Canal WO India to Australia troopships WS British Isles to Suez Canal and Mumbai troopships; WS convoys on at least one occasion [WS30, 1943] routed via Freetown and Durban Pacific Convoys
Normandy Invasion Convoys
Code Prefix Normandy Invasion Convoys First Sailing Last Sailing Number of Convoys Notes ATM Antwerp to River Thames late 1944 1945 BEC Bristol Channel to France June 1944 October 1944 COC Plymouth to Brittany late 1944 early 1945 EBC Bristol Channel to France June 1944 October 1944 EBM Bristol Channel to France June 1944 June 1944 1 motor transport convoy ECM Falmouth, Cornwall to France June 1944 early July 1944 ECP Portland Harbour and Solent to Baie de la Seine June 1944 October 1944 personnel convoys EMM Belfast to France June 1944 July 1944 2 EMP Belfast to France July 1944 July 1944 2 EPM Portland Harbour to France via Solent July 1944 September 1944 motor transport convoys EPP Portland Harbour to France via Solent July 1944 September 1944 personnel convoys ETC River Thames to France June 1944 October 1944 ETM River Thames to France June 1944 October 1944 motor transport convoys EWC Spithead to Normandy June 1944 June 1944 EWL Isle of Wight to France June 1944 June 1944 mainly landings ships and landing craft EWM Isle of Wight to France September 1944 October 1944 motor transport convoys EWP Isle of Wight to France personnel convoys EXP June 1944 October 1944 invasion convoys FBC Baie de la Seine to Bristol Channel June 1944 October 1944 FC France to western England June 1944 July 1944 FCP France to western England June 1944 July 1944 personnel convoys FPM France to Portland Harbour motor transport convoys FPP France to Portland Harbour July 1944 August 1944 personnel convoys FTC France to River Thames 1944 1944 FTM France to River Thames 1944 1944 motor transport convoys FWC France to Isle of Wight June 1944 FWL France to Isle of Wight 1944 1944 landing craft convoys FWM France to Isle of Wight June 1944 July 1944 motor transport convoys FWP France to Isle of Wight June 1944 September 1944 personnel convoys FXP France to British Isles June 1944 October 1944 LU Humber to Elbe May 1945 May 1945 MTC Baie de la Seine to Southend-on-Sea replaced FTC MTM Baie de la Seine to Southend-on-Sea replaced FTM NAP Dover to France December 1944 December 1944 NR Norway to Methil, Fife 1945 1945 RN Methil, Fife to Norway May 1945 May 1945 TAC River Thames to Ostend 1945 1945 TACA River Thames to Antwerp replaced by TAM TAM River Thames to Antwerp replaced TACA TAP River Thames to France 1945 1945 TMC River Thames to France June 1944 October 1944 TMM River Thames to France June 1944 October 1944 motor transport convoys UL Elbe to Humber May 1945 May 1945 WAP June 1944 October 1944 invasion convoys WDC September 1944 December 1944 invasion convoys WEC Isle of Wight to France December 1944 May 1945 WEL Isle of Wight to France 1944 1945 landing craft WEP Isle of Wight to Cherbourg-Octeville December 1944 December 1944 WFM October 1944 November 1944 invasion convoys WMP Isle of Wight to Arromanches-les-Bains November 1944 December 1944 WNC Isle of Wight to Le Havre December 1944 May 1945 WNL Isle of Wight to France April 1945 May 1945 WVP Isle of Wight to France December 1944 May 1945 References
- Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-019-3.
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