| Code |
Route |
Start |
End |
Type |
Remarks |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| AB |
|
/39 |
|
|
Two early "one of" convoys. |
| AB |
Aden-Bombay |
11/42 |
|
Indian Ocean |
Replaced all previous southward East African
coastal convoys. |
| ABF |
Aden-Bombay |
|
|
Military |
Fast Troopships. Successor to AB series. |
| AC |
Alexandria-Cyrenaica (Tobruk) |
/41 |
/41 |
Military |
|
| AG |
Alexandria-Greece |
/41 |
/41 |
|
|
| AH |
Aruba-Halifax |
/42 |
/42 |
|
Brief tanker series. |
| AH |
Augusta-South Italy |
9/43 |
|
|
|
| AJ |
Aden-Colombo |
|
|
|
|
| AK |
Aden-Kilindini |
/42 |
|
|
|
| AKD |
Aden-Kilindini-Durban |
9/43 |
|
East African Coastal |
|
| AM |
Chittagong-Madras |
|
|
|
|
| AN |
Alexandria-Piraeus |
/40 |
/41 |
|
|
| AN |
Admiralty Is-New Guinea |
|
|
Pacific series |
|
| AP |
UK-Egypt |
/40 |
|
Military |
Early troop convoy. |
| ARG |
Boston-Argentia |
|
|
|
USN convoys |
| ARM |
Mediterranean |
|
|
|
local code – little used. |
| AS |
Piraeus-Alexandria |
/40 |
/41 |
|
|
| AS |
USA-Suez via Freetown |
3/42 |
|
Military |
Large Liners |
| AT |
Alexandria-Tobruk |
|
/41 |
|
|
| AT |
USA-UK |
1/42 |
/45 |
Military |
Troopship |
| ATM |
Antwerp-Thames |
/44 |
/45 |
|
|
| AW |
Aruba-Curacao |
|
|
Local Caribbean |
Tankers |
| BA |
Bombay-Red Sea Ports |
5/41 |
|
Military |
|
| BAF |
Bombay-Aden |
|
|
Military |
Fast Troopships |
| BB |
Belfast-Bristol Channel |
/40 |
/43 |
|
|
| BB |
Clyde-Bristol Channel |
/45 |
/45 |
|
|
| BC |
Beira-Durban(Cape) |
7/43 |
9/43 |
|
Replaced by AKD series. |
| BC |
Bristol Channel-Biscay |
|
|
|
Return convoys carried same number. |
| BD |
White Sea-Dikson |
9/43 |
|
|
Renumbered anually |
| BEC |
Bristol Channel-France |
|
/44 |
|
Renumbered EBC series |
| BF |
Bahia (Brazil)-Freetown |
|
/43 |
|
US convoy series |
| BG |
Milne Bay-New Guinea |
|
|
Pacific series |
|
| BG |
Brisbane-Gladstone |
|
|
Pacific series |
|
| BHX |
Bermuda-UK |
|
|
|
To rendezvous with same numbered HX convoy. |
| BK |
Bombay-Karachi |
/43 |
/43 |
|
Series little used. |
| BK |
White Sea-Kola Inlet |
9/43 |
|
|
|
| BLUE |
Port Said-Gibraltar |
/39 |
/39 |
|
|
| BM |
Bombay-Singapore |
|
1/42 |
|
|
| BM |
Bombay-Colombo |
1/42 |
|
|
|
| BN |
Bombay-Suez |
/40 |
|
|
|
| BN |
Aden-Suez |
|
/41 |
|
|
| BN |
New Britain-New Guinea |
|
|
|
Pacific series |
| BP |
Bombay-Persian Gulf |
|
|
|
|
| BRN |
Bahia-Recife |
/42 |
|
Local Brazilian |
|
| BS |
Suez-Aden |
/40 |
/41 |
|
|
| BS |
Corner Brook-Sydney CB |
|
|
|
Brief series, little used |
| BS |
Brest-Casablanca |
9/39 |
6/40 |
|
French series |
| BT |
Bahia-Trinidad |
11/42 |
7/43 |
|
Replaced by JT series. |
| BT |
Sydney NSW-USA |
/43 |
/44? |
Military |
Troop convoys |
| BT |
Brisbane-Townsville |
|
|
Local Australian |
|
| BTC |
Bristol Channel-Thames |
6/44 |
/45 |
|
|
| BV |
Brisbane-Townsville |
|
|
Pacific series |
|
| BW |
Sydney CB-St. Johns |
/42 |
|
Local Canadian |
|
| BX |
Boston-Halifax |
/42 |
|
|
|
| BZ |
Bombay-Kilindini-Aden |
|
|
|
Series never used. |
| B2F |
Plymouth-Omaha |
|
|
Military |
D day assault convoy |
| C |
Colombo-dispersal position |
/42 |
/42 |
|
|
| CA |
Capetown-dispersal position |
|
|
|
|
| CB |
Durban-Beira |
|
|
East African Coastal |
|
| CB |
Colombo-Bombay |
/43 |
|
|
|
| CD |
Cape Town- Durban |
1/42 |
9/43 |
East African Coastal |
|
| CE |
St Helens(Isle of Wight)- Southend |
9/40 |
|
UK Coastal |
|
| CF |
Cape Town-West Africa-UK |
5/41 |
|
Ocean Homeward |
Little used series |
| CF |
Colombo-Freemantle |
|
|
|
Occasional use |
| CG |
Casablanca-Gibraltar |
1/43 |
|
N.W. African Coastal |
Originally FT |
| CH |
Chittagong-Calcutta |
|
|
|
|
| CJ |
Calcutta-Colombo |
|
|
|
|
| CK |
Havana-Key West |
|
|
|
|
| CK |
Charleston-UK |
/44 |
/44 |
|
Rarely used |
| CL |
St. Johns-Sydney CB |
|
|
|
Local Canadian |
| CM |
The Cape, Durban or Kilindini -Red Sea Ports |
6/40 |
|
Military |
|
| CN |
Capetown-dispersal point |
|
|
|
|
| CNF |
Special |
|
|
Military |
Special series for invasion of Sicily. |
| CO |
Newcastle-Melbourne-Adelaide |
/42 |
/42 |
Australian coastal |
|
| COC |
Plymouth-Brittany |
/44 |
/45 |
|
|
| CP |
Curacao-Panama |
/42 |
/42 |
|
|
| CRD |
Casablanca-Dakar |
|
|
West African Coastal |
|
| CT |
UK-North America |
8/41 |
/41 |
Military |
Troopships |
| CT |
Corsica-Sardinia-Bizerta |
/44 |
/44 |
|
|
| CU |
Curacao-UK |
2/43 |
|
Ocean Homeward |
Tankers. New York – UK after CU 9. |
| CV |
Cyrenaica-Valetta |
/44 |
/44 |
|
Rarely used. |
| CW |
Cristobal-Key West |
|
|
|
|
| CW |
Southend-St Helens (Isle of Wight) |
9/40 |
|
UK Coastal |
|
| CX |
Colombo-Maldives and Chagos |
4/43 |
|
Indian Ocean |
Same numbers used on outward and return. |
| CZ |
Curacao-Cristobal (Canal zone) |
|
|
|
|
| D |
Dakar-Casablanca |
|
|
|
|
| DB |
Dikson-White Sea |
/42 |
|
|
|
| DBF |
Dakar-Bathurst-Freetown |
/43 |
|
|
|
| DC |
Durban-Cape Town |
12/42 |
9/43 |
East African Coastal |
|
| DF |
Clyde-Faeroes |
|
|
Military |
|
| DG |
Thursday Is.-Merauke |
|
|
|
|
| DK |
Durban-Kilindini |
|
|
|
|
| DKA |
Durban-Kilindini-Aden |
9/43 |
|
East African Coastal |
Replaced all previous Northward East African
coastal convoys. |
| DLM |
Durban-Lourenco Marques |
|
|
|
|
| DM |
Durban-Malaya |
/41 |
/42 |
|
Only 3 convoys in series. |
| DN |
Durban-dispersal point |
|
|
|
|
| DR |
Dakar-Gibraltar |
/44 |
/44 |
|
|
| DRC |
Dakar-Casablanca |
|
|
|
|
| DS |
Clyde-Reykjavik |
|
|
Military |
|
| DSF |
Dakar-Freetown |
|
|
|
|
| DSL |
Dakar-Freetown-Lagos |
|
|
|
|
| DSP |
Dakar-Freetown-Pointe Noire |
|
|
|
|
| DST |
Dakar-Freetown-Takoradi |
|
|
|
|
| DT |
Darwin-Thursday Is. |
|
|
|
|
| DWI |
Dutch West Indies-UK |
|
|
|
Never used. |
| E |
Trinidad-dispersal point |
|
|
|
|
| EBC |
Bristol Channel-France |
6/44 |
10/44 |
|
Feeder convoys for operation Neptune, Invasion
convoy series. |
| EBM |
Bristol Channel-France |
6/44 |
|
|
Invasion convoys |
| EBP |
Bristol Channel-Omaha/Utah beach |
|
|
|
Invasion convoys |
| EC |
Southend-Oban via Firth of Forth |
/41 |
|
|
|
| ECM |
UK-France |
6/44 |
7/44 |
|
Invasion convoys |
| ECP |
Portland & Solent-Seine Bay |
6/44 |
10/44 |
|
Invasion convoys |
| EMM |
Belfast-France |
6/44 |
7/44 |
|
Invasion convoys |
| EMP |
Belfast-France |
7/44 |
7/44 |
|
Only 2 convoys in series. |
| EN |
Methnil-Oban-Loch Ewe |
8/40 |
|
UK Coastal |
Series repeated twice. |
| EPM |
Portland-Solent-France |
7/44 |
9/44 |
|
|
| EPP |
Portland-Solent-France |
7/44 |
9/44 |
|
|
| ET |
North Africa-Gibraltar |
11/42 |
/43 |
North African Coastal |
|
| ETC |
Thames/Solent-France |
6/44 |
10/44 |
|
Invasion convoys |
| ETP |
Thames-Juno beach |
|
|
|
D-day assault convoys |
| ETM |
Thames-Sword/Juno beach |
6/44 |
10/44 |
|
D-day assault convoys |
| EWC |
Spithead-Normandy beaches |
6/44 |
|
|
D-day assault convoys |
| EWL |
Isle of Wight-France |
6/44 |
|
|
Landing craft & ships |
| EWM |
Isle of Wight-France |
9/44 |
10/44 |
|
|
| EWP |
Isle of Wight-France |
6/44 |
10/44 |
|
Invasion convoys. |
| EXP |
UK-France |
|
|
|
Invasion convoys. |
| FB |
Freetown-Bahia |
|
|
|
|
| FBC |
Seine Bay-Bristol Channel |
6/44 |
10/44 |
|
|
| FD |
Faeroes-Clyde |
|
|
Military |
|
| FC |
France-west UK |
6/44 |
7/44 |
|
|
| FCP |
France=west UK |
6/44 |
7/44 |
|
|
| FFT |
Freetown-Trinidad |
/42 |
/43 |
|
|
| FG |
Freemantle-Adelaide |
/42 |
|
|
|
| FH |
St. John NB-Halifax |
/42 |
|
|
|
| FJ |
Florianopolis-Rio de Janeiro |
|
|
|
|
| FM |
Milne Bay-Port Moresby |
|
|
|
|
| FN |
Southend-Methil |
9/39 |
|
UK Coastal |
|
| FP |
UK-Norway |
4/40 |
5/40 |
Military |
Troop convoys |
| FPM |
France-Portland |
|
|
|
Invasion convoys |
| FPP |
France-Portland |
7/44 |
8/44 |
|
Invasion convoys |
| FS |
Methil-Southend |
9/39 |
/45 |
UK Coastal |
|
| FSD |
Freetown-Dakar |
/44 |
|
Small craft |
|
| FT |
Freetown-Trinidad |
7/43 |
|
Central Atlantic |
|
| FTC |
France-Thames |
/44 |
/44 |
|
|
| FTM |
France-Thames |
/44 |
/44 |
|
|
| FWC |
France-Isle of Wight |
6/44 |
6/44 |
|
|
| FWL |
France-Isle of Wight |
/44 |
/44 |
|
Landing craft |
| FWM |
France-Isle of Wight |
6/44 |
7/44 |
|
|
| FWP |
France-Isle of Wight |
7/44 |
9/44 |
|
|
| FXP |
France-UK |
6/44 |
10/44 |
|
Invasion convoys |
| G |
Solent-Gold beach |
|
|
|
D-day assault convoys |
| G |
Guantanamo-San Juan |
|
|
|
|
| GAT |
Guantanamo-Aruba-Tinidad |
8/42 |
|
Caribbean |
Originally WAT 7/42 |
| GB |
New Guinea-Milne Bay |
|
|
|
|
| GBR |
Canaries-Gibraltar |
|
|
|
|
| GC |
Gibraltar-Casablanca1 |
1/42 |
|
NW African Coastal |
Originally TF |
| GD |
Merauke-Thursday Is. |
|
|
|
|
| GF |
Adelaide-Fremantle |
|
|
|
|
| GI |
New Guinea-Philippines |
|
|
|
|
| GJ |
Guantanamo-Kingston |
|
|
|
|
| GK |
Guantanamo-Key West |
9/42 |
|
Caribbean |
|
| GM |
Gibraltar-Malta |
7/41 |
|
Military |
|
| GN |
Guantanamo-New York |
8/42 |
|
USA Coastal |
US - controlled, but escorted by RCN ships
9/42 to 3/43 |
| GP |
Guantanamo-Panama |
|
|
|
|
| GP |
Sydney-Townsville-Brisbane |
|
|
Australian coastal |
|
| GREEN |
Gibraltar-Port Said |
/39 |
/39 |
|
|
| GREYBACK |
Dieppe-Newhaven |
|
|
Ferry service |
|
| GS |
Greenland-Sydney/St. Johns NF |
|
|
|
|
| GS |
Grimsby-Southend |
/40 |
/40 |
|
|
| GT |
Gladstone-Townsville |
|
|
Australian coastal |
|
| GTX |
Gibraltar-Tripoli-Alexandria |
5/43 |
/43 |
Mediterranean |
|
| GU |
North Africa-USA |
11/42 |
|
Primarily Military |
|
| GUF |
Oran/Naples-USA |
|
|
|
Fast |
| GUS |
Port Said-USA |
|
|
|
Slow |
| GZ |
Guantanamo-Canal Zone |
/42 |
|
|
|
| HA |
Tripoli-Augusta |
|
|
|
|
| HA |
Halifax-Curacao |
/42 |
/42 |
|
|
| HA |
Heel of Italy-Augusta |
/43 |
|
|
|
| HB |
Australia-India |
/45 |
/45 |
Military |
Troopship |
| HB |
Bay of Biscay - UK |
|
|
|
|
| HC |
Halifax-UK |
|
|
Military |
Troopships. Later convoys departed from
Quebec. |
| HC |
Calcutta-Chittagong |
|
|
|
|
| HD |
Dakar-UK |
|
|
|
|
| HE |
Mediterranean-UK |
|
|
|
|
| HF |
Halifax-St. John NB |
|
|
|
|
| HG |
Gibraltar-UK |
9/39 |
9/42 |
Ocean Homeward |
Later replaced by MKS and MKF series. |
| HGF |
Gibraltar-UK |
|
|
Fast, Ocean Homeward |
|
| HH |
Hampton Roads-UK |
|
|
|
|
| HHX |
Halifax-convoy |
|
|
|
Ships joining HX convoys from New York. |
| HJ |
Halifax-St. Johns NF |
|
|
|
|
| HJ |
Rio de Janeiro-UK |
|
|
|
|
| HJD |
Rio de Janeiro-UK |
|
|
|
Joined HD convoys |
| HJL |
Rio de Janeiro-UK |
|
|
|
Joined HL convoys. |
| HK |
Galveston-Key West |
|
|
|
|
| HL |
Freetown-UK |
|
|
|
|
| HM |
Holyhead-Milford Haven |
|
|
|
|
| HN |
Bergen-Methil |
/39 |
/40 |
|
|
| HON |
Halifax NS-convoy |
|
|
|
Ships joining a New York bound ON convoy. |
| HP |
Heel of Italy-Piraeus |
|
|
|
|
| HS |
Halifax-Sydney CB |
|
|
|
|
| HT |
Halifax-Trinidad |
|
|
|
Preceded by HA series. |
| HX |
Halifax-UK |
9/39 |
/45 |
Ocean Homeward |
Started from New York from 9/42 |
| HXA |
English Channel |
/39 |
/45 |
Ocean homeward |
section of HX convoys. 39-40 and 44-45 only |
| HXF |
Halifax-UK |
/39 |
/40 |
|
Fast |
| IG |
Philippines-New Guinea |
|
|
|
|
| IXF |
Taranto & Naples-Alexandria & Port
Said |
|
|
|
|
| J |
Solent-Juno beach |
|
|
|
D-day assault convoys |
| JA |
Colombo-Aden |
|
|
|
|
| JC |
Colombo-Calcutta |
|
|
|
|
| JF |
Rio de Janeiro-Florianopolis |
|
|
|
|
| JG |
Kingston-Guantanamo |
|
|
|
|
| JH |
St. Johns NF-Halifax |
|
|
|
|
| JM |
India-Mombasa-Madagascar |
/43 |
/43 |
|
|
| JMG |
Malaya |
9/45 |
|
|
Assault convoy for Malaya |
| JN |
St. Johns NF-Labrador |
|
|
|
|
| JR |
Rio de Janeiro-Recife |
|
|
|
|
| JS |
Colombo-Singapore |
11/41 |
2/42 |
|
|
| JT |
Rio de Janeiro-Trinidad |
7/43 |
/45 |
South American Coast |
Originally BT 11/42 |
| JW |
Loch Ewe-Kola Inlet |
1/42 |
|
Arctic |
Originally PQ series. 21 convoys in series. |
| K |
Casablanca-Brest |
|
|
|
French series. Sometimes coded F or S |
| KA |
Kilindini-Aden |
|
|
|
|
| KB |
Kola Inlet-White Sea |
|
|
|
|
| KM |
Karachi-Bombay |
|
|
|
|
| KD |
Kilindini-Durban |
|
|
|
|
| KG |
Key West-Guantanamo |
9/42 |
|
Caribbean |
|
| KH |
Key West-Galveston |
|
|
|
|
| KJ |
Kingston-UK |
/40 |
/40 |
|
|
| KJF |
Kingston-UK |
/40 |
/40 |
|
|
| KM |
Kilindini-Madagascar |
|
|
|
|
| KMF |
UK-North Africa |
10/42 |
|
Fast Military 'Torch' |
Eventually extended to Egypt |
| KMS |
UK-North Africa |
10/42 |
|
Slow Military |
From 4/43 left in company of OS, and from July
OG convoys and sailed with them to Gibraltar. |
| KN |
Key West-New York |
5/42 |
|
USA Coastal |
|
| KP |
Key West-Pilottown,Mississipi |
|
|
|
|
| KP |
Karaci-Persian Gulf |
|
|
|
|
| KP |
Kola Inlet-Petsamo |
/44 |
/45 |
|
|
| KR |
Calcutta & Arkalan-Rangoon |
/45 |
/45 |
|
|
| KRS |
UK-North Africa |
|
|
|
|
| KS |
New York-Key West |
|
|
|
|
| KS |
|
|
|
|
Variarion of French K Series |
| KSC |
Casablanca-Brest or St. Nazaire |
|
|
|
|
| KW |
Key West-Havana |
|
|
|
|
| KX |
UK-North Africa |
10/42 |
|
|
Special 'Torch' |
| L |
Thames/Solent-Sword beach |
|
|
|
D-day assault convoys |
| LC |
Sydney CB-St. Johns NF |
|
|
|
|
| LE |
Port Said or Alexandria- Famagusta-Haifa or
Beirut |
7/41 |
|
Local Mediterranean |
|
| LGE |
Lagos eastbound |
|
|
Local West Africa |
|
| LGW |
Lagos westbound |
|
|
Local West Africa |
|
| LM |
Lagos-Metadi |
|
|
|
|
| LMD |
Lourenco Marques-Durban |
|
|
|
|
| LN |
St. Lawrence-Labrador |
|
|
|
|
| LQ |
Great Barrier Reef-Brisbane |
|
|
|
|
| LS |
Lagos-Freetown |
|
|
|
|
| LSD |
Lagos-Freetown-Dakar |
|
|
|
|
| LTS |
Lagos-Takoradi-Freetown |
|
|
|
|
| LU |
Haifa-Port Said |
|
|
|
|
| MA |
Mombasa-Aden |
|
|
|
|
| MA |
Madras-Chittagong |
/43 |
/43 |
|
|
| MB |
Colombo-Bombay |
|
|
|
|
| MB |
Port Moresby-Fall River |
|
|
|
|
| MC |
Aden-Mombasa-Durban-Capetown |
|
|
|
|
| MD |
Madagascar-Durban |
|
|
|
One convoy only |
| ME |
Malta-Alexandria & Port Said |
7/40 |
|
|
From Malta-east bound. Interrupted by the
siege of Malta. Resumed 11/42 |
| MF |
Port Moresby-Milne Bay-Fall River |
|
|
|
|
| MG |
Malta-Gibraltar |
2/40 |
|
Military |
|
| MG |
Mississipe-Galveston |
|
|
|
|
| MH |
Milford Haven-Holyhead |
|
|
|
|
| MK |
Madagascar-Kilindini |
|
|
|
|
| MKF |
North Africa-UK |
11/42 |
|
Fast Military excluding 'Torch' |
Sailed from Gibraltar in company with SL
convoys from 4/43 |
| MKS |
North Africa-UK |
11/42 |
|
Slow Ocean Homeward |
|
| MN |
Maritius-Seychelles |
|
|
|
|
| MO |
Marseilles-North Africa |
|
|
|
|
| MR |
Madras-Rangoon |
|
|
|
|
| MS |
Melbourne-Singapore |
11/41 |
2/42 |
|
|
| MS |
Marseilles-Naples |
/44 |
/45 |
|
|
| MT |
Methil-Tyne |
/40 |
/41 |
|
|
| MT |
Port Moresby-Townsville |
/42 |
/42 |
|
|
| MTC |
Seine Bay-Southend |
|
|
|
Replaced FTC series |
| MTM |
Seine Bay-Southend |
|
|
|
Replaced FTM series |
| MV |
Milne Bay-Townsville |
|
|
|
|
| MW |
Alexandria-Malta |
7/40 |
|
Malta-Westbound |
Interrupted by siege of Malta; Resumed 11/42 |
| NA |
North America-UK |
1/42 |
|
Military |
Troopships |
| NA |
New Guinea-Admiralty Is. |
|
|
|
|
| NAP |
Dover-France |
12/44 |
12/44 |
|
|
| NB |
New Guinea-New Britain |
|
|
|
|
| NC |
Walvis Bay-Capetown |
/43 |
/43 |
|
|
| NCF |
|
/43 |
/43 |
Military |
Fast Sicily invasion convoys |
| NCS |
|
/43 |
/43 |
Military |
Slow Sicily invasion convoys |
| NE |
New Zealand-Panamama |
|
|
Pacific Ocean |
|
| NG |
New York-Guantanamo |
8/42 |
|
USA Coastal |
(US - controlled, but escorted by RCN ships
9/42 to 3/43) |
| NK |
New York-Key West |
8/42 |
|
USA Coastal |
|
| NL |
Labrador-St. Lawrence |
|
|
|
|
| NLY |
Lingayen-Hollandia-Leyte |
|
|
|
|
| NP |
UK-Norway |
4/40 |
5/40 |
Military |
Troop convoys |
| NP |
Turkey-Port Said |
|
|
|
|
| NR |
Norway-Methil |
/45 |
/45 |
|
|
| NS |
New Caledonia-Sydney NSW |
|
|
|
|
| NSF |
North Africa-Naples |
|
|
Military |
Troop convoys |
| NT |
New Guinea-Townsville |
|
|
|
|
| NV |
Naples-Augusta |
|
|
|
|
| NYC |
New York-Bermuda-UK |
|
|
|
|
| O1 |
Portland-Omaha beach |
|
|
|
D-day assault convoy |
| OA |
Thames-Liverpool |
/39 |
7/40 |
|
|
| OA |
Methil-Liverpool-dispersal |
7/40 |
|
|
to dispersal point in N.Atlantic – to
join OB |
| OB |
UK West coast ports outward |
/39 |
/41 |
|
Frequently joined by OA convoys of same number Became ONF / ONS series post July 1941 |
| OC |
Melbourne-Newcastle NSW |
|
|
|
|
| OD |
Devonport outwards |
|
|
|
|
| OE |
Liverpool outwards |
|
|
|
|
| OF |
Falmouth outwards |
|
|
|
|
| OG |
UK-Gibraltar |
10/39 |
10/43 |
Ocean Outward |
Temporary stop 8/42. Resumed 5/43. Sailed in
company with KSM from 7/43. |
| OGF |
UK-Gibraltar |
/40 |
/40 |
Ocean Outward |
Fast version of OG series. |
| OL |
Liverpool outwards |
|
|
|
|
| OLB |
Liverpool outwards |
|
|
|
Slow |
| OLX |
Liverpool-Halifax |
|
|
|
|
| OM |
Oran-Marseilles |
/44 |
/44 |
|
|
| OM |
Milford Haven outwards |
|
|
|
|
| ON |
Methil-Bergen |
/39 |
/40 |
|
|
| ON |
UK-North America |
7/41 |
|
Ocean Outward |
Replaced OB convoys. The ON convoys terminated
in Halifax until Sept 42, after that they went to New York) |
| ONF |
UK-North America |
7/41 |
|
Ocean Ouward Fast |
|
| ONS |
UK-North America |
7/41 |
5/45 |
Ocean outward slow |
The series started 28.7.41 and ended 29.5.45.
143 convoys totaling 5,837 ships were involved. |
| OP |
Quiberon-USA |
|
|
Military |
Returning US troop convoys |
| OR |
Brest-USA |
|
|
Military |
Returning US troop convoys |
| OS |
UK-West Africa |
7/41 |
|
Ocean Outward |
Temporary stop 9/4. Resumed 2/43. Sailed with
KMS convoys from 4/43 as far as Gibraltar. |
| OSS |
West Africa southbound |
|
7/41 |
|
Southbound extension of OS from Freetown |
| OT |
New York-Caribbean-NW Africa |
2/43 |
|
US Coastal and Central Atlantic |
Fast tankers for 'Torch' |
| OV |
Verdon-USA |
|
|
Military |
Returning US troop convoys |
| OW |
Australia-India |
|
|
|
|
| PA |
Persian Gulf-Aden |
|
|
|
|
| PAD |
Pointe Noire-Freetown-Dakar |
|
|
|
|
| PB |
Persian Gulf-Bombay |
|
|
|
|
| PG |
Brisbane-Sydney NSW |
|
|
|
|
| PG |
Panama-Guantanamo |
/42 |
/42 |
|
|
| PGE |
Pointe Noire southward |
|
|
|
Local convoys |
| PH |
Piraeus-Heel of Italy |
|
|
|
|
| PK |
Pilottown-Mississippi-Key West |
|
|
|
|
| PN |
Port Said-Turkey |
|
|
|
|
| PQ |
Iceland-North Russia |
9/41 |
12/42 |
Arctic |
Replaced by JW (stopped with PQ18) |
| PQ |
Townsville-Port Moresby |
/42 |
/42 |
|
|
| PR |
Piraeus-Dardanelles |
/45 |
/45 |
|
|
| PT |
Paramaribo-Trinidad |
|
|
|
|
| PT |
Pearl Harbour-Tarawa |
|
|
|
|
| PTS |
Pointe Noire-Takoradi-Freetown |
|
|
|
|
| PV |
Melbourne-Townsville |
|
|
|
|
| PW |
Portsmouth-Bristol Channel |
7/41 |
|
UK Coastal |
|
| QL |
Brisbane-Townsville |
|
|
|
|
| QP |
North Russia-Iceland and UK |
9/41 |
12/42 |
Arctic |
Replaced by RA (stopped after PQ18) |
| QS |
Quebec-Sydney CB |
|
|
|
|
| RA |
North Russia-Loch Ewe |
12/42 |
/45 |
Arctic |
Originally North Russia-Iceland. Replaced QP
series. 20 convoys in series. |
| RB |
USA-UK |
/42 |
/42 |
|
Single convoy of small passenger liners |
| RED |
Gibraltar-Far East |
|
|
|
|
| RJ |
Recife-Rio de Janeiro |
|
|
|
|
| RK |
Rangoon-Arakan-Calcutta |
/45 |
/45 |
|
|
| RK |
Colombo-Kilindini |
/44 |
/44 |
|
|
| RM |
Rangoon-Madras-Colombo |
/45 |
/45 |
|
|
| RN |
Methil-Norway |
5/45 |
5/45 |
|
|
| RP |
Dardanelles-Piraeus |
/45 |
/45 |
|
|
| RS |
Gibraltar-Freetown |
2/43 |
|
West African |
|
| RT |
Capetown-Freetown |
/41 |
/41 |
|
|
| RT |
Recife-Trinidad |
/43 |
/43 |
|
|
| RU |
Reykjavik-Loch Ewe |
/41 |
/45 |
|
Later convoys terminated at Belfast |
| S |
Solent-Sword beach |
|
|
|
D-day assault convoys |
| SB |
Sydney CB-Corner Brook |
/42 |
|
|
|
| SBF |
|
|
|
|
Assault convoys for invasion of Sicily |
| SBM |
|
|
|
|
Assault convoys for invasion of Sicily |
| SC |
Halifax/Sydney-UK |
8/40 |
|
Ocean Homeward |
Left from New York 9/42-3/43 |
| SD |
Iceland-Clyde |
|
|
Military |
|
| SD |
Seychelles-Diego Suarez |
/44 |
/44 |
|
|
| SG |
Southend-Grimsby |
/40 |
/40 |
|
|
| SG |
Sydney CB/St. Johns NF- Greenland |
/42 |
|
|
|
| SH |
Sydney CB-Halifax |
|
|
|
|
| SHX |
Sydney CB-HX convoys |
|
|
|
|
| SILVERTIP |
Newhaven-Dieppe |
|
|
|
|
| SJ |
San Juan-Guantanamo |
|
|
|
|
| SJ |
Singapore-Colombo |
11/41 |
2/42 |
|
|
| SJ |
Santos-Rio de Janeiro |
|
|
|
|
| SL |
Freetown-UK |
9/39 |
|
Ocean Homeward |
Stopped temporary 10/42 .Resumed 3/43. Sailed
from Gibraltar in company with SL and MKS convoys 5/43 |
| SLF |
Freetown-UK |
|
|
|
Fast |
| SLS |
Freetown-UK |
|
|
|
Slow |
| SM |
Batavia-Freemantle |
12/41 |
2/42 |
|
|
| SM |
Naples-Marseilles |
/44 |
/44 |
|
|
| SN |
Sydney NSW-New Caledonia |
|
|
|
|
| SNF |
Naples-North Africa |
|
|
Military |
Fast troopships |
| SQ |
Sydney CB-Quebec |
|
|
|
|
| SR |
Freetown-Gibraltar |
2/43 |
/44 |
West African |
|
| SR |
Calcutta-Rangoon |
/41 |
/42 |
|
|
| ST |
Freetown-Takoradi |
12/41 |
|
West African Coastal |
|
| ST |
Sydney-Townsville |
/43 |
/43 |
|
|
| STC |
Freetown-Takoradi-Capetown |
|
|
|
|
| STL |
Freetown-Takoradi-Lagos |
|
|
|
|
| STP |
Freetown-Takoradi-Pointe Noire |
|
|
|
|
| STW |
Freetown-Takoradi-Walvis Bay |
|
|
|
|
| SU |
Suez-Australia |
/40 |
/41 |
|
|
| SV |
Sydney NSW-Townsville |
|
|
|
|
| SW |
Suez-Mombasa / Durban |
|
|
Military |
Returning WS convoys |
| T |
Hollandia-Manila |
|
|
|
|
| TA |
UK-USA |
3/42 |
|
Military |
Large troopships |
| TA |
Tobruk-Alexandria |
|
|
|
|
| TAC |
Thames-Ostende |
/45 |
/45 |
|
|
| TACA |
Thames-Antwerp |
|
|
|
Later became TAM series. |
| TAG |
Trinidad-Aruba-Guantanamo |
8/42 |
|
Caribbean |
|
| TAM |
Thames-Antwerp |
|
|
Military |
ex TACA series |
| TAP |
Thames-France |
/45 |
/45 |
|
|
| TAW |
Trinidad-Curacao-Key West |
/42 |
/42 |
|
|
| TB |
Trinidad-Bahia, Brazil |
|
|
|
|
| TB |
USA-Sydney |
1/42 |
|
Military |
|
| TBC |
Thames-Bristol Channel |
/44 |
/45 |
|
|
| TC |
Canada-UK |
/39 |
/41 |
Military |
Troop convoys |
| TC |
Tunisia-Corsica |
/43 |
/45 |
|
|
| TCU |
New York-UK |
|
|
|
Occasional CU convoys containing troopships. |
| TD |
Thursday Is.-Darwin |
|
|
|
|
| TD |
New Zealand-Northern Australia |
|
|
|
|
| TE |
Trinidad-dispersal point |
|
|
|
|
| TE |
Gibraltar-North African ports |
11/42 |
|
Mediterranean |
Torch convoys |
| TF |
Trinidad-Sierra Leone |
11/42 |
|
Central Atlantic |
|
| TG |
Trinidad-Guantanamo |
|
|
|
|
| TGE |
Takoradi-Lagos-dispersal |
|
|
|
|
| TH |
Trinidad-Halifax |
/42 |
/42 |
|
|
| TJ |
Trindad-Rio de Janeiro |
7/43 |
|
South Atlantic |
Originally TB 10/42 |
| TJF |
|
|
|
|
Assault convoys for Sicilian invasion |
| TJM |
|
|
|
|
Assault convoys for Sicilian invasion |
| TJS |
|
|
|
|
Assault convoys for Sicilian invasion |
| TLDM |
Takoradi-Lagos-Duala-Matadi |
|
|
|
|
| TM |
Norwegian troop convoys |
4/40 |
5/40 |
|
|
| TM |
Trinidad-Gibraltar |
1/42 |
|
Central Atlantic |
Special tanker convoys |
| TMC |
Thames-France |
|
|
|
Renamed ETC series |
| TMM |
Thames-France |
|
|
|
Renamed ETM series |
| TN |
Townsville-New Guinea |
|
|
|
|
| TO |
North Africa-Caribbean |
|
|
|
|
| TO |
Trinidad-Curacao |
|
|
|
|
| TONW |
Africa-Caribbean-New York |
/42 |
|
Central Atlantic |
Fast tankers from Torch |
| TP |
Norway-UK |
5/42 |
|
Military |
Troopships |
| TP |
Trinidad-Paramaribo |
|
|
|
|
| TP |
Tarawa-Pearl Harbour |
|
|
|
|
| TR |
Trinidad-Recife |
|
|
|
|
| TRINIDAD |
Trinidad-convoy dispersal point |
|
|
|
|
| TS |
Townsville-Sydney/Brisbane |
|
|
|
|
| TS |
Takoradi-Sierra Leone |
8/42 |
|
West African Coastal |
Originally LS series 4/42 |
| TSD |
Takoradi-Freetown-Dakar |
|
|
|
|
| TSF |
|
|
|
|
Assault convoys for Naples landings |
| TSM |
|
|
|
|
Assault convoys for Naples landings |
| TSS |
|
|
|
|
Assault convoys for Naples landings |
| TU |
UK-USA |
|
9/43 |
|
US Military |
| TV |
Tripoli-Valetta |
|
|
Mediterranean |
|
| TX |
Tripoli-Alexandria |
2/43 |
|
Mediterranean Local |
|
| U |
Tor Bay-Utah beach |
|
|
|
D-day assault convoys |
| UA |
UK-Azores |
/43 |
/43 |
|
Series of three occupation convoys. |
| UC |
UK-Caribbean |
2/43 |
|
Ocean Outward |
Special tanker convoys |
| UG |
USA-North Africa |
10/42 |
|
Military 'Torch' |
|
| UGF |
USA-Gibraltar |
11/42 |
|
|
Later convoys to Naples |
| UGL |
USA-Gibraltar |
|
|
Military |
Landing craft convoys |
| UGS |
USA-Gibraltar |
11/42 |
5/45 |
|
Later to Port Said |
| UL |
Elbe-Humber |
5/45 |
|
|
|
| UR |
Loch Ewe-Reykjavik |
|
|
|
Later ones started from Belfast |
| US |
Australia-Middle East |
1/40 |
|
Indian Ocean |
US-3 was diverted to UK via the Cape route |
| UT |
USA-UK |
8/43 |
/44 |
US Military |
Troopships |
| U1A |
Tor Bay-Utah beach |
|
|
|
D-day assault convoy |
| VB |
Townsville-Brisbane |
|
|
|
|
| VC |
Valetta-Cyrenaica |
/43 |
/44 |
|
|
| VK |
Sydney NSW-Wellington |
|
|
|
|
| VN |
Augusta-Naples |
|
|
|
|
| VN |
Malta-Naples |
|
|
|
|
| VN |
Naples-Leghorn |
/44 |
/44 |
|
|
| VS |
Valetta-Tripoli |
|
|
|
|
| WA |
Curacao-Aruba |
|
|
|
|
| WAP |
|
10/44 |
12/44 |
|
Invasion convoys |
| WAT |
Key West-Curacao-Trinidad |
|
|
|
|
| WDC |
Isle of Wight-France |
12/44 |
5/45 |
|
|
| WEL |
Isle of Wight-France |
/44 |
/45 |
|
Landing craft convoys |
| WEP |
Isle of Wight-Cherbourg |
12/44 |
12/44 |
|
|
| WFM |
|
10/44 |
11/44 |
|
Invasion convoys |
| WMP |
Isle of Wight-Arromanches |
11/44 |
12/44 |
|
|
| WN |
Clyde/Oban/Loch Ewe-Methnil |
7/40 |
|
UK Coastal |
|
| WNC |
Isle of Wight-Le Harve |
12/44 |
5/45 |
|
|
| WNL |
Isle of Wight-France |
4/45 |
5/45 |
|
|
| WO |
India-Australia |
|
|
Military |
Troop convoys |
| WP |
Milford Haven-Portsmouth |
|
|
|
|
| WP |
Bristol Channel-Portsmouth |
7/41 |
|
UK Coastal |
|
| WS |
Wabana-Sydney CB |
|
|
|
|
| WS |
UK-Suez |
6/40 |
8/43 |
Military |
Troop convoys |
| WS |
UK-Bombay (via Cape of Good Hope) |
/40 |
/43 |
Military |
Winston's Specials Troop convoys |
| WTS |
Walvis Bay-Takoradi-Freetown |
|
|
|
|
| WVP |
Isle of Wight-France |
12/44 |
5/45 |
|
|
| WX |
Western Desert ports-Alexandria |
|
|
|
|
| XB |
Halifax-Boston |
|
|
|
|
| XC |
Chagos and Maldives-Colombo |
5/43 |
|
Indian Ocean |
|
| XIF |
Alexandria/Port Said-Taranto/Naples |
|
|
|
|
| XK |
Gibraltar-UK |
10/42 |
|
Special ex 'Torch' |
|
| XT |
Alexandria-Tripoli |
/43 |
|
Mediterranean Local |
|
| XTG |
Alexandria-Tripoli-Gibraltar |
6/43 |
/43 |
Mediterranean |
|
| XW |
Alexandria-Western desert ports |
|
|
|
|
| ZC |
Cristobal-Curacao |
|
|
|
|
| ZG |
Cristobal-Guantanamo |
|
|
|
|
| ZT |
New Zealand-Sydney NSW |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|