Alphabetical List of Convoy Codes.
From "The Allied Convoy System 1939-1945" by Arnold Hague ©.
Published in 2000 by Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-033-0.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

B.

Code
Notes
BABombay to Aden, reversal of AB.
BAFBombay to Aden Fast, troopships, reverse of ABF.
BBBelfast to Bristol Channel 1940 to 1943.
BBClyde to Bristol Channel 1945.
BCBeira to Durban, probably coded as Beira-Cape.
BCBristol Channel to Biscay, outward & return carried same number.
BDWhite Sea to Dikson Sept 1943 onward, new numbers each year.
BECThe retitled EBC series-qv.
BFBahia, Brazil to Freetown, a US series from 1943.
BGA Pacific series, Milne Bay to New Guinea.
BGA Pacific series, Brisbane to Gladstone.
BHXBermuda to rendezvous with the same number HX convoy.
BKA little used Bombay to Karachi series in 1943.
BKWhite Sea to Kola Inlet Sept 1943 onward, new numbers each year.
BlueThe early Port Said to Gibraltar convoys of 1939.
BMBombay to Singapore to Jan 42 then Bombay/Colombo traffic.
BNBombay Northward, (Bombay to Suez, then Aden to Suez), 1940-41.
BNA later, Pacific, series, New Britain to New Guinea.
BPBombay to Persian Gulf.
BRNBahia, Brazil, Recife Northward.
BSFrench convoys Brest to Casablanca 1939-40.
BSBSSuez to Aden late 1940 and early 1941. A brief Canadian series Corner Brook to Sydney CB.
BTBahia, Brazil to Trinidad commenced Jan 1943.
BTSydney NSW to USA troop convoys 1943-44.
BTBrisbane to Townsville.
BTCBristol Channel to Thames 1944-45.
BVA Pacific series, Brisbane to Townsville.
BWSydney CB to St John's NF commenced 1942.
BXBoston to Halifax.
BZProposed Bombay-Kilindini-Aden series, not used.

Converted from the original by kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.