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A
AB Two
"one off" convoys of early date (one from August 1939!).
AB Commenced in Sept
1942, Aden to Bombay
ABF The Fast, i.e. troopship,
successor to AB, Aden to Bombay.
AC A 1941 series,
Alexandria to Cyrenaica i.e. Tobruk.
AG Alexandria to Greece,
a 1941 series.
AH Aruba to Halifax,
a brief tanker series in 1942.
AH Augusta to Heel
of Italy, post Sept 1943.
AJ Aden to Colombo.
"J" probably refers to Jaffna.
AK Aden to Kilindini,
commenced in 1942.
AKD Aden to Kilindini and Durban.
AM Chittagong to Madras.
AN Aegean Northward,
i.e. Alexandria to Piraeus 1940 & 1941.
AN Admiralty Islands
to New Guinea. (troop convoys UK to Egypt in mid 1940).
ARG Boston to Argentina--USN convoys.
ARM A local Mediterranean code, little used.
AS Aegean Southward,
i.e. Piraeus to Alexandria 1940 & 1941.
AS America to Suez,
convoys New York to Suez via Freetown in 1942.
AT Alexandria to Tobruk
commencing late 1941.
AT USA to UK troopship
series 1942-45.
ATM Antwerp to Thames, a late 1944 & 1945
series.
AW Aruba to Curacao (Willemstad)
local tanker traffic.
B
BA Bombay to Aden,
reversal of AB.
BAF Bombay to Aden Fast, troopships,
reverse of ABE.
BE Belfast to
Bristol Channel 1940 to 1943.
BE Clyde to
Bristol Channel 1945.
BC Beira to
Durban, probably coded as Beira-Cape.
BC Bristol Channel
to Biscay, outward & return carried same number.
ED White Sea
to Dikson Sept 1943 onward, new numbers each year.
BEC The retitled EBC series--qv.
BF Bahia, Brazil
to Freetown, a US series from 1943.
BG A Pacific
series, Milne Bay to New Guinea.
BG A Pacific
series, Brisbane to Gladstone.
BHX Bermuda to rendezvous with the same
number HX convoy.
BK A little used Bombay
to Karachi series in 1943.
BK White Sea to Kola
Inlet Sept 1943 onward, new numbers each year.
"Blue" The early Port Said to Gibraltar convoys
of 1939.
BM Bombay to Singapore to
Jan 42 then Bombay-Colombo traffic.
BN Bombay Northward,
(Bombay to Suez, then Aden to Suez), 1940-41.
BN A later, Pacific,
series, New Britain to New Guinea.
BP Bombay to
Persian Gulf.
BRN Bahia, Brazil, Recife Northward.
BS Suez to Aden
late 1940 and early 1941.
BS A brief Canadian
series Corner Brook to Sydney CB.
BS French convoys
Brest to Casablanca 1933-40.
BT Bahia, Brazil
to Trinidad commenced Jan 1943.
BT Sydney NSW
to USA troop convoys 1943-44.
BT Brisbane
to Townsville.
BTC Bristol Channel to Thames
1944-45.
BV A Pacific
series, Brisbane to Townsville.
BW Sydney CB to St John's
NF commenced 1942.
BX Boston to Halifax.
BZ Proposed
Bombay-Kilindini-Aden series, not used.
C
C
Colombo to dispersal, 1942 series.
CA Capetown southward
to dispersal.
CB Durban to
Beira.
CD Capetown to Durban.
CE Channel Eastward
i.e. St Helens Roads to Southend.
CF Capetown
to W. Africa and UK, a little used series.
CF Colombo to
Fremantle, occasional use only.
CG Casablanca
to Gibraltar.
CH Chittagong to Calcutta.
CJ Calcutta
to Colombo.
CK Havana (Cuba)
to Key West.
CK Charleston
SC to UK, rarely used 1944 series.
CL St John's
NF to Sydney CB.
CM Capetown Military, Capetown
- Kilindini -Aden
CN Capetown Northward
to dispersal.
CNF Special designation for Sicily
invasion.
CO Newcastle, NSW
to Melbourne & Adelaide in 1942.
COC Late 1944 early 1945 Plymouth
to Brittany series.
CP Curacao to
Panama, 1942 series.
CRD Casablanca to Dakar.
CT UK to Canada
troopship series in 1941.
CT Corsica-Sardinia-Bizerta
series in 1944.
CU Curacao-UK tanker
series, New York to UK after CU 3,
CV Cyrenaica
to Valetta, rarely used, 1944.
CW Cristobal to Key West.
CW Channel Westward i.e.
Southend to St Helens Roads.
CX Colombo to Addu
Atoll, both outward and return passages .
CZ Curacao to
Cristobal (Canal Zone).
D
D
Dakar to Casablanca.
DB Dikson to White
Sea from 1942, new numeration for each year.
DBF Dakar-Bathurst-Freetown, 1943
series.
DC Durban to Capetown.
DF Clyde to
Faroes, military ferry service.
DG Thursday Island
to Merauke, New Guinea.
DK Durban to Kilindini.
DKA Durban-Kilindini-Aden .
DLM Durban to I,ourenco Marques.
DM Durban to Malaya, 1941-42,
three convoys only.
DN Durban Northwards
to dispersal.
DR Dakar to Gibraltar,
1944 series.
DRC Dakar to Casablanca.
DS Clyde to
Reykjavik, military ferry service.
DSF Dakar to Freetown.
DSL Dakar to Freetown & Lagos.
DSP Dakar to Freetown & Pointe
Noire.
DST Dakar to Freetown & Takoradi.
DT Danuin to Thursday
Island.
DWI Dutch West Indies to UK, proposed
in 1943, not used.
E
E
Trinidad to dispersal southward.
EBC Bristol Channel coastal convoy
to France June to Oct 1944.
EBM Bristol Channel MT convoy to France
June 1944.
EC Southend
to Oban via Firth of Forth, 1941.
ECM Falmouth to France June/early July
1944.
ECP Portland & Solent
Personnel convoys to Seine Bay June to Oct 1944.
EMM Two convoys Belfast to France June-July
1944.
EMP Two personnel convoys Belfast to
France July 1944.
EN Methil to
Oban via Loch Ewe .Two series, interrupted by EC.
EPM Portland to France via Solent MT
convoys July to Sept 1944.
EPP Portland to France via
Solent personnel convoys July to Sept 1944.
ET North Africa
to Gibraltar, Nov 1942 to early 1943.
ETC Thames to France coaster convoys
June to Oct 1944.
ETM Thames to France MT convoys June
to Oct 1944.
EWC Spithead to Normandy beaches, coaster
convoys June 1944
EWL Isle of Wight to France convoys,
mainly landing ships & craft June 1944.
EWM Isle of Wight to France MT convoys Sept and
Oct 1944.
EWP Isle of Wight to France personnel
convoys.
EXP June to Oct 1944 invasion
series.
F
FB Freetown
to Bahia, Brazil.
FBC Seine Bay to Bristol Channel
coaster convoys June to Oct 1944.
FD Faroes to
Clyde, military ferry.
FC France to
W of England convoy series June-July 1944.
FCP France to W of England
personnel convoys June-July 1944.
FFT Freetown to Trinidad
1942 to 1943.
FG Fremantle
to Adelaide, 1942 onward.
FH Saint John
NE to Halifax, late 1942 onward.
FJ Florianopolis
to Rio de Janeiro.
FM Milne Bay to Port
Moresby.
FN Forth North,
Thames to Firth of Forth 1939 to 1945.
FP Troop convoys
to Norway Apr/May 1940.
FPM France to Portland MT convoys, invasion
series.
FPP France to Portland personnel
convoys July-Aug 1944.
FS Forth South,
Firth of Forth to Thames 1939 to 1945.
FSD Freetown to Dakar, small craft
1944.
FTC France to Thames coaster
convoys 1944.
FTM France to Thames MT convoys 1944.
FWC France to Isle of Wight coaster
convoys June 1944.
FWL France to Isle of Wight landing
craft convoys 1944.
FWM France to Isle of Wight MT convoys June-July
1944.
FWP France to Isle of Wight personnel
convoys June-Sept 1944.
FXP France to UK invasion series
June to Oct 1944.
G
G
Guantanamo to San Juan PR.
GAT Guantanamo-Aruba Trinidad.
GB New Guinea
to Milne Bay.
GC Gibraltar
to Casablanca.
GD Merauke to Thursday
Island.
GF Adelaide
to Fremantle.
GI New
Guinea to Philippines.
GJ Guantanamo
to Kingston, Jamaica.
GK Guantanamo to Key
West.
GM Gibraltar to Malta.
GM Galveston to Mississippi.
GN Guantanamo to New
York City.
GP Guantanamo
to Panama.
GP Sydney NSW
to Townsville and Brisbane.
"Green" Gibraltar to Fort Said, late 1933.
"GREYBACK" Dieppe-Newhaven ferry service.
GS Greenland
to Sydney CB or St John's NE
GS Humber (Grimsby)
to Southend 1940.
GT Gladstone
to Townsville.
GTX Gibraltar-Tripoli-Alexandria
1943 only.
GUF Oran or Naples to USA Fast.
GUS Port Said to USA Slow.
GZ Guantanamo
to Canal Zone 1942 onward.
H
HA Halifax to Curacao
1942 only.
HA Heel of Italy to
Augusta 1943 onwards.
HE Troop convoys
Australia to India 1945.
HC Calcutta to Chittagong.
HF Halifax to
Saint John, NE.
HG Homeward from Gibraltar
1933-42.
HGF Homeward from Gibraltar Fast.
HHX Halifax ships joining HX convoys
which originated at New York.
HJ Halifax to
St John's, NE
HK Galveston (Houston)
to Key West.
HM Holyhead to Milford Haven.
HN Homeward from Norway
i.e. Bergen to Methil 1939-40.
HON Ships joining, from Halifax NS,
a NYC-bound ON convoy.
HP Heel of Italy
to Piraeus.
HS Halifax to
Sydney CB.
HT Halifax to Trinidad
preceded HA.
HX Halifax to UK,
later New York City to UK.
HXA English Channel section of HX 1933-40
& 1944-45.
HXF Halifax to UK, Fast 1933-40
only.
I
IG Philippines
to New Guinea.
IXF Italy (Taranto &
Naples) to Alexandria & Port Said.
J
JA Colombo to
Aden.
JC Colombo
to Calcutta.
JF Rio
de Janeiro to Florianopolis.
JG Kingston,
Jamaica to Guantanamo.
JH St John's
NF to Halifax NS.
JM India to Madagascar
via Mombassa 1943 only.
JMG Assault convoy for Malaya
Sept 1945.
TN St John's, NF to
Labrador.
JR Rio
de Janeiro to Recife.
JS Colombo
to Singapore Nov 41 to Feb 42.
JT Rio
de Janeiro to Trinidad, 1943-45.
JW UK to North Russia.
Replaced PQ.
K
K
Casablanca to Brest, sometimes suffixed F or S.
KA Kilindini to Aden.
KB Kola Inlet to White
Sea, fresh numeration annually.
KM Karachi to Bombay.
KD Kilindini to Durban.
KG Key West to Guantanamo.
KH Key West to Galveston
(Houston).
KJ Kingston,
Jamaica to UK, 1940, also KJE
KM Kilindini to Diego Suarez
(Madagascar).
KMF UK to Mediterranean Fast Nov 1942
onward.
KMS UK to Mediterranean Slow Nov 1942
onward.
KN Key West to New
York City.
KP Key West
to Pilottown, Mississippi.
KP Karachi to
Persian Gulf.
KP Kola Inlet
to Petsamo 1944-45, fresh numbers annually.
KR Kilindini to Ceylon.
KR Calcutta and Arakan
ports to Rangoon 1945.
KS Key West
South, i.e. New York to Key West.
KS Variation
on the French K series.
KW Key West to Havana.
KX UK to Gibraltar
Oct 42 onward.
L
LC Sydney CB
to St John's NE
LE Levant East
i.e. Port Said to Haifa.
LGE Lagos Eastbound, local
West African traffic.
LGW Lagos Westbound, local West African
traffic.
LM Lagos to Matadi.
LMD Lourenco Marques to Durban.
LN SI Lawrence
to Labrador.
LQ Barrier Reef
to Brisbane.
LS Lagos to
Freetown.
LSD Lagos to Dakar via Freetown.
LTS Lagos-Takoradi- Freetown.
LU Humber to
Elbe, May 1945.
LW Levant West i.e. Haifa
to Port Said.
M
MA Mombassa to Aden.
MA Madras to Chittagong
1943.
MB Colombo to Bombay.
MB Port Moresby to Fall
River.
MC Aden-Mombassa- Durban-
Capetown.
MD Madagascar to Durban,
one convoy only.
ME Malta East, i.e.
Malta to Alexandria & Port Said.
MF Port Moresby to
Milne Bay & Fall River.
MG Malta to Gibraltar.
MG Mississippi to Galveston.
MH Milford Haven to Holyhead.
MK Madagascar to Kilindini.
MKF Mediterranean to UK Fast Nov 1942
onward.
MKS Mediterranean to UK Slow Nov 1942
onward.
MN Mauritius to Seychelles.
MO Marseilles to North Africa.
MR Madras to Rangoon.
MS Melbourne to Singapore
Nov 41 to Feb 42.
MS Marseilles to Naples
1944 to 1945.
MT Methil to Tyne 1940 &
1941.
MT Port Moresby to Townsville
1942.
MTC Seine Bay to Southend, replacing
FTC.
MTM Seine Bay to Southend, replacing FTM.
MV Milne Bay to Townsville.
MW Malta Westward, Alexandria
to Malta.
N
NA Canada to UK troop
convoys.
NA Langemak Bay, New
Guinea to Admiralty Islands.
NAP A southbound series, mainly from
Dover to France Dec 44.
NE New Guinea
to New Britain.
NC Walvis Bay to Capetown
1943.
NCF Fast Sicily invasion convoys
1943.
NCS Slow Sicily invasion convoys
1943.
NE New Zealand
to Panama.
NG New York City to
Guantanamo.
NJ Newfoundland
coast to St John's NE
NK New York City to
Key West.
NL Labrador
to St Lawrence.
NLY Lingayen/Hollandia/Leyte convoys.
NP Norwegian
troop convoys Apr-May 1940.
NP Turkey to
Port Said.
NR Norway to Methil,
1945.
NS New Caledonia
to Sydney NSW
NSF North African ports to Naples,
troop convoys.
NT New Guinea to Townsville.
NV Naples to Augusta.
NYC New York City to UK via Bermuda
& E Coast USA ports.
O
OA Thames to Liverpool,
with an Atlantic element 1939 to July 1940.
OA After July 1940,
Methil to Liverpool to disperse in North Atlantic.
OB Liverpool outward,
usually joined by the OA of same number.
OC Melbourne to Newcastle,
NSW.
OG Outward to Gibraltar
from UK.
OM Oran to Marseilles, 1944
series.
ON Outward to Norway,
Methil to Bergen, in 1939-40.
ON Outward North.
Liverpool etc to North America 1941 onwards.
ON(F) Alternate convoys of the ON sequence (see
above).
ON(S) Alternate convoys of the ON sequence (see
above).
ONS Outward North Slow, Liverpool
etc to North America 1943 onwards.
OS
Outward Southbound, Liverpool etc to Freetown 1941 onwards.
OSS Southward extension of OS
from Freetown.
OT Outward Trinidad.
Two series, one local Caribbean, one to North Africa.
OW Outward Westward, Australia-India,
numbers re-used.
P
PA Persian Gulf to
Aden.
PB Persian Gulf
to Bombay.
PG Brisbane
to Sydney NSW.
PG Panama to
Guantanamo, 1942 series.
PGE Pointe Noire southward,
local traffic.
PH Piraeus to
Heel of Italy.
PK Pilottown,
Mississippi to Key West.
PN Port Said
Northbound to Turkey.
PQ Iceland to
North Russia, 1941 and 1942.
PQ Townsville
to Port Moresby 1942.
PR Piraeus to
Rabbit Island (Dardanelles), 1945.
PAD Pointe Noire-Freetown-Dakar.
PT Paramaribo
to Trinidad.
PT Pearl Harbor
to Tarawa.
PTS Pointe Noire-Takoradi-Freetown
.
PV Melbourne
to Townsville.
PW Portsmouth-Wales.
Q
QL Brisbane
to Townsville.
QP North Russia
to Iceland 1941-42.
QS Quebec to
Sydney CB.
R
RA North Russia to
Iceland, later UK 1942-45. Replaced QP
RE A single
convoy of small passenger liners USA to UK 1942.
"Red" Early Gibraltar to Far East convoy.
RJ Recife
to Rio de Janeiro.
RK Rangoon to Arakan
and Calcutta, 1945.
RK Colombo to Kilindini,
1944.
RM Rangoon-Madras-Colombo,
1945.
RN Methil to Nonvay,
May 1945.
RP Dardanelles
(Rabbit Island) to Piraeus, 1945.
RS Gibraltar
to Freetown 1943.
RT Capetown
to Freetown, 1941.
RT Recife to
Trinidad, 1943.
RU Reykjavik to Loch
Ewe, later Belfast. 1941-45.
S
SB Sydney CB
to Corner Brook from 1942.
SBF Assault convoys for Sicily invasion.
SBM Assault convoys for Sicily invasion.
SC Sydney CB later
Halifax or New York to UK. Commenced 1941.
SD Iceland to
Clyde, military ferry service.
SD Seychelles
to Diego Suarez, 1944.
SG Southend
to Humber (Grimsby) 1940.
SG Sydney CB
later St John's NF to Greenland, 1942 onwards.
SH Sydney CB
to Halifax.
SHX Sydney CB component joining
HX convoys.
"SILVERTIP" Newhaven-Dieppe ferry service.
SJ San
Juan PR to Guantanamo.
SJ Singapore
to Colombo, Nov 41 to Feb 42.
SJ Santos
to Rio de Janeiro.
SL Freetown
to UK.
SLF Freetown to UK Fast.
SLS Freetown to UK Slow.
SM Batavia to Fremantle,
Dec 41 to Feb 42.
SM Naples to Marseilles,
1944.
SN Sydney NSW
to New Caledonia.
SNF South from Naples, Fast troopships
Naples to North Africa.
SQ Sydney CB
to Quebec.
SR Sandheads
(Calcutta) to Rangoon 1941-42.
SR Freetown
to Gibraltar 1943-44.
ST Freetown
to Takoradi.
ST Sydney NSW
to Townsville 1')43.
STC Freetown-Takoradi-Capetown
.
STL Freetown-Takoradi-Lagos.
STP Freetown-Takoradi-Pointe
Noire.
STW Freetown-Takoradi-WaIvis Bay.
SU Suez to Australia
1940-41.
SV Sydney NSW
to Townsville.
SW Suez to Mombassa or Durban,
1940-41.
T
T
Hollandia to Manila.
TA UK to USA, large
troopships.
TA Tobruk to Alexandria.
TAC Thames to Ostend 1945.
TACA Thames to Antwerp, later retitled TAM.
TAG Trinidad-Aruba-Guantanamo 1942 onwards.
TAM Thames to Antwerp Military, retitled from
TAC qv.
TAP Thames to France 1945.
TAW Trinidad-Curacao-Key West 1942.
TB Trinidad
to Bahia, Brazil.
TBC Thames to Bristol Channel,
1944-45.
TC Troops from
Canada, troop convoys to UK 1933-41.
TC Tunisia to
Corsica, 1943-44.
TCU Occasional CU convoys containing
troopships.
TD Thursday Island
to Darwin.
TD New Zealand to
Northern Australia.
TE Trinidad
Eastward to dispersal.
TE Torch Eastward,
Gibraltar to North Africa 1942-43.
TF Trinidad
to Freetown.
TG Trinidad
to Guantanamo.
TGE Takoradi, Lagos Eastward
to dispersal.
TH Trinidad to Haiifax
1942.
TJ Trinidad
to Rio de Janeiro.
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
Apr-May 1940 only.
TM Trinidad to Mediterranean
1942.
TMC The retitled ETC series-qv.
TMM The retitled ETM series-qv.
TN TownsviIle to New
Guinea.
TO North Africa to
Caribbean.
TO Trinidad to Curacao.
TP Troop convoy
from Norway to UK May 1940.
TP Trinidad
to Paramaribo.
TP Tarawa to
Pearl Harbor.
TR Trinidad
to Recife.
"TRINIDAD" Trinidad to dispersal southeast.
TS Takoradi
to Freetown.
TS Townsville
to Sydney NSW & Brisbane.
TSD Takoradi-Freetown-Dakar
TSF Assault convoys for Naples landings.
TSM Assault convoys for Naples landings.
TSS Assault convoys for Naples landings.
TU UK to USA military
convoys, reversal of UT.
TV Tripoli (Libya)
to Valetta.
TX Tripoli (Libya)
to Alexandria.
U
UA UK to Azores, three
convoys to occupy the islands in 1943.
UC UK to New York,
reversal of CU. Occasionally a T suffix.
UGF USA to Gibraltar, later Naples,
started Nov 1942.
UGL USA to Gibraltar, landing
craft convoys.
UGS USA to Gibraltar, later Port
Said Nov 42-May 45.
UL Elbe to Humber
post May 1945.
UR Loch Ewe (later
Belfast) to Reykjavik (Iceland),
US Australia
to Suez. US 3 diverted to UK via Cape.
UT USA to UK troop
convoys 1943-44.
V
VB Townsville
to Brisbane.
VC Valetta to
Cyrenaica 1943-44.
VK Sydney NSW to Wellington.
VN Augusta to Naples,
also used for Malta to Naples, late 1944 Naples to Leghorn
VS Townsville
to Sydney NSW.
VT Valetta to
Tripoli, Libya.
W
WA Curacao to Aruba. Oct to Dec
1944 invasion series.
WAT Key West- Curacao-Trinidad.
WDC Sept to Dec 1944 invasion series.
WEC Isle of Wight to France Dec 1944
to May 1945.
WEL Isle of Wight to France, landing
craft 1944-45.
WEP Isle of Wight to Cherbourg series,
Dec 1944.
WFM Oct and Nov 1944 invasion series.
WMP Isle of Wight to Arromanches Nov & Dec 1944.
WN Clyde, Oban & Loch
Ewe to Firth of Forth.
WNC Isle of Wight to Havre Dec 1944 to May
1945.
WNL Isle of Wight to France Apr to May 1945.
WO India to Australia troop
convoys.
WP Wales-Portsmouth i.e.
Milford Haven to Solent.
WS Wabana to Sydney CB.
WS UK to Suez and Bombay,
troop convoys 1940-43.
WTS Walvis Bay-Takoradi-Freetown.
WVP Isle of Wight to France Dec 1944
to May 1945.
WX Western Desert ports
to Alexandria.
X
XB Halifax to Boston.
XIF Alexandria & Fort
Said-Italy (Taranto & Naples).
XK Gibraltar to UK.
XT Alexandria to Tripoli
(Libya).
XTG Alexandria-Tripoli-Gibraltar
1943 only.
XW Alexandria to Western
Desert ports.
Z
ZC Cristobel
to Curacao.
ZG Cristobel
to Guantanamo.
ZT New Zealand
to Sydney NSW.
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