thumb|Aerial photo of a November 1942 UG convoy
This is a list of Allied convoys during World War II by region.
European Coastal Atlantic convoys
{|class="wikitable"
|+European Coastal
|-
! scope="col" width="80px" |Code
! scope="col" width="90px" |Route
! scope="col" width="150px"|First sailing
! scope="col" width="150px" |Last sailing
! scope="col" width="30px" |No. run
! Notes
|-
|BB
|Belfast or River Clyde to Bristol Channel
|1940 Belfast, 1945 Clyde
|1943 Belfast, 1945 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
|165
|
|-
|CE
|St. Helens Roads to Southend-on-Sea
|1940
|1944
|261
|
|-
|CW
|Southend-on-Sea to St. Helens Roads
|1940
|1944
|270
|
|-
|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
|90
|temporary substitution for EN convoys
|-
|EN
|Methil, Fife to Oban via Loch Ewe
|1940
|1945
|597
|temporarily replaced by EC convoys during 1941
|-
|FD
|Faroe Islands to River Clyde
|
|
|
|military ferry
|-
|FN
|River Thames to Firth of Forth
|1939
|1945
|1,744
|
|-
|FP
|Brest via British Isles to Norway
|April 1940
|May 1940
|
|French and Polish troop convoys
|-
|FS
|Firth of Forth to River Thames
|1939
|1945
|
|1,840
|-
|FS
|Brest via British Isles to Norway
|April 1940
|May 1940
|
|French supply convoys
|-
|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
|
|
|
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|-
|WP
|Wales to Portsmouth
|
|
|
|
|}
North Atlantic convoys
{|class="wikitable"
!Code prefix
!Route
!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 to Chesapeake Bay
|29 November 1942
|16 April 1945
|22
|faster ships
|-
|GUS
|Mediterranean 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
|26 October 1942
|23 May 1945
|45
|faster ships to the Mediterranean
|-
|KMS
|Liverpool to Mediterranean
|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 to Firth of Clyde or Liverpool
|12 November 1942
|4 June 1945
|45
|faster ships from the Mediterranean
|-
|MKS
|Mediterranean 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
|24 October 1942
|8 April 1945
|22
|faster ships - (UGF-1) was the invasion force for Operation Torch
|-
|UGS
|Chesapeake Bay to Mediterranean
|13 November 1942
|28 May 1945
|95
|slower ships
|-
|UT
|United States to British Isles
|1943
|1944
|
|troopships
|}
North American coastal and Caribbean convoys
{|class="wikitable"
!Code prefix
!Route
!First sailing
!Last sailing
!Number of convoys
!Notes
|-
|AH
|Aruba to Halifax Harbour
|July 1942
|September 1942
|
|a brief tanker series
|-
|ARG
|Boston to Argentia, Newfoundland
|
|
|
|USN convoys
|-
|AW
|Aruba to Curaçao
|
|
|
|local tanker traffic
|-
|BS
|Corner Brook, Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia
|
|
|
|a brief series
|-
|BW
|Sydney, Nova Scotia to St. John's, Newfoundland
|1942
|
|
|
|-
|BX
|Boston to Halifax Harbour
|21 March 1942
|22 May 1945
|
|
|-
|CK
|Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida
|
|
|
|
|-
|CL
|St. John's, Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia
|
|
|
|
|-
|CP
|Curaçao to Panama Canal
|1942
|1942
|
|
|-
|CW
|Panama Canal to Key West, Florida
|
|
|
|
|-
|CZ
|Curaçao to Panama Canal
|
|
|
|
|-
|FH
|Saint John, New Brunswick to Halifax Harbour
|late 1942
|
|
|
|-
|G
|Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Puerto Rico
|
|
|
|
|-
|GAT
|Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Trinidad via Aruba
|
|
|
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|-
|GJ
|Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Kingston, Jamaica
|
|
|
|
|-
|GK
|Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Key West, Florida
|
|
|
|
|-
|GM
|Galveston, Texas to Mississippi River
|
|
|
|
|-
|GN
|Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to New York City
|
|
|
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|-
|GP
|Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Panama Canal
|
|
|
|
|-
|GS
|Greenland to Sydney, Nova Scotia, or St. John's, Newfoundland
|
|
|
|USN escorted convoys
|-
|GZ
|Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to Panama Canal
|1942
|
|
|
|-
|HA
|Halifax Harbour to Curaçao
|1942
|September 1942
|
|replaced HT convoys
|-
|HF
|Halifax Harbour to Saint John, New Brunswick
|
|
|
|
|-
|HHX
|Halifax Harbour to meet HX convoys originating in New York City at the Halifax Ocean Meeting Point (HOMP)
|
|
|
|
|-
|HJ
|Halifax Harbour to St. John's, Newfoundland
|
|
|
|
|-
|HK
|Houston, Texas to Key West, Florida
|
|
|
|
|-
|HON
|Halifax Harbour to ON convoys at the Halifax Ocean Meeting Point (HOMP)
|
|
|
|
|-
|HS
|Halifax Harbour to Sydney, Nova Scotia
|
|
|
|
|-
|HT
|Halifax Harbour to Trinidad
|May 1942
|1942
|
|replaced by HA convoys
|-
|JG
|Kingston, Jamaica to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
|
|
|
|
|-
|JH
|St. John's, Newfoundland to Halifax Harbour
|
|
|
|
|-
|JN
|St. John's, Newfoundland to Labrador
|
|
|
|
|-
|KG
|Key West, Florida to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
|
|
|
|
|-
|KH
|Key West, Florida to Houston, Texas
|
|
|
|
|-
|KN
|Key West, Florida to New York City
|
|
|
|
|-
|KP
|Key West, Florida to Mississippi River
|
|
|
|
|-
|KS
|New York City to Key West, Florida
|
|
|
|
|-
|KW
|Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba
|
|
|
|
|-
|LC
|Sydney, Nova Scotia to St. John's, Newfoundland
|
|
|
|
|-
|LN
|St. Lawrence River to Labrador
|
|
|
|
|-
|MG
|Mississippi River to Galveston, Texas
|
|
|
|
|-
|NG
|New York City to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
|
|
|
|
|-
|NJ
|Newfoundland (island) coast to St. John's, Newfoundland
|
|
|
|
|-
|NK
|New York City to Key West, Florida
|
|
|
|
|-
|NL
|Labrador to St. Lawrence River
|
|
|
|
|-
|PG
|Panama Canal to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
|1942
|1942
|
|-
|PK
|Pilottown, Louisiana to Key West, Florida
|
|
|
|
|-
|QS
|Quebec to Sydney, Nova Scotia
|
|
|
|
|-
|SB
|Sydney, Nova Scotia to Corner Brook, Newfoundland
|1942
|
|
|
|-
|SG
|Sydney, Nova Scotia (later St. John's, Newfoundland) to Greenland
|1942
|1942
|
|USN escorted convoys
|-
|SH
|Sydney, Nova Scotia to Halifax Harbour
|
|
|
|
|-
|SHX
|Sydney, Nova Scotia to HX convoys
|
|
|
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|-
|SJ
|San Juan, Puerto Rico to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
|
|
|
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|-
|SQ
|Sydney, Nova Scotia to Quebec
|
|
|
|
|-
|TAG
|Trinidad to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base via Aruba
|1942
|
|
|
|-
|TAW
|Trinidad to Key West via Curaçao
|1942
|1942
|
|
|-
|TG
|Trinidad to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
|
|
|
|
|-
|TH
|Trinidad to Halifax Harbour
|1942
|1942
|
|
|-
|TO
|Trinidad to Curaçao
|
|
|
|-
|WA
|Curaçao to Aruba
|
|
|
|
|-
|WAT
|Key West to Trinidad via Curaçao
|
|
|
|
|-
|WS
|Wabana, Newfoundland and Labrador to Sydney, Nova Scotia
|
|
|
|
|-
|XB
|Halifax Harbour to Boston
|18 March 1942
|
|
|
|-
|ZC
|Panama Canal to Curaçao
|
|
|
|
|-
|ZG
|Panama Canal to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
|
|
|
|
|}
Mediterranean and North African coastal convoys
{|class="wikitable"
!Code prefix
!Route
!First sailing
!Last sailing
!Number of convoys
!Notes
|-
|AC
|Alexandria to Tobruk
|1941
|1941
|
|
|-
|AG
|Alexandria to Greece
|1941
|1941
|
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|-
|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
|
|
|
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|-
|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 Piraeus
|
|
|
|
|-
|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
|
|
|
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|-
|ME
|Malta to Alexandria and Port Said
|
|
|
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|-
|MO
|Marseille to North Africa
|
|
|
|
|-
|Ms
|Marseille 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 Marseille
|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 Marseille
|
|
|
|
|-
|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
|
|
|
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|-
|TSS
|assault convoys for Naples landings
|
|
|
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|-
|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
{|class="wikitable"
!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 Bathurst (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
{|class="wikitable"
!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
|
|
|
|
|-
|KB
|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
{|class="wikitable"
!Code prefix
!Pacific routes
!First sailing
!Last sailing
!Number of convoys
!Notes
|-
|AN
|Admiralty Islands to New Guinea
|
|
|
|
|-
|BG
|Milne Bay to New Guinea (OR) Brisbane to Gladstone, Queensland
|
|
|
|
|-
|BN
|New Britain to New Guinea
|
|
|
|
|-
|BT
|Sydney to United States (OR) Brisbane to Townsville, Queensland
|1943 (Sydney to US)
|1944 (Sydney to US)
|
|Sydney to US were troop convoys
|-
|BV
|Brisbane to Townsville, Queensland
|
|
|
|
|-
|CO
|Newcastle, New South Wales to Melbourne and Adelaide
|1942
|1942
|
|
|-
|DG
|Thursday Island, Queensland to Merauke
|
|
|
|
|-
|DT
|Darwin, Northern Territory to Thursday Island, Queensland
|
|
|
|
|-
|FM
|Milne Bay to Port Moresby
|
|
|
|
|-
|GB
|New Guinea to Milne Bay
|
|
|
|
|-
|GD
|Merauke to Thursday Island, Queensland
|
|
|
|
|-
|GF
|Adelaide to Fremantle, Western Australia
|
|
|
|
|-
|GI
|New Guinea to Philippines
|
|
|
|
|-
|GP
|Sydney to Townsville, Queensland and Brisbane
|
|
|
|
|-
|GT
|Gladstone, Queensland to Townsville, Queensland
|
|
|
|
|-
|IG
|Philippines to New Guinea
|
|
|
|
|-
|LQ
|Great Barrier Reef to Brisbane
|
|
|
|
|-
|MB
|Port Moresby to `Fall River` Milne Bay
|
|
|
|
|-
|MF
|Port Moresby to Milne Bay `Fall River`
|
|
|
|
|-
|MS
|Melbourne to Singapore
|November 1941
|February 1942
|
|
|-
|MT
|Port Moresby to Townsville, Queensland
|1942
|1942
|
|
|-
|MV
|Milne Bay to Townsville, Queensland
|
|
|
|
|-
|NA
|Langemak Bay to Admiralty Islands
|
|
|
|
|-
|NB
|New Guinea to New Britain
|
|
|
|
|-
|NE
|New Zealand to Panama Canal
|
|
|
|
|-
|NLY
|Lingayen Gulf – Jayapura – Leyte
|
|
|
|
|-
|NS
|New Caledonia to Sydney
|
|
|
|
|-
|NT
|New Guinea to Townsville, Queensland
|
|
|
|
|-
|OC
|Melbourne to Newcastle, New South Wales
|
|
|
|
|-
|PG
|Brisbane to Sydney
|
|
|
|
|-
|PQ
|Townsville, Queensland to Port Moresby
|1942
|1942
|
|
|-
|PT
|Pearl Harbor to Tarawa
|
|
|
|
|-
|PV
|Melbourne to Townsville, Queensland
|
|
|
|
|-
|QL
|Brisbane to Townsville, Queensland
|
|
|
|
|-
|SN
|Sydney to New Caledonia
|
|
|
|
|-
|ST
|Sydney to Townsville, Queensland
|
|
|
|
|-
|SV
|Sydney to Townsville, Queensland
|
|
|
|
|-
|T
|Hollandia to Manila
|
|
|
|
|-
|TD
|Thursday Island, Queensland to Darwin, Northern Territory
|
|
|
|
|-
|TD
|New Zealand to northern Australia
|
|
|
|
|-
|TN
|Townsville, Queensland to New Guinea
|
|
|
|
|-
|TP
|Tarawa to Pearl Harbor
|
|
|
|
|-
|TS
|Townsville, Queensland to Sydney and Brisbane
|
|
|
|
|-
|VB
|Townsville, Queensland to Brisbane
|
|
|
|
|-
|VK
|Sydney to Wellington
|
|
|
|
|-
|VS
|Townsville, Queensland to Sydney
|
|
|
|
|-
|ZT
|New Zealand to Sydney
|
|
|
|
|}
Normandy invasion convoys
{|class="wikitable"
!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
|
|
|}