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
|
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