List of Allied convoys during World War II by region explained

This is a List of Allied convoys during World War II by region.

European Coastal Atlantic convoys

European Coastal

Code	Route	First sailing	Last sailing	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^[1]	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^[2]	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
WP	Wales to Portsmouth

North Atlantic convoys

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

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
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
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
SJ	San Juan, Puerto Rico to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
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

Code prefix	Route	First sailing	Last sailing	Number of convoys	Notes
AC	Alexandria to Tobruk	1941	1941
AG	Alexandria to Greece	1941	1941
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
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
ME	Malta to Alexandria and Port Said
MO	Marseilles to North Africa
Ms	Marseilles 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 Marseilles	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 Marseilles
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
TSS	assault convoys for Naples landings
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

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

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
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

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

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

Bibliography

• Book: Hague, Arnold . 2000a . The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945: Its Organisation, Defence and Operation . Chatham . London . 1-86176-147-3.

Further reading

• Book: Hague, Arnold . The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945 . Naval Institute Press . 2000 . 1-55750-019-3.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Norwegian Campaign, World War 2 at Sea, April 1940 . 15 September 2024 . 1 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240601163221/http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4004-13APR04.htm . live .
2. Web site: Norwegian Campaign, World War 2 at Sea, April 1940 . 15 September 2024 . 1 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240601163221/http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4004-13APR04.htm . live .