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NumberRouteNotes-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ABAden - BombayFrom Nov/1942ACAden - Colombo-AHAruba - Halifax NS from July to Sep 1942. 4 convoys onlyAKDAden - Kilindini - DurbanFrom Sept' 1943APUK - Middle East via CapeSummer 1940. Fast military convoy with war materials for Middle EastASAmerica - FreetownFrom March 1942 military convoysATNew York - UKFrom March 1942 military convoysBABombay - Aden/Red SeaFrom May 1941,military then later merchantBBUK CoastalBCBeira - CapetownJuly to September 1943, then AKDBCBombay - ColomboFrom September 1943BDWhite Sea - DiksonRussian. From summer 1943BHXBermuda - Halifax Feeder. May 1940 to March 1941BKWhite Sea - Kola FjordRussian. From Summer of 1941BRNBrazilian CoastFrom late 1942BSBrest - CasablancaFrench. September 1939 to June 1940BTSydney NSW - USA, from January 1943. MilitaryBTBahia - TrinidadNovember 1942 to July 1943 then JTBTCU.K. coastalFrom June 1944BXBoston - Halifax NS from 1942CAColombo - AdenCBCapetown - BeiraJuly to September 1943 them DKACBColombo - BombayFrom September 1943CDCapetown - DurbanFrom November 1942CEU.K. coastalFrom September 1940. St Helens to SouthendCFCapetown - FreetownFrom May 1941CGCasablanca - GibraltarFrom January 1943 for FTCHColombo - CalcuttaCJColombo - ChittagongCMCapetown - Red SeaFrom June 1940. MilitaryCTUK - North AmericaFrom August 1941. MilitaryCUCaribbean - UKFrom February 1943. Tanker convoysCWUK CoastalChannel coastCXColombo - Maldives - ChagosFrom April 1943CZCuracao - Panama CanalFrom August 1942DBDikson - White SeaFrom summer 1942. RussianDCDurban - CapetownFrom December 1942DKADurban - Kilindini - AdenFrom September 1943DNDurban - NorthEBCEnglish ChannelFrom June 1944. Eastern feeder, Operation NeptuneEBMEnglish ChannelFrom June 1944. Western feeder, Operation NeptuneECSouthend - Loch Ewe - ClydeFrom March to October 1941ECPEnglish ChannelFrom June 1944. Invasion convoysEMCEnglish ChannelFrom June 1944. Invasion convoysENMethil - Loch Ewe(Clyde)From August 1940 to Clyde
from July 1941 to Loch Ewe onlyETNorth African Ports - GibraltarFrom November 1942ETCEnglish ChannelFrom June 1944. Eastern feeder for Operation NeptuneEWUK CoastalChannel area WestFCFreetown - CapetownFrom May 1941FNSouthend - MethilFrom September 1939FNFreetown - NatalFrom summer 1942FPBrest - UKFrom March to June 1940FSMethil - SouthendFrom September 1939FSSBizerta - SalermoFrom September 1939 to end of 1943FTFreetown - TrinidadFrom July 1943FXPEnglish ChannelFrom June 1944. Invasion convoysGATGuantanamo - Aruba - TrinidadFrom August 1942. Former WATGCGibraltar - CasablancaFrom November 1942. Former TF.GIBRCanares - GibraltarCoastalGKGuantanamo - Key WestFrom September 1942GMGibraltar - MaltaFrom July 1941. Military convoysGNGuantanamo - New YorkFrom September 1942GPGuantanamo - Panama CanalFrom July 1942. GZ from September 1942GPAustralia - East CoastFrom 1942GSUK CoastalGSGreenland - Sydney NSGTUK CoastalGTXGibraltar - Tripoli - Alexandria/Port SaidFrom May 1943GUFGibraltar - USFrom November 1942. FastGUSGibraltar - USFrom November 1942. SlowGZGuantanamo - Panama CanalFrom September 1942. for GPHAHalifax NS - Aruba, from July to September 1942HATripoli - AugustaFrom August 1943HCCalcutta - ColomboHGGibraltar - UKFrom September 1939 to September 1942, later MKF and MKSHKGalveston - Wey WestFrom August 1942HMUK coastalHNBergen - MethilFrom October 1939 to April 1940HXHalifax/N.Y. - UKFrom September 1939 to 1942 from Halifax. From September 1942 to May 1945 from New York. From July 1940 entry from the North Channel and from October 1944 from South of Ireland. From September 1939 to February 1940 additional HXF (fast) convoys. Feeder convoys  HXH from Halifax, NS. HXS from Sydney, NS. HXJ from St Johns, NFL.JCChittagong - ColomboJTRio de Janeiro - TrinidadFrom July 1943 for former BTJWLoch Ewe - Kola FjordFrom December 1942 former PQ. Part of convoy direct to ArchangelKCasablanca - BrestFrom October 1939 to June 1940KBKola Fjord - White SeaFrom summer 1941KGKey West - GuantanamoFrom September 1942KHKey West - GalvestonFrom August 1942KJKingston - EuropeFrom September to October 1939 KJF (fast), also linked with KJKMFUK - Mediterranean (fast)From October 1942. Military at the start. Replacing OG. From May 1943 to AlexandriaKMSUK to Mediterranean (slow)From October 1942. From April 1943 linked with OS convoys off Gibraltar.KNKey West - New York from May 1942 to Hampton Roads. From September 1942 to New YorkKPKola Fjord - Pilottotown(Mississippi)From August 1942KPKola Fjord - Petsamo/KirkenesFrom November 1944. Soviet convoys.KRIndian OceanFrom 1944. Military convoysKRSUK - North AfricaFrom 1942. Operation TorchKSOran/Casablanca - Brest/St NazaireFrom September 1939 to June 1940. FrenchKXUK - GibraltarFrom October to November 1942. Operation TorchLEPort Said/Alexandria - Famagusta/Haifa/BeirutFrom July 1941LMDLaurenco Marques - DurbanFrom November 1942 to September 1943 then AKD.LSLagos - FreetownFrom April to August 1942 then TSMCMiddle East - Kilindini- CapetownFrom June 1940. Military.MEMediterranean - EastFrom June 1940MGMalta - GibraltarFrom July 1941 to August 1942. MilitaryMHUK coastal-MKFMediterranean - UKFrom November 1942. Fast militaryMKSMediterranean - UKFrom November 1942 replacing HG. Slow convoy. From May 1943 linked with SLMTMethil - TyneFrom February 1940. Replaced FN.MWWest Mediterranean - Alexandria/MaltaFrom July 1940 to 1941. Resumed November 1942. July 1943 MWF for operation HuskyNANorth America - UKJanuary/February 1942. Military convoys. Later combined with ATNCOran/Algiers - SicilyJuly 1943. Invasion convoys for Operation HuskyNENew Zealand - Panama-NGNew York - GuantanamoFrom August 1942NKNew York - Key WestFrom May to August 1942 from Hampton Roads
From August - New YorkNPClyde/Scapa Flow - NarvikApril 1940. MilitaryNSNorth Africa - Naples-OAOutward Bound to North AmericaSeptember 1939 to July 1940 from South Ireland. July 1940 to October 1940 from North Channel. Gibraltar section OAG till July 1940. From October 1940 OB onlyOBLiverpool - North AmericaFrom September 1939 to July 1940 from Bristol Channel. From July 1940 from North Channel. July 1941 merged with ONF and ONS. Gibraltar section OBG until July 1940OCAustralian coastal1943.OGUK - GibraltarFrom October 1939 to August 1942 and from May to October 1943, then KMS. Until July 1940 from South  of Ireland then from North Channel. Combined with KMS July 1943 and for a short time with OGF.OLMersey/Clyde - OutwardFrom September 1940 to October 1940. Large passenger liners onlyONMethil - BergenFrom November 1939 to April 1940ON(F)UK - North AmericaFrom July 1941 fast convoys for former OB. From September 1944 from South of Ireland. From August 1944 final destination shifted from Halifax to New York.ONSUK - North AmericaFrom July 1941  slow convoy for OB. From September 1942 to 1943 final destination New York. From September 1944 South of Ireland. From March 1943 new number to avoid confusion with ONOSUK - FreetownFrom July 1941 to September 1942, then again from February 1943. From April 1943 off Gibraltar together with KMSOTNew York - Caribbean - Northwest AfricaFrom February 1943 to June 1944 tankersPAPersian Gulf - AdenFrom September 1943PGPanama - GuantanamoFrom July 1942 to September 1943PGAustralian coastal1943.PKPilottotown Miss - Key West from August 1942PKPetsamo - Kola FjordeFrom November 1944. Russian convoysPQIceland - North RussiaFrom September 1941 to December 1942 then as JWPWPortsmouth - Bristol ChannelFrom July 1941QPNorth Russia - IcelandFrom September 1941 to December 1942 then as RAQSQuebec - SydneyFrom 1942RAKola Fjord - Loch EweFrom December 1942 for former QP. Russian feeder convoys BK.RBSt Lawrence - UKFrom September 1942. Transfer of passenger ships from Great Lakes to UKRSGibraltar - BrestFrom October 1939 to June 1940. FrenchRSGibraltar - Sierra LeoneFrom February 1943RUReykjavik - UK-SBrest - CasablancaFrom 1939 to June 1940. FrenchSBMalta - SicilyFrom July 1943. Invasion convoys for Operation Husky. Subdevided into SBF - Malta and SBM, SBS - SfaxSCSydney NS - UK from August 1940 to May 1944  and again from October 1944. September 1942 to March 1943 assembly at New York, then Sydney again.SGUK coastal-SGSydney NS - Greenland from 1942.SLSierra Leone(Freetown) - UKFrom September 1939 to October 1942 and again from March 1943. Off Gibraltar linked with MKSSNNaples - North African portsfrom 1943.Fast (SNF)SQSydney NS - Quebec from 1942.SRSierra Leone - GibraltarFrom February 1943STFreetown - TakoradiFrom December 1941. Later FL and FTSWSuez - Durban/CapetownFrom 1940. WS on return.TAUK - USAFrom March 1942. Military convoys combined with ANTAGTrinidad - Aruba - GuantanamoFrom August 1942. Former TAWTAMTrinidad - Aruba?TAWTrinidad - Aruba - Key WestFrom July to August 1942 then TAGTBUSA - Sydney (Aust)From January 1942 military convoysTBTrinidad - BahiaFrom December 1942 to July 1943 then TJTBCUK coastalFrom 1944. Invasion convoysTCCanadian Troop ConvoyFrom 1939 to 1940TETrinidad - eastwardFrom November 1942TFTrinidad - FreetownFrom November 1942 to July 1943TEGibraltar - North African portsFrom November 1942TGUK coastal-TJTrinidad - Rio de JaneiroFrom July 1943. Former TBTJTunisia - SicilyJuly 1943. Invasion convoy for Operation Husky with TJF, TJM and TJSTMTyne - MethilFrom February 1940TMTrinidad - GibraltarFrom January 1943. Tanker convoy for Operation TorchTONW Africa - Caribbean - USAFrom February 1943 to June 1944. Tankers.TRTrinidad - RecifeNovember 1942. One convoy only, then TBTSTakoradi - FreetownFrom August 1942. From April 1942 LSTSTripoli - TerminiSeptember 1943. Invasion convoys for Operation Avalanche with TSF and TSSTUUK - USAFrom September 1943. MilitaryTXTripoli - AlexandriaFrom February 1943UCUK - CaribbeanFrom February 1943. Special tanker convoysUGFUSA - GibraltarFrom October 1942(fast) Initially invasion convoys Operation Torch then ports in North AfricaUGSUSA - GibraltarFrom October 1942(slow) as per UGFURUK - Reykjavik-USAustralia - Middle EastFrom January 1940. MilitaryUTUSA - UKFrom August 1943. MilitaryVAVilkizky - DiksonFrom July 1943. RussianVDVilkizky - DiksonFrom July 1943. RussianWATKey West - Aruba - TrinidadFrom July to August 1942. Then GATWEGUK coastalVarious local coastal convoysWEP??WNLoch Ewe - MethilFrom July 1940.WPBristol Channel - PortsmouthFrom July 1941.WSUK - Middle East"Winstons Specials" From June 1940 to August 1943 mostly via Capetown. A few in Sept/41, June/42 and Aug/42 via the MediterraneanXLe Verdon - CasablancaFrom September 1939 to June 1940. FrenchXBHalifax - BostonFrom April 1942XCChagos - Maldives - ColomboFrom May 1940XKGibraltar - UKFrom October 1942. Special convoys for Operation TorchXSLe Verdon - MediterraneanFrom September 1939 to June 1940. FrenchXTAlexandria - TripoliFrom January 1943XTGAlexandria - Tripoli - GibraltarFrom June 1943ZCPanama Canal - CuracaoFrom August 1942ZGPanama Canal - GuantanamoFrom September 1942. Former PG
MVS and VWP are unknown.

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