SHORT TITLES OF CONVOYS
GUS |
US “Torch” convoys, west-bound, slow |
HG |
Gibraltar to UK |
HX |
Halifax (later New York) to UK 9 knots |
KMS |
UK to North Africa (Oct–Nov 1942). Continued to Mediterranean (Gibraltar to Alexandria – first arrived 26 May 1943) |
MKS |
Mediterranean to UK slow. (Later Port Said – Alexandria – North Africa -UK slow) |
OB |
Liverpool to Western Approaches (Outward Atlantic). Superseded 15 July 1941 by ON |
OG |
UK to Gibraltar (including sections for South Atlantic ports). 7½ knots. Deleted 8 Aug 1941 |
ON |
UK to North America (Outward north-bound). 9 knots. Superseded OB |
ONS |
As above. 7½ knots |
OS |
UK to West Africa (Outward south-bound). Including sessions for West Indies and South Atlantic ports |
PG |
Panama to Guantanamo (Cuba) |
RBI |
River steamers from New York via Baltimore to UK (Special 1942). see Section 225 |
RS |
Gibraltar – Sierra Leone (Freetown) |
SC |
Sydney (Cape Breton) or Halifax or New York to UK (slow) |
SG |
Sydney (Cape Breton) to Greenland |
SL |
Sierra Leone (Freetown) to UK |
TAG |
Trinidad – Aruba – Guantanamo |
TAW |
Trinidad – Curacao – Key West |
TM |
Trinidad to Gibraltar (tanker convoy). Amendment was Trinidad to Mediterranean |
UC |
UK to New York (special). See Section 292 |
UG |
USA to North Africa (later to Mediterranean) |
UGS |
US “Torch” convoys east-bound, slow |
US |
Australia and New Zealand to UK |
WAT |
Key West – Curacao – Trinidad (amended to Key West – Aruba – Trinidad) |
WS |
UK to Middle East and India via Cape (troops and motor transport) “Winston’s Specials” |
XK |
Gibraltar to UK (special) |
Note: This list is far from exhaustive and some designations were reallocated. Those listed here relate to the relevant periods in the text.