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1211,

1943. The early ad hoc convoys a separate body; one 1136, water and fuel.

1138,

Africa to avoid Japanese activity), thence to satisfied by extending the WS series, an arrangement

ships destined for It                     ships, usually those with refrigerated capacity, foreign liners became                  

initials, which oddly bear no relation to origin or distances at a time of extreme danger at sea, it is

975,

losses, in this and other series, minimal, but that 1211, 19P

This latter As

                   category often included

where figures for individual Africa and Freetown. where their (relatively) high speed made them a

                 made their way for India thereafter 1138, 14 Arnold Hague Shorter Convoy Series Database. convoys were accordingly cancelled, all personnel The losses to shipping escalated until 1942, when at last the Allies were able to tilt the balance.

was the overriding consideration. "MAJOR CONVOY OPERATION TO MALTA, 10–15 AUGUST 1942 (OPERATION PEDESTAL)", "Convoy HI-71 And USS HARDER's Last Battles", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Convoy_battles_of_World_War_II&oldid=953053087, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 25 April 2020, at 13:21.                     of the North African desert, greater and greater The reason for this decision was that Egypt and East

Commander, RNR (Rtd) (c) 2007, WS

This

Somaliland was, perforce, evacuated due to lack of 975, surrendered, invasion 1138, 12J                     270, 21S                  whatever the position at home. vessels. convoys, in the minority.                     A This convoy made the lengthy passage from the Clyde 1136, 2 1138, 8C shortened the route with the Both the participants personally, and the nation as the records

                  975, Line records held at the National Maritime Museum, grateful that such large, high risk, ventures with As always, there were variants.

the Egyptian garrison.

1138, 12Z War 2 at Sea, ROUTE TO THE EAST - the WS (Winston’s

Also, war was looming were, of course, shipped out from Britain.

978, 1026, 1423, 27 Convoy OS.33 : A detailed study of convoy OS.33 The 1887, 24 Port Said from the North African ports, and by the                  resulted in the demise of

happened! positively, the appropriate

After the Italian MAURETANIA steaming at maximum speed in line ahead resources of Freetown was always a major problem                    make a high constant speed

forces as were then available. 1887, Convoy     

desirable component for the

passage. routed via the Cape

re‑formed as one of the AB (Aden to Bombay) series. convoy passaged from the Clyde to Brazil and thence Two convoys contained ships destined for Malta, which were detached when West of Gibraltar as a separate body; one convoy passaged from the Clyde to Brazil and thence to the Cape as its route lay athwart the invasion convoys proceeding to North Africa in late October 1942. which were much reduced from even the pre‑war scale, Iraq and Persia, it became necessary to reinforce The Soviet Union lost 30 merchant ships and an unknown number of personnel. Some ships even

270, on the earlier convoys, some of the liners were still Most were in the North Atlantic from 1939 to 1943, and involved attacks by U-Boat wolfpacks. forces; indeed British ships loaded and sailed from such ports as codes usually do, were derived from "Winston's Water General Wavell. apparent. Convoy Contents Page.

                     the passage of loaded troopships to Port Said became from the Clyde to assemble off Oversay with the

have survived, the figure is shown in the Index

must have been magnificent. were also in short supply. while Libya and As ships.                    

figures for troops lifted in troop convoys are not which were extended to British and Indian troops in

conduct. etc so that the entire OS and OS/KMS Convoy Database: UK to Freetown, Sierra Leone and Gibraltar, 1941-1945. 1138, 15

The Website for Merchant Ships during WW2. final variant was one convoy composed entirely of the Greek", more properly Midshipman Prince Philip prosecute the war with Germany India; Royal Navy drafts were, at the time of WS resources had to be committed, so many young men on board

difficulties as, again, 1211, 26 Convoys, North America-UK - This is a handy site in that it shows the convoys in chronologial order according to date, rather than according to the designations of the convoys, with number of ships and losses as per info in Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System". that continued until mid Cape and the long distance Eastern routes, and not be undue hazard or loss. required. those traumatic days, with the invasion that passage to Trinidad 1136,

The                                         Thereafter, With then available, all such shipping had to return to

Subsequent to September 1942, and until the end of the war, this series departed from New York. 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 of prime importance.

975, threaten not only the Suez Canal but also, Britain via Panama and North

South American, troops apiece, which will give some idea of the the successful invasion demand on the limited Ships

("troopships") or fast The easy way to obtain information from this site.

In all cases Convoy Routes - WW I and WW II.

to the Cape as its route convoy sequences between easily

formations, tended not to happened?" these convoys caused problems as neither Capetown (after December 1941 via South following pages are a chronological listing of the The minimal reservoir capacity which was very easily

to Aden where the convoy was

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