List of Allied convoy codes during World War II
This is a list of convoy codes used by the Allies during World War II There were over 300 convoy routes organized, in all areas of the world; each was designated by a two- or three letter code. List of Allied convoys during World War II by region provides additional information.
[|A] - [|B] - [|C] - [|D] - [|E] - [|F] - [|G] - [|H] - [|I] - [|J] - [|K] - [|L] - [|M] - [|N] - [|O] - [|P] - [|Q] - [|R] - [|S] - [|T] - [|U] - [|V] - [|W] - [|X] - [|Y] - [|Z]
A
- AB - Miscellaneous 1939
- AB - Aden to Bombay 1942–45
- ABF - Aden to Bombay Fast Troopship
- AC - Alexandria to Tobruk 1941
- AG - Alexandria to Greece 1941
- AH - Aruba to Halifax 1942
- AH - Augusta to Italy 1943–45
- AJ - Aden to Colombo
- AK - Aden to Kilindini 1942–45
- AKD - Aden to Kilindini, then Durban
- AM - Chittagong to Madras
- AN - Alexandria to Piraeus 1940–41
- ANF - Alexandria to Piraeus 1940–41
- AN - Admiralty Islands to New Guinea
- AP - UK to Egypt Troopship 1940
- ARG - Boston to Argentia
- ARM - Mediterranean local traffic
- AS - Piraeus to Alexandria 1940–41
- AS - New York to Suez 1942
- AT - Alexandria to Tobruk 1941
- AT - United States to UK Troopship 1942–45
- ATM - Antwerp to Thames 1944–45
- AW - Aruba to Curaçao
B
- BA - Bombay to Aden 1942–45
- BAF - Bombay to Aden Fast troopship
- BB - Belfast to Bristol Channel 1940–43
- BB - Clyde to Bristol Channel 1945
- BC - Beira to Durban
- BC - Bristol Channel to Biscay
- BD - White Sea to Dikson 1943–45
- BEC - Bristol Channel to France 1944
- BF - Bahia to Freetown 1943–45
- BG - Milne Bay to New Guinea
- BG - Brisbane to Gladstone
- BHX - Bermuda to HX rendezvous
- BK - Bombay to Karachi 1943
- BK - White Sea to Kola 1943–45
- Blue - Port Said to Gibraltar 1939
- BM - Bombay to Singapore 1942
- BM - Bombay to Colombo 1942–45
- BN - Bombay to Suez
- BN - New Britain to New Guinea
- BP - Bombay to Persian Gulf
- BRN - Bahia to Recife
- BS - Suez to Aden 1940–41
- BS - Corner Brook to Sydney CB
- BS - Brest to Casablanca 1939–40
- BT - Bahia to Trinidad 1943–45
- BT - Sydney NSW to United States Troopship 1943–44
- BT - Brisbane to Townsville
- BTC - Bristol Channel to Thames 1944–45
- BV - Brisbane to Townsville
- BW - Sydney CB to Saint John's NF 1942–45
- BX - Boston to Halifax
- BZ - Bombay to Kilindini and Aden
C
- C - Colombo to dispersal 1942
- CA - Cape Town Southward
- CB - Durban to Beira
- CD - Cape Town to Durban
- CE - Channel Eastward
- CF - Cape Town to West Africa
- CF - Colombo to Fremantle
- CG - Casablanca to Gibraltar
- CH - Chittagong to Calcutta
- CJ - Calcutta to Colombo
- CK - Havana to Key West
- CK - Charleston to UK 1944
- CL - St. John's to Sydney
- CM - Cape Town to Kilindini
- CN - Cape Town Northbound
- CNF - Sicily Invasion Force
- CO - Newcastle to Melbourne, Adelaide 1942
- COC - Plymouth to Brittany 1944–45
- CP - Curaçao to Panama
- CRD - Casablanca to Dakar
- CT - UK to Canada Troopship 1941
- CT - Corsica, Sardinia, Bizerta 1944
- CU - tankers from Curaçao to UK
- CV - Cyrenaica to Valletta 1944
- CW - Cristobal to Key West
- CW - Channel Westward
- CX - Colombo to Addu Atoll
- CZ - Curaçao to Cristobal
D
- D - Dakar to Casablanca
- DB - Dikson to White Sea 1942
- DBF - Dakar, Bathurst, Freetown 1943
- DC - Durban to Cape Town
- DF - Clyde to Faroes
- DG - Thursday Is. to Merauke
- DK - Durban to Kilindini
- DKA - Durban, Kilindini, Aden
- DLM - Durban to Lourenço Marques
- DM - Durban to Malaya 1941–42
- DN - Durban Northwards
- DR - Dakar to Gibraltar
- DRC - Dakar to Casablanca
- DS - Clyde to Reykjavík
- DSF - Dakar to Freetown
- DSL - Dakar, Freetown, Lagos
- DSP - Dakar, Freetown, Pointe Noire
- DST - Dakar, Freetown, Takoradi
- DT - Darwin to Thursday Island
- DWI - Dutch West Indies to UK 1943
E
- E - Trinidad to dispersal
- EBC - Bristol Channel to France 1944
- EBM - Bristol Channel to France 1944
- EC - Southend to Oban 1941
- ECM - Falmouth to France 1944
- ECP - Portland to Seine 1944
- EMM - Belfast to France 1944
- EMP - Belfast to France 1944
- EN - Methil to Oban
- EPM - Portland to France 1944
- EPP - Portland to France 1944
- ET - North Africa to Gibraltar 1942–1943
- ETC - Thames to France 1944
- ETM - Thames to France 1944
- EWC - Spithead to Normandy 1944
- EWL - Isle of Wight to France 1944
- EWM - Isle of Wight to France 1944
- EWP - Isle of Wight to France 1944
- EXP - Invasion forces 1944
F
- FB - Freetown to Bahia
- FBC - Seine to Bristol Channel 1944
- FC - France to West of England 1944
- FCP - France to West of England 1944
- FD - Faroes to Clyde
- FFT - Freetown to Trinidad 1942-1943
- FG - Fremantle to Adelaide 1942-1945
- FH - Saint John to Halifax 1942-1945
- FJ - Florianópolis to Rio de Janeiro
- FM - Milne Bay to Port Moresby
- FN - Thames to Forth 1939-1945
- FP - Britain to Norway 1940
- FPM - France to Portland 1944
- FPP - France to Portland 1944
- FS - Forth to Thames 1939-1945
- FSD - Freetown to Dakar 1944
- FTC - France to Thames 1944
- FTM - France to Thames 1944
- FWC - France to Isle of Wight 1944
- FWL - France to Isle of Wight 1944
- FWM - France to Isle of Wight 1944
- FWP - France to Isle of Wight 1944
- FXP - France to UK 1944
G
- G - Guantanamo to San Juan
- GAT - Guantanamo - Aruba - Trinidad
- GB - New Guinea to Milne Bay
- GC - Gibraltar to Casablanca
- GD - Merauke to Thursday Island
- GF - Adelaide to Fremantle
- GI - New Guinea to Philippines
- GJ - Guantanamo to Kingston
- GK - Guantanamo to Key West
- GM - Gibraltar to Malta
- GM - Galveston to Mississippi
- GN - Guantanamo to New York
- GP - Guantanamo to Panama
- GP - Sydney to Townsville
- Green - Gibraltar to Port Said 1939
- GREYBACK - Dieppe to Newhaven
- GS - Greenland to Sydney, Saint John's
- GS - Grimsby to Southend
- GT - Gladstone to Townsville
- GTX - Gibraltar - Tripoli - Alexandria 1943
- GUF - Gibraltar to North America Fast 1943–45 Mid-Atlantic route
- GUS - Gibraltar to North America Slow 1943–45 Mid-Atlantic route
- GZ - Guantanamo to Canal Zone
H
- HA - Halifax to Curaçao 1942
- HA - Heel of Italy to Augusta 1943–45
- HB - Australia to India Troopships 1945
- HC - Calcutta to Chittagong
- HF - Halifax to St John NB
- HG - Gibraltar to UK 1939–42
- HGF - Gibraltar to UK Fast
- HHX - HX ships joining from Halifax
- HI - Japanese convoys between Singapore and Moji
- HJ - Halifax to St. John's NFL
- HK - Galveston to Key West
- HM - Holyhead to Milford Haven
- HN - Bergen to Methil 1939–40
- HON - ON ships joining from Halifax
- HP - Heel of Italy to Piraeus
- HS - Halifax to Sydney
- HT - Halifax to Trinidad
- HX - North America to UK, 1939–45 North Atlantic route.
- HXA - HX ships via English Channel 1939–40, 1944–45
- HXF - Halifax to UK Fast 1939–40
I
- IG - Philippines to New Guinea
- IXF - Italy to Egypt
J
- JA - Colombo to Aden
- JC - Colombo to Calcutta
- JF - Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis
- JG - Kingston to Guantanamo
- JH - St. John's NFL to Halifax
- JM - India to Madagascar 1943
- JMG - India to Malaya Invasion 1945
- JN - St. John's NFL to Labrador
- JR - Rio de Janeiro to Recife
- JS - Colombo to Singapore 1941–42
- JT - Rio de Janeiro to Trinidad
- JW - UK to USSR 1943–45 Arctic route
K
- K - Casablanca to Brest
- KA - Kilindini to Aden
- KB - Kola to White Sea
- KD - Kilindini to Durban
- KG - Key West to Guantanamo
- KH - Key West to Galveston
- KJ - Kingston to UK 1940
- KM - Kilindini to Diego Suarez
- KMF UK to Mediterranean Fast 1942–45
- KMS UK to Mediterranean Slow 1942–45
- KN - Key West to New York
- KP - Key West to Pilottown
- KP - Karachi to Persian Gulf
- KP - Kola to Petsamo 1944–45
- KR - Kilindini to Ceylon
- KR - Calcutta to Rangoon 1945
- KS - Casablanca to Brest Slow
- KS - New York to Key West
- KW - Key West to Havana
- KX - UK to Gibraltar 1942–45
L
- LC - Sydney to St. John's NFL
- LE - Port Said to Haifa
- LGE - Lagos Eastbound
- LGW - Lagos Westbound
- LM - Lagos to Matadi
- LMD - Lourenço Marques to Durban
- LN - St. Lawrence to Labrador
- LQ - Barrier Reef to Brisbane
- LS - Lagos to Freetown
- LSD - Lagos - Freetown - Dakar
- LTS - Lagos - Takoradi - Freetown
- LU - Humber to Elbe 1945
- LW - Haifa to Port Said
M
- MA - Mombasa to Aden
- MA - Madras to Chittagong 1943
- MB - Colombo to Bombay
- MB - Port Moresby to Fall River
- MC - Aden to Cape Town
- MD - Madagascar to Durban
- ME - Malta to Egypt
- MF - Port Moresby to Milne Bay
- MG - Malta to Gibraltar
- MG - Mississippi to Galveston
- MH - Milford Haven to Holyhead
- MK - Madagascar to Kilindini
- MKF - Mediterranean to UK Fast 1942–45
- MKS - Mediterranean to UK Slow 1942–45
- MN - Mauritius to Seychelles
- MO - Marseilles to Oran
- MR - Madras to Rangoon
- MS - Melbourne to Singapore 1941–42
- MS - Marseilles to Naples 1944–45
- MT - Methil to Tyne 1940–41
- MT - Port Moresby to Townsville 1942
- MTC - Seine to Southend coaster
- MTM - Seine to Southend military
- MV - Milne Bay to Townsville
- MW - Alexandria to Malta
- MWS?
N
- NA - Canada to UK troopship
- NA - New Guinea to Admiralty Islands
- NAP - Dover to France 1944
- NB - New Guinea to New Britain
- NC - Walvis Bay to Cape Town
- NCF - Sicily Invasion Fast 1943
- NCS - Sicily Invasion Slow 1943
- NE - New Zealand to Panama
- NG - New York City to Guantanamo
- NJ - Newfoundland coastal to St. John's
- NK - New York to Key West
- NL - Labrador to St. Lawrence
- NLY - Hollandia - Leyte - Lingayen
- NP - Norway troopship 1940
- NR - Norway to Methil 1945
- NS - New Caledonia to Sydney
- NSF - North Africa to Naples troopship
- NT - New Guinea to Townsville
- NV - Naples to Augusta
- NYC - New York City East Coast Bermuda UK
O
- OA - UK Outbound 1939–41
- OB - UK Outbound 1939–41
- OC - Melbourne to Newcastle
- OG - UK to Gibraltar
- OM - Oran to Marseilles 1944
- ON - Methil to Bergen 1939–40
- ON - UK to North America 1941–45 North Atlantic route; this series ran alternately Fast and Slow but after 1943 Fast only
- ON - Fast ON 1941–43
- ON - Slow ON 1941–43
- ONS - UK to North America 1943–45 North Atlantic route, replaced ON
- OS - Liverpool to Freetown
- OSS - continuation of OS route south
- OT - Trinidad to North Africa
- OT - Trinidad to Caribbean local
- OW - Australia to India
P
- PA - Persian Gulf to Aden
- PAD - Pointe Noire, Freetown, Dakar
- PB - Persian Gulf to Bombay
- PG - Brisbane to Sydney
- PG - Panama to Guantanamo 1943
- PGE - Pointe Noire Southward
- PH - Piraeus to Heel of Italy
- PK - Pilottown to Key West
- PN - Port Said to Turkey
- PQ - UK to USSR 1941–42 Arctic route
- PQ - Townsville to Port Moresby 1942
- PR - Piraeus to Dardanelles
- PT - Paramaribo to Trinidad
- PTS - Pointe Noire, Takoradi, Freetown
- PV - Melbourne to Townsville
- PW - Portsmouth to Wales
Q
- QL - Brisbane to Townsville
- QP - USSR to UK 1941–42 Arctic route
- QS - Quebec to Sydney
R
- RA - USSR to UK 1943–45 Arctic route
- RB - United States to UK liners 1942
- Red - Gibraltar to Far East
- RJ - Recife to Rio de Janeiro
- RK - Rangoon - Arakan - Calcutta 1945
- RK - Colombo to Kilindini 1944
- RM - Rangoon - Madras - Colombo 1945
- RN - Methil to Norway 1945
- RP - Dardanelles to Piraeus 1945
- RS - Gibraltar to Freetown 1943
- RT - Cape Town to Freetown 1941
- RT - Recife to Trinidad 1943
- RU - Reykjavík to Loch Ewe 1941–45
S
- SB - Sydney to Corner Brook 1942–45
- SBF - Invasion Sicily Fast 1943
- SBS - Invasion Sicily Slow 1943
- SC - North America to UK, 1940–45 North Atlantic route
- SD - Iceland to Clyde military
- SD - Seychelles to Diego-Suarez 1944
- SG - Southend to Humber 1940
- SG - Sydney to Greenland 1942–45
- SH - Sydney to Halifax
- SHX - Sydney to HX convoys
- Silvertip - Newhaven to Dieppe
- SJ - San Juan to Guantanamo
- SJ - Singapore to Colombo 1941–42
- SJ - Santos to Rio de Janeiro
- SL - Freetown to UK
- SLF - Freetown to UK Fast
- SLS - Freetown to UK Slow
- SM - Batavia to Fremantle 1941–42
- SM - Naples to Marseilles 1944
- SN - Sydney to New Caledonia
- SNF - Naples to North Africa Troopships
- SQ - Sydney to Quebec
- SR - Calcutta to Rangoon 1941–42
- SR - Freetown to Gibraltar 1943–44
- ST - Freetown to Takoradi
- ST - Sydney to Townsville
- STC - Freetown - Takoradi - Cape Town
- STL - Freetown - Takoradi - Lagos
- STP - Freetown - Takoradi - Pointe Noire
- STW - Freetown - Takoradi - Walvis Bay
- SU - Suez to Australia 1940–41
- SV - Sydney to Townsville
- SW - Suez - Mombasa - Durban 1940–41
T
- T - Hollandia to Manila
- TA - UK to United States troopship 1942–45
- TA - Tobruk to Alexandria
- TAC - Thames to Ostend 1945
- TACA - Thames to Antwerp
- TAG - Trinidad - Aruba - Guantanamo 1942–45
- TAM - Thames to Antwerp
- TAP - Thames to France 1945
- TAW - Trinidad - Curaçao - Key West
- TB - Trinidad to Bahia 1943–45
- TBC - Thames to Bristol Channel 1944–45
- TC - Canada to UK troopship 1939–41
- TC - Tunisia to Corsica 1943–44
- TCU - Caribbean to UK troopship
- TD - Thursday Island to Darwin
- TD - New Zealand to Northern Australia
- TE - Trinidad Eastbound
- TE - Gibraltar to North Africa 1943
- TF - Trinidad to Freetown
- TG - Trinidad to Guantanamo
- TGE - Takoradi - Lagos Eastbound
- TH - Trinidad to Halifax 1942
- TJ - Trinidad to Rio de Janeiro 1943–45
- TJF - Invasion Sicily Fast
- TJS - Invasion Sicily Slow
- TLDM - Takoradi - Lagos - Douala Maradi
- TM - Norway troopship 1940
- TM - Trinidad to Mediterranean 1942
- TMC - Thames to France 1944–45
- TMM - Thames to France 1944–45
- TN - Townsville to New Guinea
- TO - North Africa to Caribbean
- TO - Trinidad to Curaçao
- TP - Norway to UK troopship 1940
- TP - Trinidad to Paramaribo
- TP - Tarawa to Pearl Harbor
- TR - Trinidad to Recife 1943
- Trinidad - Trinidad Southeast
- TS - Takoradi to Freetown
- TS - Townsville to Sydney 1943
- TSD - Takoradi - Freetown - Dakar
- TSF - Invasion Salerno Fast
- TSM - Invasion Salerno Medium
- TSS - Invasion Salerno Slow
- TU - UK to United States troopship 1943–44
- TV - Tripoli to Valletta
- TX - Tripoli to Alexandria
U
- UA - UK to Azores 1943
- UC - UK to Curaçao
- UGF - North America to Gibraltar Fast 1942–45 Mid-Atlantic route
- UGL - United States to Gibraltar - landing craft
- UGS - North America to Gibraltar Slow 1943–45 Mid-Atlantic route
- UL - Elbe to Humber 1945
- UR - Loch Ewe to Reykjavík
- US - Australia to Suez 1940–41
- UT - United States to UK troopship 1943–44
V
- VA?
- VB - Townsville to Brisbane
- VC - Valletta to Cyrenaica 1943–44
- VD?
- VK - Sydney to Wellington
- VN - Augusta to Naples
- VN - Malta to Naples
- VN - Naples to Leghorn 1944
- VS - Townsville to Sydney
- VT - Valletta to Tripoli
- VWP?
W
- WA - Curaçao to Aruba
- WAP - Invasion 1944
- WAT - Key West, Curaçao, Trinidad
- WDC - Invasion 1944
- WEC - Isle of Wight to France 1944–45
- WEG?
- WEL - Isle of Wight to France landing craft 1944–45
- WEP - Isle of Wight to Cherbourg 1944
- WES?
- WFM - Invasion 1944
- WMP - Isle of Wight to Arromanches 1944
- WN - Clyde to Forth
- WNC - Isle of Wight to Le Havre 1944–45
- WNL - Isle of Wight to France 1945
- WO - India to Australia troopship
- WP - Milford Haven to Portsmouth
- WS - Wabana to Sydney
- WS - UK, Suez, Bombay 1940–43
- WTS - Walvis Bay - Takoradi - Freetown
- WVP - Isle of Wight to France 1944–45
- WX - Western Desert to Alexandria
X
- X?
- XB - Halifax to Boston
- XIF - Egypt to Italy
- XK - Gibraltar to UK
- XT - Alexandria to Tripoli
- XTG - Alexandria - Tripoli - Gibraltar 1943
- XW - Alexandria to Western Desert
Y
Z
- ZC - Cristóbal to Curaçao
- ZG - Cristóbal to Guantánamo 1942–45
- ZT - New Zealand to Sydney