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On this page, links to what I have on:
HX & HXF, SC & CU Convoys | OB, OA, ON, ONS, & UC Convoys | BB Convoys
HG, SL, MKS & MKF Convoys | OG & KMS Convoys | Malta Convoys | Norway-U.K. & back | Misc. Other

External convoy links | Sources & Acknowledgments

I also have a page listing some
incl. RU Convoys, and a page with pictures of

Since I don't have access to archives myself, this section of my website would not even exist without the help of those who have sent, and continue to send me information. Please scroll down to the end of this page for acknowledgments, or use the quick link above.

Some Tips:
As can be seen I've chosen to assemble the convoys according to designation, rather than listing them chronologically by date. If your purpose for this visit is to find info on the various voyages of a specific ship, this can be done fairly easily. First, use the Search feature on this site to find your ship. That should give you all the convoys the ship appears in on this site. By looking at the dates of departure and arrival it should then be possible to start creating a chronological overview. Note that the HX and the slower SC Convoys sailed to the U.K., while the ON convoys listed below sailed in the other direction (hopefully I'll be able to add some more of the latter).

Some external links are also very helpful, for instance Convoys, North America-UK gives you a list of the eastbound HX and SC convoys according to sailing date. The same site has a list of outbound OA and OB convoys and ON Convoys in chronological order, with departure and arrival or dispersal dates, as well as OG, OS and KMS and KMF Convoys (with the returning SL, HG and MKS and MKF convoys), Convoys to Russia (with the returning convoys) and U.S.A.-Mediterranean convoys (with returns). Links to them all are collected in a frame on this page.
Additionally, Mike Holdoway's site on the OS / KMS Convoys will help you determine if / when "your" ship joined a Mediterranean convoy. Mike also has a section for the returning SL SL / MKS convoys, and one on OB (& OA) Convoys, as well as a section for Russian Convoys and the WS Convoys. The main page has an overview of what's available on his site, fully searchable.
Again, by comparing all the resulting information and looking at sailing and arrival dates, it's possible to learn quite a bit about a ship's voyages in any given year. See also the other external links provided below.

Convoys that have not been linked up yet will be added. Please note that if a convoy is not mentioned on this page, it means I do not have that information and, therefore, it follows that I will not be able to supply that information by E-mail.

 HX & HXF Convoys – 1939-1945
 (Halifax–U.K., later New York City–U.K.)

According to Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" the 377 HX convoys lost a total of 206 ships.
Of these, 110 were lost in convoy, 60 were stragglers and 36 were losses out of convoy.

(The HXF convoys were run to accommodate ships whose speed was sufficiently high to require special convoys, but not high enough to justify inclusion in the independent category. A total of 17 were run - this number is included in the 377 above)

Unlinked convoys will be added. It will be noticed that quite a few of these convoys are incomplete and/or may also have some incorrect information, specifically the ones that are based on a diary. These will be updated with more information and/or corrected if necessary. Escorts for all these convoys will also be added.

HX 1 • HXF 1 • HX 2 • HXF 2 • HX 3 & HXS 3 • HX 4 • HX 5 • HXF 6 • HX 6 • HXF 7 • HX 7 • HXF 8 • HX 8 • HXF 9 • HX 9 • HXF 10 • HX 10 • HXF 11 • HX 11 • HXF 12 • HX 12 • HXF 13 • HX 13 • HXF 14 • HX 14 • HXF 15 • HX 15 • HXF 16 • HX 16 • HXF 17 • HX 17 • HXF 18 • HX 18 • HXF 19 • HX 19 • HXF 20 • HX 20 • HX 21 • HX 22 • HX 23 • HX 24 • HX 25 • HX 26 • HX 27 • HX 28 • HX 29 • HX 30 • HX 31 • HX 32 • HX 33 • HX 34 • HX 35 • HX 36 • HX 37 • HX 38 • HX 39 • HX 40 • HX 41 • HX 42 • HX 43 • HX 44 • HX 45 • HX 46 • HX 47 • HX 48 • HX 49 • HX 50 • HX 51 • HX 52 • HX 53 • HX 54 • HX 55 • HX 56 • HX 57 • HX 58 • HX 59 • HX 60 • HX 61 • HX 62 • HX 63 • HX 64 • HX 65 • HX 66 • HX 67 • HX 68 • HX 69 • HX 70 • HX 71** • HX 72 • HX 73 • HX 74 • HX 75 • HX 76 • HX 77 • HX 78 • HX 79 • HX 80 • HX 81 • HX 82 • HX 83 • HX 84 • HX 85 • HX 86 • HX 87 • HX 88 • HX 89 • HX 90 • HX 91 • HX 92 • HX 93 • HX 94 • HX 95 • HX 96 • HX 97 • HX 98 • HX 99 • HX 100 • HX 101 • HX 102 • HX 103 • HX 104 & BHX 104 • HX 105 • HX 106 • HX 107 • BHX 108* & HX 108 • BHX 109* & HX 109 • BHX 110* & HX 110 • HX 111 • HX 112 • HX 113 • HX 114 • HX 115 • HX 116 • HX 117 • HX 118 • HX 119 • HX 120 • HX 121 • HX 122 • HX 123 • HX 124 • HX 125 A & B • HX 126 • HX 127 • HX 128 • HX 129 • HX 130 • HX 131 • HX 132 • HX 133 • HX 134 • HX 135 • HX 136 • HX 137 • HX 138 • HX 139 • HX 140 • HX 141 • HX 142 • HX 143 • HX 144 • HX 145 • HX 146 • HX 147 • HX 148 • HX 149 • HX 150 • HX 151 • HX 152 • HX 153 • HX 154 • HX 155 • HX 156 • HX 157 • HX 158 • HX 159 • HX 160 • HX 161 • HX 162 • HX 163 • HX 164 • HX 165 • HX 166 • HX 167 • HX 168 • HX 169 • HX 170 • HX 171 • HX 172 • HX 173 • HX 174 • HX 175 • HX 176 • HX 177 • HX 178 • HX 179 • HX 180 • HX 181 • HX 182 • HX 183 • HX 184 • HX 185 • HX 186 • HX 187 • HX 188 • HX 189 • HX 190 • HX 191 • HX 192 • HX 193 • HX 194 • HX 195 • HX 196 • HX 197 • HX 198 • HX 199 • HX 200 • HX 201 • HX 202 • HX 203 • HX 204 • HX 205 • HX 206 • HX 207 • HX 208 • HX 209 • HX 210 • HX 211 • HX 212 • HX 213 • HX 214 • HX 215 • HX 216 • HX 217 • HX 218 • HX 219 • HX 220 • HX 221 • HX 222 • HX 223 • HX 224 • HX 225 • HX 226 • HX 227 • HX 228 • HX 229 • HX 229 A • HX 230 • HX 231 • HX 232 • HX 233 • HX 234 • HX 235 • HX 236 • HX 237 • HX 238 • HX 239 • HX 240 • HX 241 • HX 242 • HX 243 • HX 244 • HX 245 • HX 246 • HX 247 • HX 248 • HX 249 • HX 250 • HX 251 • HX 252 • HX 253 • HX 254 • HX 255 • HX 256 • HX 257 through HX 272 • HX 273 • HX 274 • HX 275 • HX 276 • HX 277 • HX 278 • HX 279 • HX 280 • HX 281 • HX 282 • HX 283 • HX 284 • HX 285 • HX 286 • HX 287 • HX 288 • HX 289 • HX 290 • HX 291 • HX 292 • HX 293 • HX 294 • HX 295 • HX 296 • HX 297 • HX 298 • HX 299 • HX 300 • HX 301 • HX 302 • HX 303 • HX 304 • HX 305 • HX 306 • HX 307 • HX 308 • HX 309 • HX 310 • HX 311 • HX 312 • HX 313 • HX 314 • HX 315 • HX 316 • HX 317 • HX 318 • HX 319 • HX 320 • HX 321 • HX 322 • HX 323 • HX 324 • HX 325 • HX 326 • HX 327 • HX 328 • HX 329 • HX 330 • HX 331 • HX 332 • HX 333 • HX 334 • HX 335 • HX 336 • HX 337 • HX 338 • HX 339 • HX 340 through HX 358 •

Bermuda sections only are currently available for the convoys denoted *. Main sections will be added.
** Reports and Bermuda portion only available for HX 71; main portion will be added.

As indicated above, the entire HX series will eventually be added, and already existing convoys that are currently incomplete will be updated. However, this will take a long time. Therefore, in case anyone needs to know whether a specific ship sailed in any of these convoys, I've created the following temporary pages, based on Arnold Hague's database:
Ships sailing in HX 1 through HX 50
Ships sailing in HX 51 through HX 100
Ships sailng in HX 101 through HX 150
Ships sailing in HX 151 through HX 200
Ships sailing in HX 201 through HX 250
Ships sailing in HX 251 through HX 300
Ships sailing in HX 301 through HX 358
Escorts for HX Convoys



 SC Convoys (slow) – 1940-1945
 (Sydney C.B.–U.K., later Halifax or New York–U.K.)

According to Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" the 177 SC convoys lost a total of 211 ships.
Of these, 145 were lost in convoy, 54 were stragglers and 12 were losses out of convoy.

Unlinked convoys will be added. It will be noticed that quite a few of these convoys are incomplete and/or may also have some incorrect information, specifically the ones that are based on a diary. These will be updated with more information and/or corrected if necessary. Escorts for all these convoys will also be added.

SC 1 • SC 2 • SC 3 • SC 4 • SC 5 • SC 6 • SC 7 • SC 8 • SC 9 • SC 10 • SC 11 • SC 12 • SC 13 • SC 14 • SC 15 • SC 16 • SC 17 • SC 18 • SC 19 • SC 20 • SC 21 • SC 22 • SC 23 • SC 24 • SC 25 • SC 26 • SC 27 • SC 28 • SC 29 • SC 30 • SC 31 • SC 32 • SC 33 • SC 34 • SC 35 • SC 36 through SC 41 • SC 42 • SC 43 through SC 47 • SC 48 • SC 49 • SC 50 • SC 51 • SC 52 • SC 53 • SC 54 • SC 55 • SC 56 • SC 57 • SC 58 • SC 59 • SC 60 • SC 61 • SC 62 • SC 63 • SC 64 • SC 65 • SC 66 • SC 67 • SC 68 • SC 69 • SC 70 • SC 71 • SC 72 • SC 73 • SC 74 • SC 75 • SC 76 • SC 77 • SC 78 • SC 79 • SC 80 • SC 81 • SC 82 • SC 83 • SC 84 • SC 85 • SC 86 • SC 87 • SC 88 • SC 89 • SC 90 • SC 91 • SC 92 • SC 93 • SC 94 • SC 95 • SC 96 • SC 97 • SC 98 • SC 99 • SC 100 • SC 101 • SC 102 through SC 120 • SC 121 • SC 122 • SC 123 • SC 124 • SC 125 • SC 126 • SC 127 • SC 128 • SC 129 • SC 130 • SC 131 • SC 132 • SC 133 • SC 134 • SC 135 • SC 136 • SC 137 • SC 138 • SC 139 • SC 140 • SC 141 • SC 142 • SC 143 • SC 144 • SC 145 • SC 146 • SC 147 • SC 148 • SC 149 • SC 150 • SC 151 • SC 152 • SC 153 • SC 154 • SC 155 • SC 156 • SC 157 • SC 158 • SC 159 • SC 160 • SC 161 • SC 162 • SC 163 • SC 164 • SC 165 • SC 166 • SC 167 • SC 168 through SC 177

As can be seen, the entire SC series will eventually be added, and already existing convoys that are incomplete will be updated. However, this will take a long time. Therefore, in case anyone needs to know whether a specific ship sailed in any of these convoys, I've created the following temporary pages, based on Arnold Hague's database:
Ships sailing in SC 1 through SC 50
Ships sailing in SC 51 through SC 100
Ships sailng in SC 101 through SC 150
Ships sailing in SC 151 through SC 177
Escorts for SC Convoys



 CU Convoys – 1943-1945
 (Curacao–U.K. / New York–U.K.)

The 74 CU convoys lost a total of 5 ships (exluding stragglers).
See CU 15, CU 17, CU 21, CU 36 and CU 65.

Arnold Hague states that T in the designation of some CU convoys stands for "troopship", however, it's possible this should be "Tanker".

See also ships in all CU convoys.
Escorts for all CU convoys

CU 1 • CU 2 • CU 3 • CU 4 • CU 5 • CU 6 • CU 7 • CU 8 • CU 9 • CU 10 • CU 11 • CU 12 • CU 13 • CU 14 • CU 15 • CU 16 • CU 17 • CU 18 • CU 19 • CU 20 • CU 21 • CU 22 • CU 23 • CU 24 • CU 24B • CU 25 • CU 26 • CU 27 • CU 28 • CU 29 • TCU 30 • CU 31 • CU 32 • TCU 33 • CU 34 • TCU 35 • CU 36 • CU 37 • CU 38 • CU 39 • CU 40 • CU 41 • CU 42 • CU 43 • CU 44 • CU 45 • CU 46 • CU 47 • CU 48 • CU 49 • CU 50 • CU 51 • CU 52 • CU 53 • CU 54 • CU 55 • CU 56 • CU 57 • CU 58 • CU 59 • CU 60 • CU 61 • CU 62 • CU 63 • CU 64 • CU 65 • CU 66 • CU 67 • CU 68 • CU 69 • CU 70 • CU 71 • CU 72 • CU 73

 OB Convoys – 1939-1941
(Outward from Liverpool) 
Usually joined by the OA convoy of same number.

The 345 OB convoys lost a total of 213 ships. Of these, 53 were lost in convoy, 30 were stragglers and 130 were losses out of convoy.

OB 98GF (& OA 98GF) • OB 105* • OB 169 • OB 228** • OB 244 • OB 275 • OB 286 • OB 287 • OB 288 • OB 290 Reports • OB 318

*The page for OA 105G below has some names of ships in OB 105.
** Brief reports only are available for Convoy OB 228

 OA Convoys – 1939-1940
 (U.K.–North America, some to Gibraltar)

The 226 OA convoys lost a total of 35 ships - 16 were convoy losses, 5 were stragglers and 14 were lost out of convoy.

OA 23* • OA 92 • OA 98GF (& OB 98GF) • OA 99 • OA 100G • OA 105G (OG 21) • OA 175*

* Reports only are available for Convoys OA 23 and OA 175
(in the case of OA 23, there's not much about the convoy itself, only some details about suspected U-boats).

Note that this external website has more OB (& OA) Convoys.

 ON Convoys – 1941-1945
 (U.K.–North America)

The 307 ON convoys lost a total of 162 ships. Of these, 81 were lost in convoy, 43 were stragglers and 38 were losses out of convoy.

The following are available (convoys that are not linked up will be added).

ON 1 • ON 2 • ON 3 • ON 4 • ON 5 • ON 6 • ON 7 • ON 8 • ON 9 • ON 10 • ON 11 • ON 12 • ON 13 • ON 14 • ON 15 • ON 16 • ON 17 • ON 18 • ON 19 • ON 20 • ON 21 • ON 22 • ON 23 • ON 24 • ON 25 • ON 26 • ON 27 • ON 28 • ON 29 • ON 30 • ON 31 • ON 32 • ON 33 • ON 34 • ON 35 • ON 36 • ON 37 • ON 38 through ON 91 • ON 92 • ON 93 through ON 98 • ON 99 • ON 100 through ON 121 • ON 122 • ON 123 • ON 124 • ON 125 • ON 126 • ON 127 • ON 128 • ON 129 through ON 144 • ON 145 • ON 146 through ON 151 • ON 152 • ON 153 • ON 154* • ON 155 • ON 156 • ON 157 • ON 158 • ON 159 • ON 160 • ON 161 • ON 162 • ON 163 • ON 164 • ON 165 • ON 166 • ON 167 • ON 168 • ON 169 • ON 170 • ON 171 through ON 180 • ON 181 • ON 182 through ON 201 • ON 202/ONS 18 • ON 203 through ON 211 • ON 212 • ON 213 through ON 223 • ON 224 • ON 225 through ON 260 • ON 261 • ON 262 through ON 269 • ON 270 • ON 271 through ON 276 • ON 277 • ON 278 • ON 279 • and ON 280 through ON 305

As can be seen, the entire ON series will eventually be added, however, this will take a long time. Therefore, in case anyone needs to know whether a specific ship sailed in any of these convoys, I've created the following temporary pages, naming all the ships (the files are quite large, and may take a while to load):
Ships sailing in ON 1 through ON 100
Ships sailing in ON 101 through ON 200
Ships sailng in ON 201 through ON 249
Ships sailing in ON 250 through ON 305
Escorts for ON Convoys

* For more on Convoy ON 154, please see this this external website as well as Uboat.net's account

 ONS Convoys – 1943-1945
 (U.K.–North America)

The 51 ONS convoys lost a total of 19 ships. Of these, 16 were lost in convoy, and 3 were stragglers.

Convoys not yet linked up will be added

• ONS 1 • ONS 2 • ONS 3 • ONS 4 • ONS 5 • ONS 6 • ONS 7 • ONS 8 • ONS 9 • ONS 10 • ONS 11 • ONS 12 • ONS 13 • ONS 14 • ONS 15 • ONS 16 • ONS 17 • ONS 18 • and ONS 19 through ONS 51 will be added

In case anyone needs to know whether a specific ship sailed in any of the above convoys before I can get them all added, I've created the following temporary pages, naming all the ships:
Ships sailing in ONS 1 through ONS 51
Escorts for ONS Convoys

 UC Convoys – 1943-1945
 (U.K.–New York)

The 103 UC convoys lost a total of 3 ships, 2 of which were lost in convoy, and 1 was a straggler.

UC 21 •

The entire UC series will be added - in the meantime,
see the ships sailing in all UC convoys
Escorts for UC convoys

 BB Convoys – 1940-1943
 (Belfast–Bristol Channel, later Clyde–Bristol Channel 1945)

Some of the ships that arrived in HX or SC convoys etc. came to Belfast were they waited for a feeder convoy to take them on to their respective destinations. In the case of the BB's this was usually ports in the Bristol channel.

Out of a total of 430 convoys (4653 ships) only 1 ship was lost. (The American Will Rogers was damaged when in BB 80 in Apr.-1945).

The numbering sequence of these convoys is a bit unusual, in that the same designation has been used more than once.
I'll add them in the order in which they sailed, as follows:

1941
Apr.:
 BB 3
July:
 BB 43
Aug.:
 BB 65
Dec.:
 BB 7 • BB 8 • BB 9 • BB 10
1942
Jan.:
 BB 20 • BB 21 • BB 23 • BB 25 • BB 26 • BB 27 • BB 28 • BB 30
Febr.:
 BB 32 • BB 34 • BB 35 • BB 36 • BB 37 • BB 38 • BB 41 • BB 42 • BB 43
March:
 BB 44 • BB 46 • BB 47 • BB 48 • BB 50 • BB 51 • BB 52 • BB 53 • BB 54 • BB 55
Apr.:
 BB 56 • BB 57 • BB 58 • BB 59 • BB 60 • BB 61 • BB 62 • BB 63 • BB 64 • BB 65 • BB 66 • BB 67 • BB 68
May:
 BB 69 • BB 70 • BB 71 • BB 72 • BB 73 • BB 74 • BB 75 • BB 76 • BB 77 • BB 78 • BB 79 • BB 80
June:
 BB 81 • BB 82 • BB 83 • BB 84 • BB 85 • BB 86 • BB 87 • BB 88 • BB 89 • BB 90 • BB 91 • BB 92 • BB 93
July:
 BB 94 • BB 95 • BB 96 • BB 97 • BB 98 • BB 99 • BB 3 • BB 4 • BB 5
Aug.:
 BB 6 • BB 7 • BB 8 • BB 9 • BB 10 • BB 11 • BB 12 • BB 13 • BB 14* • BB 15
* See also HX 203
Sept.:
 BB 16 • BB 17 • BB 18 • BB 19 • BB 20 • BB 21 • BB 22 • BB 23 • BB 24
Oct.:
 BB 26 • BB 27 • BB 28 • BB 29 • BB 30 • BB 31
Nov.:
 BB 32 • BB 33 • BB 34 • BB 35 • BB 36 • BB 37 • BB 38 • BB 39
Dec.:
 BB 40 • BB 41 • BB 42 • BB 43 • BB 44 • BB 45 • BB 46

 HG Convoys – 1939-1942
 (Gibraltar–U.K.)

HG 1 • HG 2 • HG 3 • HG 4 • HG 5 • HG 6 • HG 7 • HG 8 • HG 9 • HG 10 • HG 11 • HGF 13 • HG 13 • HGF 15 • HGF 16 • HG 16 • HGF 17 • HG 17 • HGF 18 • HG 18 • HGF 19 • HG 19 • HGF 20 • HG 20 • HGF 21 • HG 21 • HGF 22 • HG 22 • HGF 23 • HG 23 • HGF 24 • HG 24 • HGF 25 • HG 25 • HGF 26 • HGF 27 • HG 27 • HGF 28 • HG 28 • HGF 29 • HG 29 • HGF 30 • HG 30 • HGF 31 • HG 31 • HGF 32 • HG 32 • HGF 33 • HG 33 • HGF 34 • HG 34 • HG 35 • HG Z • HG 36 • HG Y • HG 37 • HG 38 • HG 39 • HG 40 • HG 41 • HG 42 • HG 43 • HG 44 • HG 45 • HG 46 • HG 47 • HG 48 • HG 49 • HG 50 • HG 51 • HG 52 • HG 53 • HG 54 • HG 55 • HG 56 • HG 57 • HG 58 • HG 59 • HG 60 • HG 61 • HG 62 • HG 63 • HG 64 • HG 65 • HG 66* • HG 68* • HG 70* • HG 72* • HG 73* • HG 75 • HG 76 • HG 77 • HG 78 & HG 78A • HG 79 • HG 80 • HG 81 • HG 82 • HG 83 • HG 84 • HG 85 • HG 86 • HG 87 • HG 88 •

* Reports only are available for convoys HG 66, HG 68, HG 70, HG 72 and HG 73.
(The report for HG 66 includes info on HMS Farndale's rescue of survivors from Auris, while the report in connection with HG 68 has no information on the convoy itself, but deals with the boarding of the French steamer Isac by crew from HMS Beverley - detached from HG 68. Similarly, the report for HG 72 has nothing on the convoy itself, but is an account of a sighting of, and attack on, a Focke Wolfe aircraft on Sept. 14, as well as the sinking of 1 ship in the convoy on the 15th).

 SL Convoys – 1939-1944
 (Freetown–U.K.)
See this external page for a description

The following are available and will be added:

SL 30 • SL 31 • SL 32 • SL 33 • SL 34 • SL 35 • SL 36 • SL 37 • SL 38 • SL 39 • SL 40 • SL 41 • SL 42 •

SLS 64 has already been added - follow the link

 MKS (slow) and MKF (fast) Convoys – Nov. 1942-1945
 (Mediterranean–U.K.)

Out of a total of 276 convoys (this number includes SL convoys), 124 ships were lost.
Of these, 75 were lost in convoy, 33 were stragglers and 16 were out of convoy losses.
The 51 MKF convoys lost 2 ships.

The following are available (convoys not yet linked up will be added):

MKS 1X & MKS 1Y • MKS 2 • MKS 2A • MKS 3X & MKS 3Y • MKS 4 & MKS 4Y • MKS 5 & MKS 5X • MKS 6 • MKS 7 • MKS 8 • MKS 9 • MKS 10 • MKS 11 • MKS 12 • MKS 13 • MKS 14 • MKS 15 • MKS 16 & MKS 16A • MKS 18 • MKS 19 & MKS 19Y • MKS 20 • MKS 21 • MKS 22 • MKS 23 • MKS 24 • MKS 25 • MKS 26 • MKS 27 • MKS 28 • MKS 29 • MKS 30 • MKS 31 • MKS 32 • MKS 33 • MKS 34 • MKS 35 • MKS 36 • MKS 37 • MKS 38 • MKS 39 • MKS 40 • MKS 41 • MKS 42 • MKS 43 • MKS 44 • MKS 45 • MKS 46 • MKS 47 • MKS 48 • MKS 49 • MKS 50 • MKS 51 • MKS 52 • MKS 53 • MKS 54 • MKS 55 • MKS 56 • MKS 57 • MKS 58 • MKS 59 • MKS 60 • MKS 61 • MKS 62 • MKS 63 • MKS 64 • MKS 65 • MKS 66 • MKS 67 • MKS 68 • MKS 69 • MKS 70 • MKS 71 • MKS 72 • MKS 73 • MKS 74 • MKS 75 • MKS 76 • MKS 77 • MKS 78 • MKS 79 • MKS 80 • MKS 81 • MKS 82 • MKS 83 • MKS 84 • MKS 85 • MKS 86 • MKS 87 • MKS 88 • MKS 89 • MKS 90 • MKS 91 • MKS 92 • MKS 93 • MKS 94 • MKS 95 • MKS 96 • MKS 97 • MKS 98 • MKS 99 • MKS 100 • MKS 101 • MKS 102 • MKS 103

Note that some of the above will be incomplete, as they joined up (off Gibraltar) with SL convoys from Freetown.
This external site has info on the combined SL / MKS convoys.

As can be seen, the entire MKS series will eventually be added, which will take a long time to complete. Therefore, for those who needs to know whether a specific ship sailed in any of these convoys before I can get them all added, I've created the following temporary pages, naming all the ships:
Convoy MKS 1 through MKS 30
Convoy MKS 31 through MKS 45
Convoy MKS 46 through MKS 60
Convoy MKS 61 through MKS 103
Escorts for MKS Convoys

• MKF 18 • MKF 19 • MKF 20 • MKF 22 • MKF 24 • MKF 24A • MKF 25 • MKF 26 • MKF 27 • MKF 27A • MKF 28 • MKF 28A • MKF 29 • MKF 29A • MKF 29B • MKF 30 • MKF 31 • MKF 32 • MKF 33 • MKF 34 • MKF 35 • MKF 36 • MKF 36A • MKF 37 • MKF 38 • MKF 39 •


 OG Convoys – 1939-1942
 (U.K.–Gibraltar)

OG 1 through OG 89 are now available, and will be added to individual pages in due course.
In the meantime, see
Ships sailing in OG convoys
Escorts for OG Convoys

The following have been added to the site:

OGF 20* • OG 21 • OG 47** • OG 71 • OG 79 •

* For info on OGF 20, see OA 98GF & OB 98GF
** Attack report only has been posted to the page for OG 47 - names of ships are available at the link to all OG convoys above.

KMS Convoys – 1942-1945
 (U.K.-Mediterranean, Slow)

Out of a total of 147 convoys (this number includes OS convoys, with which some of the KMS convoys were combined - see this external site), 75 ships were lost.
Of these, 51 were lost in convoy, 5 were stragglers and 19 were lost out of convoy.

The following are available (convoys not yet linked up will be added):

KMS 1 • KMS 2 • KMS 3 • KMS 4 • KMS 5 • KMS 6 • KMS 7 • KMS 8 • KMS 9 • KMS 10 • KMS 11 • KMS 12 • KMS 13 • KMS 14 • KMS 15 • KMS 16 • KMS 17 • KMS 18 • KMS 19 • KMS 20 • KMS 21 • KMS 22 • and KMS 23 through KMS 98 •

As can be seen, the entire KMS series will eventually be added, which will take a long time to complete. Therefore, for those who needs to know whether a specific ship sailed in any of these convoys before I can get them all added, I've created the following temporary pages, naming all the ships:
Ships sailing in KMS 1 through KMS 30
Ships sailing in KMS 31 through KMS 50
Ships sailing in KMS 51 through KMS 98
Escorts for KMS Convoys


 Malta Convoys – 1940-1943 

Very limited data on the following will be added:

MF 1/MS1 • MF 2 • MF 3 • MF 4 • MW 3/ME 3 • MW 4/ME 4 • MW 5A & B • ME 5A • MG 1 • MW 5 1/2/ME 5 1/2 • MW 6 • ME 7 • MW 7A & B • GM 1 • GM 2/MG 2 • GM 3 • ME 8 • MW 8 • ME 9 • MW 9 • ME 10 • MW 10 • GM 4 • MW 11 • WS 21s • MW 12 • MW 13 • MW 14 • MW 15 • MW 16 • MW 17 • MW 18 • MW 19 • ME 11 • ME 12 • ME 14 • ME 15 • ME 16 • ME 17 •

 Norway to UK Convoys – 1939-1940 

See also this list of ships sailing in the HN convoys.

HN 0 • Narvik-Methil • HN 1 • HN 2 • HN 3 • HN 4 • Narvik-Methil 2 • HN 5 • HN 6 • HN 7 • HN 8 • HN 9A • HN 9B • HN 10 • HN 10B • HN 11 • HN 12 • HN 14 • HN 15 • HN 16 • HN 17 • HN 18 • HN 19 • HN 20 • HN 21 • HN 22 • HN 23A • HN 23B • HN 24 • HN 25

There was no Convoy HN 13.

See also:
List of all HN / ON Convoys w/Arrival & Departure Dates | Escorts HN & ON Convoys | Air Attacks on HN & ON Convoys

 UK to Norway Convoys – 1939-1940 

ON 1 • ON 2 • ON 3 • ON 4 • ON 5 • ON 6 • ON 7 • ON 8 • ON 9 • ON 10 • ON 11 • ON 12 • ON 14 • ON 15 • ON 16 • ON 17 • ON 17A • ON 18 • ON 19 • ON 20 • ON 21 • ON 22 • ON 23 • ON 24 • ON 25

There was no Convoy ON 13.

 Misc. Convoys: 

HS 35 (Halifax–Sydney C.B.) TM 1 account (Trinidad–Mediterranean)
UGS 45 (U.S.A.–Gibraltar, later Port Said)
GUS 33 (Port Said - USA - slow) GUS 44
GUS 45 GUS 46
GUS 47 GUS 48
FS 33 (1943) - Forth South, Firth of Forth–Thames GN 32 (Jamaica–New York)
KJ 2 (Kingston–Europe) KJ 3
CM 37 A & B - Capetown–Kilindini-Aden AP 3 / AB 1
AP 50 / AB 18 PA 54/PB 57 (Persian Gulf–Aden/Persian Gulf–Bombay)
FP 1 (Famagusta–Port Said)
Troop Convoys
WS 12 (UK–Suez/Bombay) WS 21
WS 21P


Related external links:
 Convoy Routing Codes
 More Routing Codes - A section of Uboat.net's site.
Convoy Routes - WW I and WW II.
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". It also has yearly statistics showing the number of convoys sailing each year, with total number of ships and losses (the site does not, however, name the ships in each convoy). Text is in German, but it's fairly self explanatory. (My link goes to the section for 1939-1940). It's a section of Chronik des Seekrieges 1939-1945, Jürgen Rohwer/Gerhard Hümmelchen. The site also shows similar information for several other series.

Misc. sites with info on individual convoys:
 OS and OS/KMS Convoys with a lot of valuable information, as well as SL convoys, OB (& OA) Convoys, Russian Convoys and WS Convoys. Here's the main page, which now also includes information from Arnold Hague's database and much more.
Convoy HX 72 & U-100 - this website has a section with more info on cargo, destination and number of crew of the Ships Lost and Damaged as well as post war fates of the ships that survived the war. Additionally, it lists the names of the 116 allied merchant seamen who were killed in the attack on HX 72 on the Memorial Page - The men who died.
 The Attack on SC 107 - from Tom Purnell's website above.
Convoy HX 84 ships - From the Jervis Bay website.
Joining the war at sea - A book by Franklyn E. Dailey Jr. This is linked to the chapter on convoy preparations, with details on Convoy HX 150, AT 20, KMF 25A, SC 48, ON 67. The site also has info on the loss of the Rescue Ship Toward, USS Buck and much more, including info on Troop Convoy AT 20. Here's his Table of Contents.
Group Wotan and the Battle for Convoy SC 104
A section of Rob Fisher's Home Page. He also has articles about The battle for Convoy ON 113 and Convoys ONS-18/ON-202 He keeps changing his links (this is the 3rd or 4th time I've fixed them) so if these don't work, all the articles can be found on this page.
The Battle for Convoy ONS 5 - A long article on this battle - a section of Ahoy - Mac's Web Log, which has a lot of interesting information. There's also a page on Convoy PQ 17 and much more.
Convoy ONS 154 - Barbara & Gordon Mumford's website which describes the battle in great detail.
 The Singapore Convoys
Route to the East - the WS Convoys - The late Arnold Hague's unpublished book, listing the ships in all these convoys. Includes an alphabetical list of ships sailing in them.
Convoy Willliam Sail 12X (Task Force 14) - An account of the little known convoy that sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia with British and American troops, before U.S. entry into the war (a section of Children of Far East Prisoners of War).
More Willliam Sail 12X - Includes a detailed account on preparations etc. (a section of Britain at War).
Convoy OB 288 - A list of the ships taking part (see also my own page about this convoy, link further up on this page).
U.S. Merchant Marine in WW II - More convoy information.
Convoy Battles - Uboat.net's convoy accounts.
List of Greenland Convoys - Here's the the main page.
HMS Poppy / PQ 17
Convoy HG 76 - From a site about Captain Walker. There's also a section on Convoy PQ 17.
Troop Convoy AT 20

Sources / Acknowledgments:
A lot of the initial HX and SC convoy information was received from Ted Agar (England), who has worked for years putting it together, based on a diary. In most of the lists from Ted the ships' names appear to be given according to the time they left port, with a few minutes between each ship, and in most cases I've kept them that way when listing all the ships at the end of each table. It's important to note with regard to the HX convoys that Ted's lists include ships joining the convoy from Halifax only; ships joining from Sydney, C.B and/or Newfoundland are not listed in the diary, but this information has been, or will be, added from other sources.
Since then, Roger Griffiths has supplied me with a vast amount of convoy forms and reports. These are original A-1 forms or Advance Sailing Telegrams from the Public Records Office in Kew.
Also, as will be seen, Tony Cooper in England is responsible for a lot of the information in this section, including the Norwegian convoys, HG convoys, MKS convoys, RU convoys and others. These are also based on original documents from the Public Records Office in Kew.
Additinally, Don Kindell has sent me a lot of valuable convoy information, including HX, ON, ONS, OG, KMS, MKS, CU and UC convoys, as well as Norwegian convoys - these are all based on Arnold Hague's database.
From Olaf Evertse, Holland I've received quite a few ON convoys and reports, and Robert Martin has provided some of the KMS convoy information and others.
Dominique Lemaire, Don Bertke, Phil Morgan and David Tranter have provided invaluable corrections, as have several other visitors to the site. Many thanks also to Roy Martin.

Once I've added the ships in their stations, I check the spelling and add nationalities and other relevant information with the help of my various books, as follows:
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" and "Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945", as well as "Convoys to Russia" by Arnold Hague and Bob Ruegg. Roger W. Jordan's "The World's Merchant Fleet 1939" is of great help to me when looking for the nationality of a ship, as is E. Gröner's "Taschenbuch der Handelsflotten".

Some of the lists may be incomplete. If anyone has further information (or corrections), please do let me know. By helping me put these convoy pages together, you'll help so many people who are looking for this information. Contact address can be found below.

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