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early sailings every 5th merged OA/OB convoy became an OG convoy at sea - later OG convoys sailed from Liverpool ON: Liverpool to Halifax Harbour: 26 July 1941 27 May 1945 307 replaced OB convoys for North American destinations - alternate convoys included slower ships until the ONS convoys started ONS: Liverpool to Halifax Harbour: 15 March 1943
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.
The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945: Its Organization, Defence, and Operation. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-0193. Blair, Clay (1998). Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942-1945. ISBN 0-304-35261-6. Alan Burn (1999). The Fighting Commodores: The Convoy Commanders in the Second World War. Naval Institute Press.
World War II Database [17] RN Convoys to Malta, Greece, and Egypt (10–11 January 1941) Operation EXPRESS RN Force A: HMS Illustrious (CV, 67) damaged by 5 Luftwaffe bombs; RN Raid on Genoa and La Spezia, Italy (9 February 1941) RN Force H: HMS Ark Royal (CV, 91) IJN Support for IJA Blockade of Southern China (Feb 1941) IJN 2nd Fleet, 2nd ...
Convoy Battles of World War II occurred when convoys of warships protected cargo ships assembled for mutual defense and were attacked by submarines, surface ships and/or aircraft. Most were in the North Atlantic from 1939 to 1943 and involved attacks by U-boat wolfpacks .
A convoy that went way off course or encountered unusually stormy or foggy weather would be lucky to make rendezvous with its escorts. [5] The largest convoy of the Second World War was Convoy HX 300 which sailed from New York to Britain on 25 July 1944, with 166 merchant ships, arriving at Liverpool without incident, on 3 August 1944. [7]
Convoys of World War II. Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. A. Arctic convoys of World War II (57 P) C.
The Malta convoys were Allied supply convoys of the Second World War. The convoys took place during the Siege of Malta in the Mediterranean Theatre . Malta was a base from which British sea and air forces could attack ships carrying supplies from Europe to Italian Libya .