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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.
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 .
The presence of crocodiles in the Ramree swamps led other servicemen stationed on the island to believe they were significant in the battle, with one British soldier writing in his diary that "[w]hen the Army landed they drove the Japanese into the swamps and the crocodiles killed hundreds of them. They used to call the crocodiles the allies". [15]
The first convoy, designated UGF 1, was the invasion convoy sailing on 24 October 1942 and arriving on 8 November 1942. The F designated a convoy of faster ships. Thereafter, fast and slow eastbound and westbound convoys on this southern route were given four separate numbering sequences beginning with 2.
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.
Pages in category "Convoys of World War II" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... List of Allied convoy codes during World War II; 0–9.
Stone Age (or: Stoneage) (1942) — Malta convoy from Alexandria; Substance (1941) — Malta convoy; Sunrise (1945) — negotiations leading to German surrender in Italy; Supercharge II (1942) — breakthrough at Tebaga Gap, Tunisia; Survey (1943) — Malta convoy from Alexandria; Temple (1941) — failed attempt to run a merchant ship ...