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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
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 .
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.
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 ...
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 .
U-596 sank 5542-ton Marit of convoy XT 4 on 4 October and 8009-ton Cap Padaran of convoy HA 11 on 9 December 1943 [46] before being scuttled at Salamis on 19 September 1944. [ 27 ] U-616 sank USS Buck on 9 October 1943 and LCT-553 on 11 October, and damaged 7127-ton Fort ship Fort Fidler and 10,627-ton G.S. Walden of convoy GUS 39 [ 59 ] with ...
The German B-Dienst signals intelligence group, had given notice of an east-bound convoy and by 8pm on 13 March had a location for SC 122. Admiral Karl Dönitz , commanding the U-boat fleet, directed Raubgraf to intercept, forming a new rake to the west.
A number of reports about German troop movements reached Allied high command, including details of the identity and location of German armoured formations. The UK Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park which monitored and decrypted German radio traffic produced intelligence reports codenamed Ultra .