List of Allied convoy codes during World War II

A

AB - Miscellaneous 1939

AB - Aden to Bombay 1942–45 (reverse BA)

ABF - Aden to Bombay Fast Troopship

AC - Alexandria to Tobruk ("Cyrenaica") 1941

AG - Alexandria to Greece 1941

AH - Aruba to Halifax 1942 (reverse HA)

AH - Augusta to Italy ("Heel of Italy") 1943–45 (reverse HA)

AJ - Aden to Colombo ("Jaffna") (reverse JA)

AK - Aden to Kilindini 1942–45 (reverse KA)

AKD - Aden to Kilindini, then Durban

AM - Chittagong to Madras (reverse MA)

AN - Alexandria to Piraeus ("Aegean Northbound") 1940–41 (reverse AS)

ANF - Alexandria to Piraeus ("Aegean Northbound Fast") 1940–41 (reverse ASF)

AN - Admiralty Islands to New Guinea (reverse NA)

AP - UK to Egypt Troopship 1940

ARG - Boston to Argentia

ARM - Mediterranean local traffic

AS - Piraeus to Alexandria ("Aegean Southbound")1940–41 (reverse AN)

AS - New York to Suez ("America–Suez")1942

AT - Alexandria to Tobruk 1941 (reverse TA)

AT - United States to UK Troopship 1942–45 (reverse TA)

ATM - Antwerp to Thames 1944–45

AW - Aruba to Curaçao ("Willemstad") (reverse WA)

B

BA - Bombay to Aden 1942-45 (reverse AB)

BAF - Bombay to Aden Fast troopship (reverse ABF)

BB - Belfast to Bristol Channel 1940-43

BB - Clyde to Bristol Channel 1945

BC - Beira to Durban ("Cape") (reverse CB)

BC - Bristol Channel to Biscay

BD - White Sea to Dikson 1943-45 (reverse DB)

BEC - Bristol Channel to France 1944 (as EBC)

BF - Bahia to Freetown 1943-45

BG - Milne Bay to New Guinea (reverse GB)

BG - Brisbane to Gladstone

BHX - Bermuda to HX rendezvous (feeder convoy)

BK - Bombay to Karachi 1943

BK - White Sea to Kola 1943-45 (reverse KB)

Blue - Port Said to Gibraltar 1939

BM - Bombay to Singapore 1942

BM - Bombay to Colombo 1942-45 (reverse MB)

BN - Bombay to Suez ("Northward")

BN - New Britain to New Guinea (reverse NB)

BP - Bombay to Persian Gulf (reverse PB)

BRN - Bahia to Recife ("Northward")

BS - Suez to Aden 1940-41

BS - Corner Brook to Sydney CB (reverse SB)

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 (reverse XB)

BZ - Bombay to Kilindini and Aden

C

C - Colombo to dispersal 1942

CA - Cape Town Southward

CB - Durban to Beira (reverse BC)

CD - Cape Town to Durban (reverse DC)

CE - Channel Eastward (reverse CW)

CF - Cape Town to West Africa

CF - Colombo to Fremantle

CG - Casablanca to Gibraltar (reverse GC)

CH - Chittagong to Calcutta (reverse HC)

CJ - Calcutta to Colombo (reverse JC)

CK - Havana ("Cuba") to Key West

CK - Charleston to UK 1944

CL - St. John's to Sydney (reverse LC)

CM - Cape Town to Kilindini ("Cape Military")

CN - Cape Town Northbound

CNF - Sicily Invasion Force

CO - Newcastle to Melbourne, Adelaide 1942 (reverse OC)

COC - Plymouth to Brittany 1944-45

CP - Curaçao to Panama

CRD - Casablanca to Dakar (reverse DRC)

CT - UK to Canada Troopship 1941 (reverse TC)

CT - Corsica, Sardinia, Bizerta 1944 (reverse TC)

CU - tankers from Curaçao (or New York) to UK (reverse UC)

CV - Cyrenaica to Valletta 1944 (reverse VC)

CW - Cristobal to Key West

CW - Channel Westward

CX - Colombo to Addu Atoll

CZ - Curaçao to Cristobal (reverse ZC)

D

D - Dakar to Casablanca

DB - Dikson to White Sea 1942 (reverse BD)

DBF - Dakar, Bathurst, Freetown 1943

DC - Durban to Cape Town (reverse CD)

DF - Clyde to Faroes (reverse FD)

DG - Thursday Is. to Merauke (reverse GD)

DK - Durban to Kilindini (reverse KD)

DKA - Durban, Kilindini, Aden (reverse AKD)

DLM - Durban to Lourenço Marques (reverse LMD)

DM - Durban to Malaya 1941-42

DN - Durban Northwards

DR - Dakar to Gibraltar

DRC - Dakar to Casablanca (reverse CRD)

DS - Clyde to Reykjavík (reverse SD)

DSF - Dakar to Freetown (reverse FSD)

DSL - Dakar, Freetown, Lagos (reverse LSD)

DSP - Dakar, Freetown, Pointe Noire (reverse PAD)

DST - Dakar, Freetown, Takoradi (reverse TSD)

DT - Darwin to Thursday Is. (reverse TD)

DWI - Dutch West Indies to UK 1943 (not used)

E

E - Trinidad to dispersal

EBC - Bristol Channel to France (coastal) 1944 (reverse FBC)

EBM - Bristol Channel to France (MT) 1944

EC - Southend to Oban 1941

ECM - Falmouth to France 1944

ECP - Portland to Seine (Personnel) 1944 (reverse FCP)

EMM - Belfast to France 1944

EMP - Belfast to France (personnel) 1944

EN - Methil to Oban

EPM - Portland to France (MT) 1944 (reverse FPM)

EPP - Portland to France (personnel) 1944 (reverse FPP)

ET - North Africa to Gibraltar 1942-1943

ETC - Thames to France (coastal) 1944 (reverse FTC)

ETM - Thames to France (MT) 1944 (reverse FTM)

EWC - Spithead to Normandy (coastal) 1944

EWL - Isle of Wight to France (landing craft) 1944 (reverse (FWL)

EWM - Isle of Wight to France (MT) 1944 (reverse (FWM)

EWP - Isle of Wight to France (personnel) 1944 (reverse FWP)

EXP - Invasion forces 1944 (reverse (FXP)

F

FB - Freetown to Bahia (reverse BF)

FBC - Seine to Bristol Channel 1944

FC - France to West of England 1944

FCP - France to West of England (personnel) 1944

FD - Faroes to Clyde (reverse DF)

FFT - Freetown to Trinidad 1942–1943

FG - Fremantle to Adelaide 1942–1945 (reverse GF)

FH - St. John to Halifax 1942–1945 (reverse HF)

FJ - Florianópolis to Rio de Janeiro (reverse JF)

FM - Milne Bay to Port Moresby (reverse MF)

FN - Thames to Forth ("Forth North")1939–1945 (reverse FS)

FP - Britain to Norway (Troopships) 1940

FPM - France to Portland (military) 1944

FPP - France to Portland (personnel) 1944

FS - Forth to Thames ("Forth South") 1939–1945 (reverse FN)

FSD - Freetown to Dakar 1944

FTC - France to Thames (coasters) 1944

FTM - France to Thames (military) 1944

FWC - France to Isle of Wight (coasters) 1944

FWL - France to Isle of Wight (landing craft) 1944 (reverse WEL)

FWM - France to Isle of Wight (military) 1944

FWP - France to Isle of Wight (personnel) 1944

FXP - France to UK (invasion ) 1944

G

G - Guantanamo to San Juan

GAT - Guantanamo - Aruba - Trinidad (reverse TAG)

GB - New Guinea to Milne Bay (reverse BG)

GC - Gibraltar to Casablanca (reverse CG)

GD - Merauke to Thursday Island (reverse DG)

GF - Adelaide to Fremantle (reverse FG)

GI - New Guinea to Philippines (reverse IG)

GJ - Guantanamo to Kingston ("Jamaica") (reverse JG)

GK - Guantanamo to Key West (reverse KG)

GM - Gibraltar to Malta (reverse MG)

GM - Galveston to Mississippi (reverse MG)

GN - Guantanamo to New York (reverse NG)

GP - Guantanamo to Panama (reverse PG)

GP - Sydney to Townsville

Green - Gibraltar to Port Said 1939

GREYBACK - Dieppe to Newhaven

GS - Greenland to Sydney, Saint John's (reverse SG)

GS - Grimsby to Southend (reverse SG)

GT - Gladstone to Townsville

GTX - Gibraltar - Tripoli - Alexandria 1943

GUF - Gibraltar to North America Fast 1943-45 Mid-Atlantic route (reverse UGF)

GUS - Gibraltar to North America Slow 1943-45 Mid-Atlantic route (reverse UGS)

GZ - Guantanamo to Canal Zone (reverse ZG)

H

HA - Halifax to Curaçao 1942 (reverse AH)

HA - Heel of Italy to Augusta 1943-45 (reverse AH)

HB - Australia to India Troopships 1945

HC - Calcutta to Chittagong (reverse CH)

HF - Halifax to St John NB (reverse FH)

HG - Gibraltar to UK ("Homeward") 1939-42 (reverse OG)

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 (reverse JH)

HK - Galveston ("Houston") to Key West (reverse KH)

HM - Holyhead to Milford Haven (reverse MH)

HN - Bergen to Methil ("Homeward from Norway")1939-40 (reverse ON)

HON - ON ships joining from Halifax

HP - Heel of Italy to Piraeus (reverse PH)

HS - Halifax to Sydney (reverse SH)

HT - Halifax to Trinidad (reverse TH)

HX - North America to UK, 1939-45 North Atlantic route (reverse ON).

HXA - HX ships via English Channel 1939-40, 1944–45

HXF - Halifax to UK Fast 1939-40

I

IG - Philippines to New Guinea (reverse GI)

IXF - Italy to Egypt (reverse XIF)

J

JA - Colombo to Aden (reverse AJ)

JC - Colombo to Calcutta (reverse CJ)

JF - Rio de Janeiro to Florianópolis (reverse FJ)

JG - Kingston ("Jamaica") to Guantanamo (reverse GJ)

JH - St. John's NFL to Halifax (reverse HJ)

JM - India to Madagascar 1943

JMG - India to Malaya Invasion 1945

JN - St. John's NFL to Labrador (reverse NJ)

JR - Rio de Janeiro to Recife (reverse RJ)

JS - Colombo to Singapore 1941-42 (reverse SJ)

JT - Rio de Janeiro to Trinidad (reverse TJ)

JW - UK to USSR 1943-45 Arctic route (reverse RA)

K

K - Casablanca to Brest

KA - Kilindini to Aden (reverse AK)

KB - Kola to White Sea (reverse BK)

KD - Kilindini to Durban (reverse DK)

KG - Key West to Guantanamo (reverse GK)

KH - Key West to Galveston ("Houston") (reverse HK)

KJ - Kingston ("Jamaica") to UK 1940

KM - Kilindini to Diego Suarez ("Madagascar") (reverse MK)

KMF UK to Mediterranean Fast 1942-45 (reverse MKF)

KMS UK to Mediterranean Slow 1942-45 (reverse MKS)

KN - Key West to New York (reverse KS)

KP - Key West to Pilottown (reverse PK)

KP - Karachi to Persian Gulf

KP - Kola to Petsamo 1944-45

KR - Kilindini to Ceylon (reverse RK)

KR - Calcutta to Rangoon 1945 (reverse RK)

KS - Casablanca to Brest Slow

KS - New York to Key West ("Key West South") (reverse KN)

KW - Key West to Havana (reverse CK)

KX - UK to Gibraltar 1942-45 (reverse XK)

L

LC - Sydney to St. John's NFL (reverse CL)

LE - Port Said to Haifa ("Levant East") (reverse LW)

LGE - Lagos Eastbound (reverse LGW)

LGW - Lagos Westbound (reverse LGE)

LM - Lagos to Matadi

LMD - Lourenço Marques to Durban (reverse DLM)

LN - St. Lawrence to Labrador (reverse NL)

LQ - Barrier Reef to Brisbane

LS - Lagos to Freetown

LSD - Lagos - Freetown - Dakar (reverse DSL)

LTS - Lagos - Takoradi - Freetown (reverse STL)

LU - Humber to Elbe 1945 (reverse UL)

LW - Haifa to Port Said ("Levant West") (reverse LE)

M

MA - Mombasa to Aden

MA - Madras to Chittagong 1943 (reverse AM)

MB - Colombo to Bombay (reverse BM)

MB - Port Moresby to Fall River

MC - Aden to Cape Town (reverse CM)

MD - Madagascar to Durban

ME - Malta to Egypt ("Malta Eastward") (reverse MW)

MF - Port Moresby to Milne Bay (reverse FM)

MG - Malta to Gibraltar (reverse GM)

MG - Mississippi to Galveston (reverse GM)

MH - Milford Haven to Holyhead (reverse HM)

MK - Madagascar to Kilindini (reverse KM)

MKF - Mediterranean to UK Fast 1942-45 (reverse KMF)

MKS - Mediterranean to UK Slow 1942-45 (reverse KMS)

MN - Mauritius to Seychelles

MO - Marseilles to Oran (reverse OM)

MR - Madras to Rangoon (reverse RM)

MS - Melbourne to Singapore 1941-42

MS - Marseilles to Naples 1944-45 (reverse SM)

MT - Methil to Tyne 1940-41

MT - Port Moresby to Townsville 1942

MTC - Seine to Southend coaster (reverse TMC)

MTM - Seine to Southend military (reverse TMM)

MV - Milne Bay to Townsville

MW - Alexandria to Malta ("Malta Westward")

MWS?

N

NA - Canada to UK troopship

NA - New Guinea to Admiralty Islands

NAP - Dover to France 1944

NB - New Guinea to New Britain (reverse BN)

NC - Walvis Bay to Cape Town

NCF - Sicily Invasion Fast 1943 (reverse CNF)

NCS - Sicily Invasion Slow 1943

NE - New Zealand to Panama

NG - New York City to Guantanamo (reverse GN)

NJ - Newfoundland coastal to St. John's (reverse JN)

NK - New York to Key West (reverse KN)

NL - Labrador to St. Lawrence (reverse LN)

NLY - Hollandia - Leyte - Lingayen

NP - Norway troopship 1940

NR - Norway to Methil 1945 (reverse RN)

NS - New Caledonia to Sydney (reverse SN)

NSF - North Africa to Naples troopship (reverse SNF)

NT - New Guinea to Townsville (reverse TN)

NV - Naples to Augusta (reverse VN)

NYC - New York City East Coast Bermuda UK

O

OA - UK (Thames) Outbound 1939-41

OB - UK (Liverpool) Outbound 1939-41

OC - Melbourne to Newcastle (reverse CO)

OG - UK ("outbound") to Gibraltar (reverse HG)

OM - Oran to Marseilles 1944 (reverse MO)

ON - Methil to Bergen ("Outbound Norway") 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 (F) - Fast ON 1941-43 (reverse HX)

ON (S) - Slow ON 1941-43 (reverse SC)

ONS - UK to North America 1943-45 North Atlantic route, replaced ON (S) (reverse SC)

OS - Liverpool to Freetown ("Outbound South")

OSS - continuation of OS route south

OT - Trinidad to North Africa ("Outbound Trinidad")

OT - Trinidad to Caribbean local ("Outbound Trinidad")

OW - Australia to India ("Outbound West")

P

PA - Persian Gulf to Aden

PAD - Pointe Noire, Freetown, Dakar

PB - Persian Gulf to Bombay (reverse BP)

PG - Brisbane to Sydney (reverse GP)

PG - Panama to Guantanamo 1943 (reverse GP)

PGE - Pointe Noire Southward

PH - Piraeus to Heel of Italy (reverse HP)

PK - Pilottown to Key West (reverse KP)

PN - Port Said to Turkey (Port Said "Northward") (reverse NP)

PQ - UK to USSR 1941-42 Arctic route (reverse QP)

PQ - Townsville to Port Moresby 1942

PR - Piraeus to Dardanelles ("Rabbit Island") (reverse RP)

PT - Paramaribo to Trinidad (reverse TP)

PTS - Pointe Noire, Takoradi, Freetown (reverse STP)

PV - Melbourne to Townsville

PW - Portsmouth to Wales (reverse WP)

Q

QL - Brisbane to Townsville (reverse LQ)

QP - USSR to UK 1941-42 Arctic route (reverse PQ)

QS - Quebec to Sydney (reverse SQ)

R

RA - USSR to UK 1943-45 Arctic route (reverse JW)

RB - United States to UK liners 1942

Red - Gibraltar to Far East

RJ - Recife to Rio de Janeiro (reverse JR)

RK - Rangoon - Arakan - Calcutta 1945 (reverse KR)

RK - Colombo to Kilindini 1944 (reverse KR)

RM - Rangoon - Madras - Colombo 1945 (reverse MR)

RN - Methil to Norway 1945 (reverse NR)

RP - Dardanelles ("Rabbit Island") to Piraeus 1945 (reverse PR)

RS - Gibraltar to Freetown 1943 (reverse SR)

RT - Cape Town to Freetown 1941

RT - Recife to Trinidad 1943 (reverse TR)

RU - Reykjavík to Loch Ewe 1941-45 (reverse UR)

S

SB - Sydney to Corner Brook 1942-45 (reverse BS)

SBF - Invasion Sicily Fast 1943

SBS - Invasion Sicily Slow 1943

SC - North America to UK, 1940-45 North Atlantic route (reverse ON (S), ONS)

SD - Iceland to Clyde military (reverse DS)

SD - Seychelles to Diego-Suarez 1944

SG - Southend to Humber ("Grimsby")1940 (reverse GS)

SG - Sydney to Greenland 1942-45 (reverse GS)

SH - Sydney to Halifax (reverse HS)

SHX - Sydney to HX convoys

Silvertip - Newhaven to Dieppe

SJ - San Juan to Guantanamo

SJ - Singapore to Colombo 1941-42 (reverse JS)

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 (reverse MS)

SN - Sydney to New Caledonia (reverse NS)

SNF - Naples to North Africa ("Naples South") Troopships (reverse NSF)

SQ - Sydney to Quebec (reverse QS)

SR - Calcutta ("Sandheads") to Rangoon 1941-42

SR - Freetown to Gibraltar 1943-44 (reverse RS)

ST - Freetown to Takoradi (reverse TS)

ST - Sydney to Townsville (reverse TS)

STC - Freetown - Takoradi - Cape Town

STL - Freetown - Takoradi - Lagos (reverse LS)

STP - Freetown - Takoradi - Pointe Noire (reverse PTS)

STW - Freetown - Takoradi - Walvis Bay (reverse WTS)

SU - Suez to Australia 1940-41 (reverse US)

SV - Sydney to Townsville (reverse VS)

SW - Suez - Mombasa - Durban 1940-41

T

T - Hollandia to Manila

TA - UK to United States troopship 1942-45 (reverse AT)

TA - Tobruk to Alexandria (reverse AT)

TAC - Thames to Ostend 1945

TACA - Thames to Antwerp (reverse ATM)

TAG - Trinidad - Aruba - Guantanamo 1942-45 (reverse GAT)

TAM - Thames to Antwerp (ex TACA) (reverse ATM)

TAP - Thames to France 1945

TAW - Trinidad - Curaçao - Key West (reverse WAT)

TB - Trinidad to Bahia 1943-45 (reverse BT)

TBC - Thames to Bristol Channel 1944-45 (reverse BTC)

TC - Canada to UK troopship 1939-41 (reverse CT)

TC - Tunisia to Corsica 1943-44 (reverse CT)

TCU - Caribbean to UK ("CU") troopship (reverse UCT)

TD - Thursday Island to Darwin (reverse DT)

TD - New Zealand to Northern Australia

TE - Trinidad Eastbound

TE - Gibraltar to North Africa ("Torch Eastbound") 1943

TF - Trinidad to Freetown

TG - Trinidad to Guantanamo

TGE - Takoradi - Lagos Eastbound

TH - Trinidad to Halifax 1942 (reverse HT)

TJ - Trinidad to Rio de Janeiro 1943-45 (reverse JT)

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 (ex ETC)

TMM - Thames to France 1944-45 (ex ETM)

TN - Townsville to New Guinea (reverse NT)

TO - North Africa to Caribbean (reverse OT)

TO - Trinidad to Curaçao (reverse OT)

TP - Norway to UK troopship 1940

TP - Trinidad to Paramaribo (reverse PT)

TP - Tarawa to Pearl Harbor (reverse PT)

TR - Trinidad to Recife 1943 (reverse RT)

Trinidad - Trinidad Southeast

TS - Takoradi to Freetown (reverse ST)

TS - Townsville to Sydney 1943 (reverse ST)

TSD - Takoradi - Freetown - Dakar (reverse DST)

TSF - Invasion Salerno Fast

TSM - Invasion Salerno Medium

TSS - Invasion Salerno Slow

TU - UK to United States troopship 1943-44 (reverse UT)

TV - Tripoli to Valletta (reverse VT)

TX - Tripoli to Alexandria (reverse XT)

U

UA - UK to Azores 1943

UC - UK to Curaçao (or New York) (reverse CU)

UGF - North America to Gibraltar Fast 1942-45 Mid-Atlantic route (reverse GUF)

UGL - United States to Gibraltar - landing craft

UGS - North America to Gibraltar Slow 1943-45 Mid-Atlantic route (reverse GUS)

UL - Elbe to Humber 1945 (reverse LU)

UR - Loch Ewe to Reykjavík (reverse RU)

US - Australia to Suez 1940-41 (reverse SU)

UT - United States to UK troopship 1943-44 (reverse TU)

V

VA?

VB - Townsville to Brisbane (reverse BV)

VC - Valletta to Cyrenaica 1943-44 (reverse CV)

VD?

VK - Sydney to Wellington

VN - Augusta to Naples (reverse NV)

VN - Malta to Naples

VN - Naples to Leghorn 1944

VS - Townsville to Sydney (reverse SV)

VT - Valletta to Tripoli (reverse TV)

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 ("Wales") 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 (reverse BX)

XIF - Egypt to Italy (reverse IXF)

XK - Gibraltar to UK (reverse KX)

XT - Alexandria to Tripoli (reverse TX)

XTG - Alexandria - Tripoli - Gibraltar 1943 (reverse GTX)

XW - Alexandria to Western Desert (reverse WX)

Z

ZC - Cristóbal to Curaçao (reverse CZ)

ZG - Cristóbal to Guantánamo 1942-45 (reverse GZ)

ZT - New Zealand to Sydney (reverse VK)