APPENDIX F


CONVOYS


SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL CONVOYS ARRIVING IN CALENDAR YEAR 1942

Excluding Special or Miscellaneous Convoys

Designation Period Coveredc Convoys Shipsb Ships
per
Convoy
Escorts Escorts
per
Convoy
Casualties (Enemy Action)a
Sunk in
Convoy
Sunk as
Straggler
Damaged
 

A. North Atlantic
HX 165/219d 15 Dec.-27 Dec. '41 55 1,899g 34g 316h 5.7h 9 5 1
SC 60/113e 16 Dec.-31 Dec. '41 54 2,021g 37g 330h 6.1h 46 6 2
ON 48/153f 19 Dec.-31 Dec. '41 104 3,660g 35g 647h 6.4h 71i 28 14
Total North Atlantic Trade Convoys   213 7,580g 36g 1,293h 6.1h 126i j 39k 17l
 

AT 10, 12, 14/18, 20, 23m 15 Jan.-6 Oct. 9 84 9.3 100 11.1 0 0 0
TA 10, 12, 17, 18, 20 1 Feb.-15 Sept. 5 26 5.2 47 9.4 0 0 0
CT 9/12, 14/19 8 Jan.-11 July 10 21 2.1 27 2.7 0 0 0
NA 1/6, 9, 11, 13m 10 Jan.-29 July 9 19 2.1 19 2.1 1 0 0
Total North Atlantic   246 7,730 31 1,486 6.0 127 39 17
 

B. Middle Atlantic
UGS 2, 3n 13 Nov.-30 Dec. 2 83 41 11 5.5 0 0 0
UGF 2/3n 2 Nov.-24 Dec. 2 39 19 25 12.5 0 0 0
GUF 1, 2, 2A 15 Nov.-25 Dec. 3 30 10 25 8.3 0 0 0
Total Middle Atlantic   7 152 22 61 8.7 0 0 0
 

C. East Coasto
KS 500/533 14 May-28 Aug. 34 719 21 219 6.4 3 0 1
KN (old) 100/136 15 May-8 Sept. 37 773 21 216 5.8 0 0 0
NK 500/515 28 Aug.-31 Dec. 16 318 20p 81 5.1 0 0 0
KN (new) 200/214 8 Sept.-30 Dec. 15 368 25 80 5.3 0 0 0
NG 300/331, Spec. 1 27 Aug.-29 Dec. 33 722 22 160 4.8 0 0 0
GN Spec. 1/29 1 Sept.-26 Dec. 30 733 24 149 5.0 0 0 0
Total Eastern Sea Frontier   165 3,633 22 905 5.5 3 0 1
 

KG Spec. 1/2, 600/617 1 Sept.-25 Dec. 20 224 11 102 5.1 0 0 0
GK 700/718 1 Sept.-25 Dec. 19 158 8 85 4.5 0 0 0
KH 400/422 (even numbers) 3 Sept.-3 Dec. 12 339 28 56 4.7 0 0 0
HK 100/128 (even numbers) 4 Sept.-25 Dec. 15 481 32 74 4.9 0 0 0
KP 401/429 (odd numbers) 9 Sept.-28 Dec. 15 127 8 67 4.5 0 0 0
PK 101/129 (odd numbers) 8 Sept.-29 Dec. 15 222 15 68 4.5 0 0 0
GM 201, 2/10 29 July-29 Aug. 10 97 10 29 2.9 0 0 0
MG 2, 4/11 30 July-28 Aug. 9 109 12 26 2.9 0 0 0
Total Gulf Sea Frontier   115 1,757 15 507 4.4 0 0 0
 

WAT 1/17 1 July-5 Sept. 17 445 26 106 6.2 1 2 0
TAW 1/16, Spec. Slow 2 July-30 Aug. 17 438 26 88 5.2 13 0 2
GAT 1/31 31 Aug.-27 Dec. 31 706 23 173 5.6 0 1 0
TAG 1/31 29 Aug.-28 Dec. 31 734 24 164 5.3 12 0 2
TG 1/2 26 Oct.-7 Dec. 2 17 9 7 3.5 0 0 0
OT 1/13, Spec. 2, 5 15 May-5 Aug. 15 87 6 33 2.2 1 0 0
TO 1/10 23 May-28 June 10 58 6 20 2.0 2 0 0
TP 1, Spec. W, E 3/9
Trinidad 2/27
16 July-8 Dec. 35 403 12 159 4.5 2 0 1
BRN 1/4, RT 1 5 Oct.-23 Dec. 5 82 16 21 4.2 0 0 0
Total Caribbean Sea Frontier   163 2,970 18 771 4.7 31 3 5

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CONVOYS


SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL CONVOYS ARRIVING IN CALENDAR YEAR 1942

Excluding Special or Miscellaneous Convoys

Designation Period Coveredc Convoys Shipsb Ships
per
Convoy
Escorts Escorts
per
Convoy
Casualties (Enemy Action)a
Sunk in
Convoy
Sunk as
Straggler
Damaged
 

C. East Coast (Continued)o
PG 1/8 11 July-29 Aug. 8 131 16 41 5.1 1 0 1
GP 1/7 15 July-29 Aug. 7 48 7 38 5.4 0 0 0
ZG 1/16 31 Aug.-24 Dec. 16 195 12 88 5.5 0 0 0
GZ 1/17 31 Aug.-29 Dec. 17 250 15 104 6.1 0 0 0
CT 1 2 July-10 July 1 4 4 2 2.0 0 0 0
CW 2, 3 3 July-16 July 2 20 10 8 4.0 0 0 0
ZC 1/5 5 Oct.-4 Dec. 5 39 8 18 3.6 0 0 0
CZ 2/7, CP 1 26 Sept.-28 Dec. 7 43 6 21 3.0 0 0 0
Total Panama Sea Frontier   63 730 12 320 5.1 1 0 1
 

XB 1/37 18 Mar.-8 Sept. 37 373 10 99 2.7 2 0 0
BX 1/37 20 Mar.-11 Sept. 64 1,041 16 192 3.0 0 1 1
SG 1/16 6 July-29 Dec. 16 70 4 48 3.0 2 0 1
GS 1/16, 9A 7 July-27 Dec. 17 75 4 42 2.5 0 0 1
TH 1/4 17 May-4 July 4 19 5 7 1.7 0 0 0
HT 1/3 22 May-30 June 3 12 4 6 2.0 0 0 0
AH 1/3 27 July-11 Sept. 3 35 12 12 4.0 0 0 0
HA 1/4 5 July-29 Aug. 4 58 15 15 3.7 0 0 0
Total Canadian/U.S. Convoys   148 1,683 11 421 2.8 4 1 3
Total Principal Coastals   654 10,773 16 2,924 4.5 39 4 10
 

(a) Including escort vessels.
(b) All ships (including casualties) except escorts and except those returning to port.
(c) From date of sailing of first convoy to date of arrival of last convoy of same letter designation.
(d) From Halifax to Liverpool until September, from New York commencing with HX 208 sailing 17 September.
(e) From Sydney (or Halifax) to Liverpool until 19 September, from New York commencing with SC 102 sailing 19 September. Odd numbered convoys usually had ships for Iceland, escorted from ICOMP to Iceland by TG 24.6.
(f) From Liverpool to Halifax, Boston or Cape Cod Canal until September, to New York commencing with ON 125 arriving 12 September. Odd numbered convoys generally fast, even numbers generally slow. (ON 152 arrived in 1943, therefore not included).
(g) Number crossing Atlantic, including those for or from Iceland (excludes ships only in local sections).
(h) Mid-ocean escorts only (Task Group 24.1) - excludes Western Local and Iceland "shuttle" escorts.
(i) Of which five are escort vessels, non U. S. (the only casualties to escorts in HX, SC and ON convoys).
(j) Of which 96 cargo vessels and 25 tankers.
(k) Of which 3 cargo vessels and 6 tankers.
(l) Of which three cargo vessels and 14 tankers.
(m) NA 7, 8, 10, 14/16 from Halifax to U. K. sailed with AT convoys.
(n) "Torch Operation" convoy sailings from Hampton Roads 23 and 24 October for capture of Casablanca not included in this table.
(o) Excluding short route convoys, such as New York/Delaware, Key West/Havana and subsidiary joiners to NK, NG, TAG/GAT convoys.
(p) Of which six joined from Norfolk.
 


 

Convoy Designations Used in This Table

AH Curacao to Halifax
AT U. S. to Iceland/UK (Military)
BRN Rio de Janeiro to Trinidad
BX Boston to Halifax
CT Clyde to Halifax
(CT 1: Panama to Trinidad)
CP Curacao to Panama
CW Panama to Key West
CZ Curacao/Aruba to Panama
E Trinidad to dispersal Southeast
GAT Guantanamo to Aruba to Trinidad
GK Guantanamo to Key West
GM Galveston to Mississippi
GN Guantanamo to New York
GP Guantanamo to Panama
GS Greenland to Sydney
GUF Greenland to U. S. (Fast)
GZ Guantanamo to Panama
HA Halifax to Curacao
HK Galveston to Key West
HT Halifax to Trinidad
HX Halifax or N.Y. to Liverpool (Fast)
KG Key West to Guantanamo
KH Key West to Galveston
KN (old) Key West to Norfolk
KN (new) Key West to New York
KP Key West to Pilottown
KS Norfolk to Key West
MG Mississippi to Galveston
NA Halifax to Clyde
NG New York to Guantanamo
NK New York to Key West
ON Liverpool to Boston or N.Y.
(Fast or Slow)
OT Aruba/Curacao to Trinidad
PG Panama to Guantanamo
PK Pilottown to Key West
RT Recife to Trinidad
SC Sydney, Halifax or N.Y. to Liverpool (Slow)
SG Sydney to Greenland
TA U.K./Iceland to U. S. (Military)
TAG Trinidad to Aruba to Guantanamo
TAW Trinidad to Aruba to Key West
TG Trinidad to Guantanamo
TH Trinidad to Halifax
TJ Trinidad to Rio de Janeiro
TO Trinidad to Aruba/Curacao
TP Trinidad to dispersal Southeast
Trinidad Trinidad to dispersal Southeast
UGF U. S. to Gibraltar (Fast)
UGS U. S. to Gibraltar (Slow)
WAT Key West to Aruba to Trinidad
XB Halifax to Boston
ZC Panama to Curacao/Aruba
ZG Panama to Guantanamo
   

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