List of allied convoy routes in World War II

Major Atlantic Convoy Routes, 1941

The following list includes Geleitzugrouten the Allies in World War II . The code name, the approximate route and the period in which it was traveled are given. The list does not claim to be complete.

A.

AB / ABF : Aden → Bombay (suffix F for fast ; backward direction BA / BAF ; from September 1942)
AC : Alexandria → Kyrenaica (1941)
AG : Alexandria → Greece (1941)
AH :
- Aruba / Curaçao → Halifax (return to HA ; July to September 1942)
- Malta / Augusta → Bari / Ancona / Taranto (October 1943 to January 1945)
- Bari → Ancona (January to May 1945)
AJ : Aden → Colombo (reverse direction JA ; 1942 to 1945)
AK : Aden → Kilindini (reverse direction KA ; from 1942)
AKD : Aden → Kilindini → Durban (reverse direction DKA , 1943/44)
AM :
- Arakan / Chittagong → Madras (reverse direction MA ; 1944/45)
- Oran → Marseille (August to October 1944)
TO :
- Alexandria → Piraeus ( Aegean northward ; 1940/41)
- Admiralty Islands → New Guinea (reverse direction NA ; 1944)
AP :
- Leith → Norway (1 troop transport; April 1940)
- UK → Egypt (troop transports; summer / autumn 1940)
- Aden → Bandar Abbas ( P for Persian Gulf ; reverse direction PA ; September 1943 to January 1945)
ARG : Boston → Argentina (1943/44)
ARM : diverse in the Mediterranean (1944)
AS :
- Piraeus → Alexandria ( Aegean southward ; 1940/41)
- New York → Suez ( America – Suez ; 1942)
AT :
- Alexandria → Tobruk (reverse direction TA ; November 1941 to June 1942)
- New York → UK (troop transports; January 1942 to July 1945)
- Ancona → Trieste (June 1945)
ATM : Antwerpen → Southend ( Antwerp – Thames military ; December 1944 to May 1945)
AW : Aruba → Willemstad (Curaçao) (from September 1942)

B.

BA / BAF : Bombay → Aden (suffix F for fast ; reverse direction AB / ABF ; from February 1941)
BAS : UK → Iceland (1940)
BB : Belfast → Bristol Channel (March 1941 to May 1945)
BC :
- Bristol Channel → Quiberon (September 1939 to June 1940)
- Freetown → Liverpool / Durban → Cape Town / Cape Town → Freetown (June and July 1940)
- Charleston → Bora Bora (January / February 1942)
- Beira → Durban ( Beira – Cape ; reverse direction CB ; July 1943 to August 1944)
BD : White Sea → Dikson (reverse direction DB ; from September 1943)
BF : Bahia → Freetown (reverse direction FB ; from 1943)
BG : various in the Pacific, originally Brisbane → Gladstone
BHX : Bermudas → connection to the HX convoys
BK :
- Bombay → Karachi (1943)
- White Sea → Kola Bay (reverse direction KB ; from September 1943)
BM : diverse in the Indian Ocean
BN :
- various in the Indian Ocean (1940/41)
- New Britain → New Guinea (?)
BP : Bombay → Persian Gulf (reverse direction PB ; from April 1941)
BRN : Bahia → Recife → northwards (?)
BS :
- Brest → Casablanca (1939/40)
- Suez → Aden (1940/41)
- Corner Brook → Sydney CB (reverse direction SB ;? )
BT :
- Bahia → Trinidad (reverse direction TB ; from January 1943)
- Sydney → USA (troop transports; 1943/44)
- Brisbane → Townsville (from August 1942)
BTC : Milford Haven → Southend ( Bristol – Thames coastal ; December 1944 to May 1945)
BV : Brisbane → Townsville (reverse direction VB ;? )
BW : Sydney CB → Wabana / St. John’s (September 1942 to May 1945)
BX : St. John's / Boston → Halifax (backward direction XB ; March 1942 to May 1945)

C.

C : Colombo → dissolution (1942)
CA : Cape Town → southwards (from December 1942)
CB : Durban → Beira ( Cape – Beira ; reverse direction BC ; from July 1943)
CD : Cape Town → Durban (reverse direction DC ; from November 1942)
CE : St Helens → Southend ( Channel eastward ; reversing CW ; July 1940 to May 1944)
CF :
- Cape Town → West Africa / UK ( Cape Freetown ; from April 1941)
- Colombo → Fremantle (from March 1941)
CG : Casablanca → Gibraltar (reverse direction GC ;? )
CH : Chittagong → Calcutta (reverse direction HC ; from February 1944)
CJ : Calcutta → Colombo (backwards JC ; from 1942)
CK :
- Havana → Key West (from October 1942)
- Charleston → UK (1944)
CL : St. John's → Sydney CB (reverse direction LC ; from February 1942)
CM : Cape Town → Kilindini → Aden ( Cape military ; reverse direction MC ; 1940 to 1945)
CMA : Durban → Mombasa (1940)
CN : Cape Town → northward (reverse direction NC ; from 1943)
CNF : special designation for Operation Husky (1944)
CO : Newcastle → Melbourne (return to OC ; June 1942 to September 1943)
COC : Plymouth → Brittany (1944/45)
CP : Curaçao → Panama (1942)
CRD : Casablanca → Dakar (reverse direction DRC ; 1944)
CT :
- UK → Canada (return to TC ; 1941)
- Corsica → Sardinia → Bizerta (reverse direction TC ; 1944)
CU / TCU : Curaçao / New York → Halifax → UK ( T for oil tankers; reverse UC / UCT ; March 1943 to May 1945)
CV : Kyrenaica → Valletta (reverse direction VC ; 1944)
CW :
- Southend → St Helens / Yarmouth / Falmouth ( Channel westward ; reverse direction CE ;? )
- Cristóbal → Key West
CX : Colombo → Addu Atoll (1943 to 1945)
CZ : Curaçao → Cristóbal ( Curaçao– [Canal] Zone ; reverse direction ZC ; 1942/43)

D.

D : Dakar → Casablanca (?)
DB : Dikson → White Sea (reverse direction BD ; from 1942)
DBF : Dakar → Bathurst → Freetown (1943)
DC : Durban → Cape Town (reverse direction CD ;? )
DF : Clyde → Faroe Islands (military; reverse direction FD ;? )
DG : Thursday Island → Merauke (New Guinea) (reverse direction GD ;? )
DK : Durban → Kilindini (reverse direction KD ;? )
DKA : Durban → Kilindini → Aden (reverse direction AKD;? )
DLM : Durban → Lourenço Marques (back towards LMD;? )
DM : Durban → Malaya (1941/42)
DN : Durban → northward (?)
DR : Dakar → Gibraltar (1944)
DRC : Dakar → Casablanca (reverse direction CRD;? )
DS : Clyde → Iceland (military; reverse direction SD ; April 1941 to May 1945)
DSF : Dakar → Freetown (reverse direction FSD;? )
DSL : Dakar → Freetown → Lagos (reverse direction LSD ;? )
DSP : Dakar → Freetown → Pointe-Noire (reverse direction PSD ;? )
DST : Dakar → Freetown → Takoradi (reverse direction TSD;? )
DT : Darwin → Thursday Island (reverse direction TD ;? )

E.

E : Trinidad → southward (?)
EBC / EBM : Bristol Channel → St Helens / Seine estuary ( coastal / military ; reverse direction FBC ; June to October 1944)
EC : Southampton → Clyde (March to October 1941)
ECM / ECP : English south coast → France ( military / personnel ; 1944)
EMM / EMP : Belfast → France ( military / personnel ; 1944)
EN : Methil → Oban / Loch Ewe / Belfast (August 1940 to May 1945)
EPM / EPP : Isle of Portland → France ( military / personnel ; 1944)
ET : North Africa → Gibraltar (reverse direction TE ; November 1942 to early 1943)
ETC / ETM : Southend → Seine estuary ( coastal / military ; June to October 1944)
EWC / EWL / EWM / EWP : Isle of Wight → France ( coastal / landing craft / military / personnel ; 1944)
EXP : Identifier for the Normandy invasion (June to October 1944)

F.

FB : Freetown → Bahia (reverse direction BF ;? )
FBC : Seine estuary → Bristol Channel ( coastal ; June to October 1944)
FC / FCP : France → West England (June and July 1944)
FD : Faroe Islands → Clyde (military; reverse direction DF ;? )
FFT : Freetown → Trinidad (reverse direction TF ; 1942/43)
FG : Fremantle → Adelaide (backwards direction GF ; from 1942)
FH : Saint John → Halifax (reverse direction HF ; September 1942 to May 1945)
FJ : Florianópolis → Rio de Janeiro (reverse direction JF ;? )
FM : Milne Bay → Port Moresby (reverse direction MF ;? )
FN : Southend → Methil ( Forth North ; reverse direction FS ; September 1939 to May 1945)
FP : UK → Norway (troop transports; April and May 1940)
FPM / FPP : France → Isle of Portland ( military / personnel ; 1944)
FS :
- Methil → Southend ( Forth South ; reverse direction FN ; September 1939 to May 1945)
- Scapa Flow / Norway (?)
FSD : Freetown → Dakar (reverse direction DSF ; 1944)
FTC / FTM : Seine estuary → Southend ( coastal / military ; June to September 1944)
FWC : France → Isle of Wight (coastal shipping; June 1944)
FWL : France → Isle of Wight (landing craft; 1944)
FWM : France → Isle of Wight (military; June to July 1944)
FWP : France → Isle of Wight (Personnel; June to September 1944)
FXP : France → UK (June to October 1944)

G

G : Guantánamo → San Juan (reverse direction SJ ;? )
GAT : Guantánamo → Aruba → Trinidad (reverse direction TAG ; August 1942 to May 1945)
GB : New Guinea → Milne Bay (?)
GC : Gibraltar → Casablanca (reverse direction CG ;? )
GD : Merauke (New Guinea) → Thursday Island (reverse direction DG ;? )
GF : Adelaide → Fremantle (backward direction FG ;? )
GI : New Guinea → Philippines (reverse direction IG ;? )
GJ : Guantánamo → Kingston (reverse direction JG ;? )
GK : Guantánamo → Key West (backward direction KG ; September 1942 to May 1945)
GM :
- Gibraltar → Malta (reverse direction MG ;? )
- Galveston → Mississippi (reverse direction MG ;? )
GN : Guantánamo → New York (reverse direction NG ; September 1942 to May 1945)
GP :
- Guantánamo → Panama (reverse direction PG ;? )
- Sydney → Townsville / Brisbane (reverse direction PG ;? )
GS :
- Grimsby → Southend (back towards SG ; 1940)
- Greenland → Sydney CB / St. John’s (back to SG ;? )
GT : Gladstone → Townsville (?)
GTX : Gibraltar → Tripolis → Alexandria ( backwards XTG ; 1943)
GUF : Mediterranean → Hampton Roads ( almost ; reverse direction UGF ; November 1942 to April 1945)
CIS : Mediterranean → Hampton Roads ( slow ; reverse UGS ; December 1942 to May 1945)
GZ : Guantánamo → Cristóbal (reverse direction ZG ; August 1942 to May 1945)

H

HA :
- Halifax → Aruba / Curaçao (reverse direction AH ; July and August 1942)
- Bari → Malta / Augusta / Brindisi / Syracuse (October 1943 to December 1944)
- Ancona → Bari / Brindisi / Barletta (January to May 1945)
HB : India → Australia (troop transports; 1945)
HC : Calcutta → Chittagong (reverse direction CH ;? )
HF : Halifax → Saint John (reverse direction FH ; September 1942 to May 1945)
HG / HGF : Gibraltar → UK ( homebound Gibraltar ; backward direction OG ; September 1939 to September 1942)
HHX : Ships from Halifax , the one from New York coming HX joined -Geleitzug
HJ : Halifax → St. John's (backwards towards JH;? )
HK : Galveston / Pilottown / Southwest Passage (?) → Key West ( reverse direction KH ; September 1942 to May 1945)
HM : Holyhead → Milford Haven (reverse direction MH ;? )
HN : Norway → Methil ( homebound Norway ; reverse direction ON ; October 1939 to April 1940)
HON : Ships from Halifax joining an ON convoy
HP : Southern Italy → Piraeus ( Heel of Italy – Piraeus ; reverse direction PH ;? )
HS : Halifax → Sydney CB (reverse direction SH ; May 1942 to May 1945)
HT : Halifax → Trinidad (reverse direction TH ;? )
HX / HXF : Halifax / New York → Liverpool ( homebound Halifax ; reverse direction ON ; September 1939 to May 1945)
HXA : Section of HX in the English Channel

I.

IG : Philippines → New Guinea (reverse direction GI ;? )
IXF : Taranto / Naples → Port Said / Alexandria (?)

J

YES : Colombo → Aden (reverse direction AJ ;? )
JC : Colombo → various Indian ports (reverse direction CJ ; July 1942 to March 1945)
JF : Rio de Janeiro → Florianópolis (backwards FJ;? )
JG : Kingston → Guantánamo (reverse direction GJ ;? )
JH : St. John's → Halifax (reverse direction HJ ;? )
JM : India → Madagascar (1943)
JMG : Landing convoy for the Malay invasion (September 1945)
JN : St. John's → Labrador (?)
JR : Rio de Janeiro → Recife (reverse direction RJ ;? )
JS : Colombo → Singapore (return to SJ ; November 1941 to February 1942)
JT : Rio de Janeiro → Trinidad (reverse direction TJ ; July 1943 to March 1945)
JW : Northern Sea Convoys from Loch Ewe → Kola Bay (December 1942 to May 1945)

K

K : Casablanca → Brest (also KF / KS )
KA : Kilindini → Aden (reverse direction AK ;? )
KB :
- Kola Bay → White Sea (reverse direction BK ;? )
- Kilindini → Bombay (?)
KD : Kilindini → Durban (reverse direction DK ;? )
KG : Key West → Guantánamo (reverse direction GK ; September 1942 to May 1945)
KH : Key West → Galveston (return to HK ; September 1942 to May 1945)
KJ / KJE : Kingston → UK (1940)
KM : Kilindini → Diego Suárez (Madagascar) (reverse direction MK ;? )
KMF / KMS : Clyde → Mediterranean ( fast / slow ; October 1942 to May 1945)
KN : Key West → Hampton Roads / New York ( Keys northward or Keys – New York ; reverse directions NK or KS ; May 1942 to May 1945)
KP :
- Key West → Pilottown ( reverse direction PK ;? )

KR :

Kilindini → Colombo (reverse direction RK ;? )
Calcutta → Rangoon (reverse direction RK ; 1945)

KS :

Casablanca → France (1939 to June 1940)
Hampton Roads → Key West ( Keys southward ; May to September 1942)

KW : Key West → Havana ( Keys westward ; reverse direction CK ;? )

KX : UK → Gibraltar (reverse direction XK ; October 1942 to February 1945)

L.

LC : Sydney CB → St. John's (reverse direction CL ;? )
LE : Port Said → Haifa ( Levant eastward ; backward direction LW ;? )
LGE : Lagos → eastward (?)
LGW : Lagos → westward (?)
LM : Lagos → Matadi (?)
LMD : Lourenço Marques → Durban (reverse direction DLM;? )
LN : St. Lawrence River → Labrador (reverse direction NL ;? )
LQ : Great Barrier Reef → Brisbane (?)
LS : Lagos → Freetown (?)
LSD : Lagos → Freetown → Dakar (reverse direction DSL ;? )
LTS : Lagos → Takoradi → Freetown (reverse direction STL ;? )
LU : Humber → Elbe (May 1945)
LW : Haifa → Port Said ( Levant westward ; backward direction LE ;? )

M.

MA :
- Mombasa → Aden (?)
- Madras → Chittagong (reverse direction AM ;? )
MB :
- Colombo → Bombay (?)
- Port Moresby → Fall River (?)
MC : Aden → Mombasa → Durban → Cape Town (reverse direction from CM ;? )
MD : Madagascar → Durban (?)
ME : Malta convoys , Malta → Egypt ( Malta eastward ; reverse direction MW ;? )
MF : Port Moresby → Milne Bay (reverse direction FM ;? )
MG :
- Malta convoys , Malta → Gibraltar (reverse direction GM ;? )
- Mississippi → Galveston (reverse direction GM ;? )
MH : Milford Haven → Holyhead (reverse direction HM ;? )
MK : Madagascar → Kilindini (reverse direction KM ;? )
MKF / MKS : Mediterranean → UK ( fast / slow ; October 1942 to June 1945)
MN : Mauritius → Seychelles (?)
MO : Marseille → North Africa ( Oran ) (reverse direction OM ;? )
MR : Madras → Rangoon (reverse direction RM ;? )
MS :
- Melbourne → Singapore (return to SM ; November 1941 to February 1942)
- Marseille → Naples (reverse direction SM ; 1944/45)
MT :
- Methil → Tyne (1940/41)
- Port Moresby → Townsville (1942)
MTC / MTM : Seine estuary → Southend ( coastal / military ; from September 1944)
MV : Milne Bay → Townsville (?)
MW : Malta convoys , Alexandria → Malta ( Malta westward ; backward ME ;? )

N

NA :
- Canada → UK (troop transport;?)
- Langemak Bay (New Guinea) → Admiralty Islands (reverse direction AN ;? )
NAP : English Channel → France (December 1944)
NB : New Guinea → New Britain (backwards BN ;? )
NC : Walvis Bay → Cape Town (reverse direction CN ; 1943)
NCF / NCS : landing convoys for Operation Husky ( fast / slow ; 1943)
NE : New Zealand → Panama ( New Zealand eastward;? )
NG : New York → Guantánamo (reverse direction GN ; August 1942 to May 1945)
NK : New York → Key West (reverse direction KN ; August 1942 to May 1945)
NL : Labrador → St. Lawrence River (reverse direction LN ;? )
NLY : Hollandia → Lingayen / Leyte (?)
NP :
- Norwegian troop transports (April and May 1940)
- Turkey → Port Said (reverse direction from PN ;? )
NR : Norway → Methil (reverse direction RN ; 1945)
NS : New Caledonia → Sydney (reverse direction SN ;? )
NSF : North Africa → Naples (fast troop transport; reverse direction SNF ;? )
NT : Port Moresby → Townsville (reverse direction TN ; January 1943 to March 1944)
NV :
- Naples → Augusta (reverse direction UN ; October 1943 to September 1944)
- Livorno → Naples (return to UN ; November 1944 to March 1945)
NY / NYC : New York → East Coast USA → Bermuda → UK (August 1943 to November 1944)

O

OA : Southend / Methil → Atlantik ( outbound Atlantic ; various destinations; September 1939 to July 1940)
OB : Liverpool → Atlantic (various destinations; September 1939 to July 1941)
OC : Melbourne → Newcastle (return to CO ; June 1942 to December 1943)
Upper floor : UK / Atlantic → Gibraltar ( outbound Gibraltar ; reverse direction HG ; October 1939 to October 1942)
OL : Liverpool → Atlantic ( outbound Liverpool ; various destinations; September and October 1940)
OM : Oran → Marseille (reverse direction MO ; 1944)
ON :
- Methil → Norway ( outbound Norway ; reverse direction HN ; November 1939 to April 1940)
- Liverpool → North America ( outbound North ; July 1941 to May 1945)
ONF / ONS : Liverpool → North America ( fast / slow ; March 1943 to June 1945)
OS : UK → Freetown ( outbound South ; July 1941 to May 1945)
OSS : UK → Freetown → southward (?)
OT ( outbound Trinidad ):
- Trinidad → Caribbean (?)
- Trinidad → North Africa (?)
OW : Australia → India ( outbound West;? )

P

PA : Persian Gulf → Aden (reverse direction AP ;? )

PB : Persian Gulf → Bombay (reverse direction BP ;? )

PG :

Brisbane → Sydney (reverse direction GP ;? )
Panama → Guantánamo (reverse direction GP ; 1942)

PGE : Pointe-Noire → southwards (?)

PH : Piraeus → Southern Italy ( Piraeus – Heel of Italy ; reverse direction HP ;? )

PK : Pilot Town → Key West (back towards KP ;)

PN : Port Said → Turkey ( Port Said northward ; reverse direction NP ;? )

PQ :

Northern sea convoys from Hvalfjord → Arkhangelsk ( reverse direction QP ; September 1941 to September 1942)

Townsville → Port Moresby (1942)
PR : Piraeus → Dardanelles ( Piraeus – Rabbit Island ; reverse direction RP ; 1945)
PSD : Pointe-Noire → Freetown → Dakar (reverse direction DSP ;? )
PT :
- Paramaribo → Trinidad (reverse direction TP ;? )
- Pearl Harbor → Tarawa (reverse direction TP ;? )
PTS : Pointe-Noire → Takoradi → Freetown (reverse direction STP ;? )
PV : Melbourne → Townsville (?)
PW : Portsmouth → Wales (reverse direction WP ;? )

Q

QL : Brisbane → Townsville (?)
QP : Return route from PQ from Northern Russia to Iceland or UK (September 1941 to November 1942)
QS : Québec → Sydney CB (reverse direction SQ;? )

R.

RA : return route from JW from Northern Russia to Iceland / UK (December 1942 to May 1945)
RE : USA → UK (1942)
RJ : Recife → Rio de Janeiro (reverse direction JR ;? )
RK :
- Colombo → Kilindini (reverse direction KR ; 1944)
- Rangoon → Arakan → Calcutta (reverse direction KR ; 1945)
RM : Rangun → Madras → Colombo (reverse direction MR ; 1945)
RN : Methil → Norway (reverse direction NR ; May 1945)
RP : Dardanelles → Piraeus ( Rabbit Island – Piraeus ; reverse direction PR ; 1945)
RS : Gibraltar → Freetown (reverse direction SR ; 1943)
RT :
- Cape Town → Freetown (1941)
- Recife → Trinidad (reverse direction TR ; 1943)
RU : Reykjavík → Loch Ewe / Belfast (reverse direction UR ; December 1941 to May 1945)

S.

SB : Sydney CB → Corner Brook (reverse direction BS ; from 1942)
SBF / SBM : Landing Convoys for Operation Husky (1943)
SC : Sydney CB / Halifax / New York → UK ( slow convoy ; August 1940 to May 1945)
SD :
- Iceland → Clyde (military; reverse direction DS ; April 1941 to May 1945)
- Seychelles → Diego Suarez (1944)
SG :
- Southend → Grimsby (reverse direction GS ; 1940)
- Sydney CB / St. John's → Greenland (reverse direction GS ; from 1942)
SH / SHX : Sydney CB → Halifax ( reverse direction HS ; May 1942 to May 1945)
SJ :
- San Juan → Guantánamo (?)
- Singapore → Colombo (return to JS ; November 1941 to February 1942)
- Santos → Rio de Janeiro (?)
SL / SLF / SLS : Freetown → UK ( Sierra Leone ; September 1939 to December 1944)
SM :
- Batavia → Fremantle (December 1941 to February 1942)
- Naples → Marseille (1944)
SN : Sydney → New Caledonia (reverse direction NS ;? )
SNSF : Naples → North Africa (fast troop transport; reverse direction NSF ;? )
SQ : Sydney CB → Québec (reverse direction QS ;? )
SR :
- Sandheads (Ganges Delta) → Rangoon (1941/42)
- Freetown → Gibraltar (reverse direction RS ; 1943/44)
ST :
- Sydney → Townsville (reverse direction TS ; 1943)
- Freetown → Takoradi (reverse direction TS ; August 1944 to April 1945)
STC : Freetown → Takoradi → Cape Town (?)
STL : Freetown → Takoradi → Lagos (reverse direction LTS ; September 1943 to September 1944)
STP : Freetown → Takoradi → Pointe-Noire (reverse direction PTS;? )
STW : Freetown → Takoradi → Walvis Bay (reverse direction WTS;? )
SU : Suez → Australia (reverse direction US ; 1940/41)
SV : Sydney → Townsville (reverse direction VS ;? )
SW : Suez → Mombasa / Durban (1940/41)

T

T : Hollandia → Manila (?)
TA :
- Tobruk → Alexandria (reverse direction AT ; December 1941 to June 1942)
- UK → New York (reverse direction from AT ; July 1943 to July 1945)
TAC / TACA / TAM : Thames → Ostend / Antwerp (return to ATM ; 1944/45)
DAY : Trinidad → Aruba → Guantánamo (return to GAT ; August 1942 to May 1945)
TAM : Southend → Antwerp (December 1944 to May 1945)
TAP : Thames → France (1945)
TAW : Trinidad → Key West (reverse direction WAT ; July and August 1942)
TB : Trinidad → Bahia (reverse direction BT ;? )
TBC : Southend → Bristol Channel ( Thames – Bristol coastal ; reversing BTC ; December 1944 to May 1945)
TC :
- Halifax → Clyde (troop transports [also TCU ]; reverse direction CT ; December 1939 to December 1941)
- North Africa → Italy (backwards CT ; June to November 1944)
TD :
- Thursday Island → Darwin (reverse direction DT ;? )
- New Zealand → Northern Australia (?)
TE :
- Trinidad → eastward (?)
- Gibraltar → North Africa (reverse direction ET ; 1942/43)
TF : Trinidad → Freetown (reverse direction FFT ;? )
TG : Trinidad → Guantánamo (?)
TGE : Takoradi → Lagos → eastward (?)
TH : Trinidad → Halifax (reverse direction HT ; 1942)
TJ : Trinidad → Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro ) (reverse direction JT ; December 1942 to March 1945)
TJF / TJM / TJS : Landing Convoys for Operation Husky (1943)

TLDM : Takoradi → Lagos → Douala → Matadi (?)

TM :

Norwegian troop transports (April and May 1940)
Trinidad → Mediterranean (1942)

TMC : see ETC

TMM : see ETM

TN : Townsville → New Guinea (reverse direction NT ; December 1942 to March 1944)

TO :

North Africa → Caribbean (reverse direction OT ;? )
Trinidad → Curaçao (reverse direction OT ;? )

TP :

Norway → UK (troop transports; May 1940)
Trinidad → Paramaribo (reverse PT ;? )
Tarawa → Pearl Harbor (reverse PT ;? )

TR : Trinidad → Recife (reverse direction RT ;? )

TS :

Takoradi → Freetown (reverse direction ST ;? )
Townsville → Sydney / Brisbane (reverse direction ST ;? )

TSD : Takoradi → Freetown → Dakar (?)

TSF / TSM / TSS : Landing Convoys for Operation Avalanche (1943)

TU : UK → USA (troop transport; reverse direction from UT ;? )

TV : Tripolis → Valletta (reverse direction VT ;? )

TX : Tripolis → Alexandria (backward direction XT ;? )

U

WP : UK → Azores (1943)

UC / UCT : Liverpool → Curaçao / New York (reverse direction from CU / TCU ; February 1943 to June 1945)

UGF / UGS : Hampton Roads → Casablanca / Gibraltar / Mediterranean ( fast / slow ; reverse direction GUF / CIS ; October 1942 to April 1945)
UGL : USA → Gibraltar (landing craft;?)
UR : Loch Ewe → Reykjavík (reverse direction RU ; December 1941 to May 1945)
US : Australia → Suez (reverse direction SU ;? )
UT : USA → UK (troop transports; reverse direction TU ; 1943/44)

V

VB : Townsville → Brisbane (reverse direction BV ;? )
VC : Valletta → Kyrenaika (reverse direction CV ; 1943/44)
UK : Sydney → Wellington (?)
VN :
- Malta / Augusta → Naples (return to NV ; October 1943 to November 1944)
- Naples → Livorno (reverse direction NV ; November 1944 to May 1945)
VS : Townsville → Sydney (reverse direction SV ;? )
VT : Valletta → Tripolis (reverse direction TV ;? )

W.

WAT : Key West → Trinidad (reverse direction TAW ; July and August 1942)
WEC : Isle of Wight → France (coastal shipping; December 1944 to May 1945)
WEL : Isle of Wight → France (landing craft; 1944/45)
WEP : Isle of Wight → Cherbourg (staff; December 1944)
WMP : Isle of Wight → Arromanches (staff; November and December 1944)
WN : Clyde → Methil (July 1940 to May 1945)
WNC : Isle of Wight → Le Havre (coastal shipping; December 1944 to May 1945)
WNL : Isle of Wight → France (landing craft; April and May 1945)
WHERE : India → Australia (troop transports; reverse direction OW;? )
WP : Milford Haven (Wales) → Portsmouth (reverse direction PW ; July 1941 to May 1944)
WS ( Winston's Specials ):
- UK → India (1940 to 1943)
- Wabana → Sydney CB (?)
WTS : Walvis Bay → Takoradi → Freetown (reverse direction STW;? )
WVP : Isle of Wight → France (staff; December 1944 to May 1945)
WX : various in North Africa → Alexandria (backwards XW;? )

X

XB : Halifax → Boston (reverse direction BX ; March 1942 to May 1945)
XIF : Egypt → Italy ( Taranto , Naples ) ( backward direction IXF;? )
XK : Gibraltar → UK (reverse direction KX;? )
XT : Alexandria → Tripolis (reverse direction TX ;? )
XTG : Alexandria → Tripolis → Gibraltar ( reverse direction GTX ; 1943)
XW : Alexandria → various in North Africa (backward direction WX;? )

Z

ZC : Cristóbal → Curaçao (reverse direction CZ ;? )
ZG : Cristóbal → Guantánamo (reverse direction GZ ; August 1942 to May 1945)
ZT : New Zealand → Sydney (reverse direction UK ;? )

Web links

Routes of the convoys of the Allied powers in the "Chronicle of the Sea War (1939–1945)" ( wlb-stuttgart.de )
www.convoyweb.org.uk (English)
Allied convoy codes on naval-history.net (English)
Convoy routes on uboat.net (English)