CONVOY ESCORT MOVEMENTS of ROYAL NAVY VESSELS in WORLD WAR 2 ALLIED CONVOY CODES Courtesy Patrick Clancey, Executive Director, HyperWar Foundation back to Naval-History.Net

HMS Biter, escort carrier

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AB - Aden to Bombay ABF - Aden to Bombay, Fast AC - Alexandria to Cyrenaica (1941) AG - Alexandria to Greece (1941) AH - Aruba to Halifax (1942) AH - Augusta to Heel of Italy ( after  Sep43) AJ - Aden to Colombo, Ceylon AK - Aden to Kilindini, Kenya AKD - Aden to Kilindini and Durban AM - Chittagong to Madras AN - Aegean Northward (1940 & 1941) AN - Admiralty Islands to New Guinea AP - United Kingdom to Egypt (Troop convoys, mid-1940) ARG - Boston to Argentia AS - Aegean Southward (1940 & 1941) AS - United States to West African ports AT - Alexandria to Tobruk AT - United States to United Kingdom ATM - Antwerp to Thames (1944 & 1945) AW - Aruba to Curaçao BA - Bombay to Aden BAF - Bombay to Aden, Fast BB - Belfast to Bristol Channel BB - Clyde to Bristol Channel BC - Beira to Durban BC - Clyde to Bristol Channel BC - Bristol Channel to Biscay BC - United States East Coast to Society Islands BD - White Sea to Dikson BEC - See EBC BF - Bahia (Brazil) to Freetown BG - Milne Bay to New Guinea BG - Brisbane to Gladstone BHX - Bermuda Joiner to HX BK - Bombay to Karachi BK - White Sea to Kola Inlet BM - Bombay to Singapore BM - Bombay to Colombo BN - Bombay to Suez BN - New Britain to New Guinea BP - Bombay to Persian Gulf BRN - Bahia, Brazil, Recife Northward BS - Suez to Aden BS - Corner Brook (Canada) to Sydney, Nova Scotia BS - Brest to Casablanca (French) BT - Bahia to Trinidad BT - Sydney, Nova Scotia to USA BT - Brisbane to Townsville BTC - Bristol Channel to Thames BV - Brisbane to Townsville BX - Boston to Halifax C - Colombo to dispersal (1942) CA - Capetown southward to dispersal CB - Durban to Beira CD - Capetown to Durban CE - Channel Eastward CF - Capetown to W. Africa and United Kingdom CG - Casablanca to Gibraltar CH - Chittagong to Calcutta CJ - Calcutta to Colombo CK - Havana to Key West CL - St. Johns', Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia CM - Capetown to Kilindini to Aden CN - Capetown northward to dispersal CO - Newcastle, Australia to Melbourne & Adelaide COC - Plymouth to Brittany CP - Curaçao to Panama CRD - Casablanca to Dakar CT - United Kingdom to Canada CT - Corsica to Sardinia to Bizerta CU - New York to Netherlands West Indies (CU 1-8: Curaçao to United Kingdom) CU - New York to United Kingdom CV - Cyrenaica to Malta CW - Crystobal to Key West CW - Channel Westward CX - Colombo to Addu Atoll CZ - Curaçao to Cristobal D - Dakar to Casablanca DB - Dikson to White Sea DBF - Dakar to Bathurst to Freetown DC - Durban to Capetown DF - Clyde to Faroes (military ferry) DG - Thursday Island to Merauke, New Guinea DK - Durban to Kilindini DKA - Durban to Kilindini to Aden DLM - Durban to Laurenco Marques DM - Durban to Malaya DN - Durban northward to dispersal DR - Dakar to Gibraltar DRC - Dakar to Casablanca DS - Clyde to Reykjavik DSF - Dakar to Freetown DSL - Dakar to Freetown & Lagos DSP - Dakar to Freetown & Pointe Noire DST - Dakar to Freetown & Takoradi DT - Darwin to Thursday Island E - Trinidad to dispersal southward EBC - Bristol Channel to France EBM - Bristol Channel MT convoy to France (June 1944) EC - Southend to Oban via Firth of Forth ECM - Falmouth to France ECP - Portland & Solent to Bay of Seine EMM - Belfast to France EMP - Belfast to France EN - Methili to Oban via Loch Ewe EPM - Portland to France via Solent EPP - Portland to France vial Solent ET - North Africa to Gibraltar ETC - Thames to France ETM - Thames to France MT EWC - Spithead to Normandy EWL - Isle of Wight to France EWM - Isle of Wight to France MT EWP - Isle of Wight to France FB - Freetown to Bahia, Brazil FBC - Bay of Seine to Bristol Channel FC - France fo West of England FCP - France to West of England, personnel FD - Faroes to Clyde military ferry FFT - Freetown to Trinidad FG - Freemantle to Adelaide FH - Saint John, New Brunswick to Halifax FJ - Florianopolis to Rio de Janeiro FM - Milne Bay to Port Moresby FN - Forth North, Thames to Firth of Forth FP - Troop convoys to Norway FPM - France to Portland MT FPP - France to Portland (personnel) FS - Forth South, Firth of Forth to Thames FSD - Freetown to Dakar FTC - France to Thames FTM - France to Thames MT FWC - France to Isle of Wight FWL - France to Isle of Wight (landing craft) FWM - France to Isle of Wight MT FWP - France to Isle of Wight (personnel) FXP - France to United Kingdom G - Guantanamo to San Juan, Puerto Rico GAT - Guantanamo to Aruba to Trinidad GB - New Guinea to Milne Bay GC - Gibraltar to Casablanca GD - Merauke, N.E.I. to Thursday Island GF - Adelaide to Fremantle GI - New Guinea to Philippines GJ - Guantanamo to Kingston, Jamaica GK - Guantanamo to Key West GM - Galveston to Mississippi River

GN - Guantanamo to New York GP - Galveston to Pilottown GP - Guantanamo to Panama GP - Sydney, Australia to Townsville and Brisbane GS - Greenland to St. Johns, Newfoundland GS - Humber to Southend GT - Gladstone to Townsville GTX - Gibraltar to Tripoli to Alexandria GUF - Oran or Naples to U.S., Fast GUS - Port Said to U.S., Slow GZ - Guantanamo to Panama Canal Zone HA - Halifax to Curaçao HA - Heel of Italy to Augusta HB - Australia to India HC - Calcutta to Chittagong HF - Halifax to Saint John, New Brunswick HG - Gibraltar to United Kingdom HGF - Gibraltar to United Kingdom Fast HHX - Halifax Joiner to HX Convoy HJ - Halifax to St. John's, Newfoundland HK - Galveston to Key West HM - Holyhead to Milford Haven HN - Norway to United Kingdom HON - Halifax Joiner to ON Convoy HP - Heel of Italy to Piraeus HS - Halifax to Sydney, New Brunswick HT - Halifax to Trinidad HX - Halifax to United Kingdom HX - New York to United Kingdom HXF - New York to Liverpool, Fast (routing designation) HXM - New York to Liverpool, Medium HXS - New York to Liverpool, Slow IG - Philippines to New Guinea IXF - Italy to Egypt JA - Colombo to Aden JC - Colombo to Calcutta JF - Rio de Janeiro to Florianopolis JG - Kingston, Jamaica to Guantanamo JH - St. John's, Newfoundland to Halifax JM - India to Mombasa to Madagascar JN - St. John's, Newfoundland to Labrador JR - Rio de Janeiro to Recife JS - Colombo to Singapore JT - Rio de Janeiro to Trinidad JW - Iceland/United Kingdom to N. Russia (after December 1942) K - Casablanca to Brest (incl. KF, KS) KA Kilindini to Aden KB - Kola Inlet to White Sea KD - Kilindini to Durban KG - Key West to Guantanamo KH - Key West to Galveston/Houston KJ - Kingston, Jamaica to United Kingdom KM - Kilindini to Diego Suarez KM - Karachi to Bombay KM - United Kingdom to Mediterranean KMF - United Kingdom to Mediterranean Fast KMS - United Kingdom to Mediterranean Slow KN - Key West to New York or Key West to Norfolk KP - Key West to Pilottown, Mississippi KP - Karachi to Persian Gulf KP - Kola Inlet to Petsamo KR - Kilindini to Ceylon KR - Calcutta and Arakan ports to Rangoon KS - Norfolk to Key West KW - Key West to Havana KX - United Kingdom to Gibraltar LC - Sydney, Nova Scotia to St John's, Newfoundland LE - Levant East (eg: Port Said to Haifa) LGE - Lagos Eastbound LGW - Lagos Westbound LM - Lagos to Matadi LMD - Laurenco Marques (Maputo), Mozambique to Durban LN - St Lawrence to Labrador LQ - Barrier Reef to Brisbane LS - Lagos to Freetown LSD - Lagos to Freetown to Dakar LTS - Lagos to Takoradi to Freetown LU - Humber to Elbe LW - Levant Westbound LW - U.S. East Coast to Southwest Pacific MA - Mombasa to Aden MA - Madras to Chittagong MB - Colombo to Bombay MB - Port Moresby to Fall River, New Guinea