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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
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
MC - Aden to Mombasa to Durban to Capetown
MD - Madagascar to Durban
ME - Malta Eastbound
MF - Port Moresby to Milne Bay & Fall River, New Guinea
MG - Malta to Gibraltar
MG - Mississippi River to Galveston
MH - Milford Haven to Holyhead
MK - Madagascar to Kilindini
MKF - Mediterranean to United Kingdom Fast
MKS - Mediterranean to United Kingdom Slow
MN - Mauritius to Seychelles
MO - Marseilles to N. Africa
MR - Madras to Rangoon
MS - Melbourne to Singapore
MS - Marseilles to Naples
MT - Methil to Tyne
MT - Port Moresby to Townsville
MTC - Bay of the Seine to Southend
MTM - Bay of the Seine to Southend
MV - Milne Bay to Townsville
MW - Malta Westward, Alexandria to Malta
NA - Canada to United Kingdom
NA - Langemak Bay, New Guinea to Admiralty Islands
NAP - Dover to France
NB - New Guinea to New Britain
NC - Walvis Bay, Southwest Africa to Capetown
NE - New Zealand to Panama
NG - New York to Guantanamo
NJ - Newfoundland coast to St John's
NK - New York to Key West
NL - Labrador to St Lawrence
NLY - Lingayen/Hollandia/Leyte
NP - United Kingdom to Norway
NP - Turkey to Port Said
NR - Norway to Methil
NS - New Caledonia to Sydney, Australia
NSF - N. Africa to Naples
NT - New Guinea to Townsville
NV - Naples to Augusta
NYC - New York to E. Coast to Bermuda to United Kingdom
OA - Thames to Liverpool
OA - Liverpool outward
OC - Melbourne to Newcastle, Australia
OG - United Kingdom to Gibraltar
OM - Oran to Marseilles
ON - Methil to Bergen
ON - Liverpool to New York Fast
ONM - Liverpool to New York Medium
ONS - Liverpool to Halifax Slow
OS - Liverpool to Freetown
OSS - Southward extension of OS
OT - Aruba or Curaçao to Northwest Africa
OT - Curaçao to Trinidad
OT - New York to Netherlands West Indies
OW - United Kingdom to India and Australia
PA - Persian Gulf to Aden
PAD - Pointe Noire to Freetown to Dakar
PB - Persian Gulf to Bombay
PG - Brisbane to Sydney
PG - Panama to Guantanamo
PG - Pilottown to Galveston
PH - Piraeus to Heel of Italy
PK - Pilottown, Mississippi to Key West
PN - Port Said to Turkey
PQ - Iceland to Murmansk ("JW" after December 1942)
PQ - Townsville to Port Moresby
PR - Piraeus to Rabbit Island (Dardanelles)
PT - Paramaribo to Trinidad
PT - Pearl Harbor to Tarawa
PR - Piraeus to Rabbit Island (Dardanelles)
PT - Paramaribo to Trinidad
PT - Pearl Harbor to Tarawa
PTS - Pointe Noire to Takoradi to Freetown
PV - Melbourne to Townsville
PW - Portsmouth to Wales
QL - Brisbane to Townsville
QP - N. Russia to Iceland ("RA" after December 1942)
QS - Quebec to Sydney, Nova Scotia
RA - N. Russia to Iceland (after December 1942)
RJ - Recife to Rio de Janeiro
RK - Rangoon to Arakan and Calcutta
RK - Colombo to Kilindini
RM - Rangoon to Madras to Colombo
RN - Methil to Norway
RP - Dardanelles to Piraeus
RS - Gibraltar to Freetown
RT - Capetown to Freetown
RT - Recife to Trinidad
RU - Reykjavik to United Kingdom
SB - Sydney, Nova Scotia to Corner Brook
SC - Halifax Slow to United Kingdom
SD - Iceland to Clyde
SD - Seychelles to Diego Suarez
SG - Sydney or St. Johns, Newfoundland to Greenland
SG - Southend to Humber
SH - Sydney, Newfoundland to Halifax
SHX - Sydney joiner to HX convoys
SJ - San Juan, PR to Guantanamo
SJ - Singapore to Colombo
SJ - Santos to Rio de Janeiro
SL - Freetown to United Kingdom
SLF - Freetown to United Kingdom Fast
SLS - Freetown to United Kingdom Slow
SM - Batavia to Fremantle
SM - Naples to Marseilles
SN - Sydney to New Caledonia
SNF - Naples to N. Africa Fast
SQ - Sydney, Newfoundland to Quebec
SR - Calcutta to Rangoon
SR - Freetown to Gibraltar
ST - Freetown to Takoradi
ST - Sydney to Townsville
STC - Freetown to Takoradi to Capetown
STL - Freetown to Takoradi to Lagos
STP - Freetown to Takoradi to Pointe Noire
STW - Freetown to Takoradi to Walvis Bay
SU - Suez to Australia
SV - Sydney to Townsville
SW - Suez to Mambasa or Durban
T - Hollandia to Manila
TA - United Kingdom to United States (military)
TA - Tobruk to Alexandria
TAC - Thames to Ostend
TACA - Thames to Antwerp
TAG - Trinidad to Aruba to Guantanamo
TAM - Thames to Antwerp Military
TAP - Thames to France
TAW - Trinidad to Aruba to Key West
TB - Trinidad to Bahia
TBC - Thames to Bristol Channel
TC - Canada to United Kingdom (Troop)
TC - Tunisia to Corsica
TCU - New York to United Kingdom (Troop)
TD - Thursday Island to Darwin
TD - New Zealand to N. Australia
TE - Trinidad Eastward to dispersal
TE - Gibraltar to N. Africa
TF - Trinidad to Freetown
TG - Trinidad to Guantanamo
TGE - Takoradi & Lagos Eastward to dispersal
TH - Trinidad to Halifax
TJ - Trinidad to Rio de Janeiro
TLDM - Takoradi to Lagos to Duala to Matadi
TM - Trinidad to Gibraltar
TMF - Trinidad to Gibraltar, Fast
TN - Townsville to New Guinea
TO - Netherlands West Indies to New York
TO - Northwest Africa to Aruba or Curaçao
TOC - Trinidad to Curaçao
TP - Norway to United Kingdom Troop
TP - Trinidad to Paramaribo
TP - Tarawa to Pearl Harbor
TR - Trinidad to Recife
TS - Takoradi to Freetown
TS - Townsville to Sydney & Brisbane
TSD - Takoradi to Freetown to Dakar
TU - United Kingdom to United States (Troop)
TV - Tripoli to Valetta
TX - Tripoli to Alexandria
UA - United Kingdom to Azores
UC - United Kingdom to New York
UCT - United Kingdom to New York (Troop)
UG - United States to Mediterranean
UGF - United States to Mediterranean, Fast
UGL - United States to Gibraltar (landing craft)
UGS - United States to Mediterranean, Slow
UR - United Kingdom to Reykjavik
US - Australia to Suez
UT - United States to United Kingdom (Troop)
VB - Townsville to Brisbane
VC - Valetta to Cyrenaica
VK - Sydney to Wellington
VN - Augusta or Malta to Naples
VS - Townsville to Sydney
VT - Valetta to Tripoli
WA - Curaçao to Aruba
WAT - Key West to Aruba to Trinidad
WEC - Isle of Wight to France
WEL - Isle of Wight to France (landing craft)
WEP - Isle of Wight to Cherbourg
WHX - St. Johns, Newfoundland, Joiner to HX (New York to United Kingdom)
WMP - Isle of Wight to Arromanches
WN - Clyde, Oban & Loch Ewe to Firth of Forth
WNC - Isle of Wight to Le Havre
WNL - Isle of Wight to France
WO - India to Australia Troop
WP - Wales to Portsmouth
WS - Wabana to Sydney, Newfoundland
WS - United Kingdom to Middle East to India ("Winston's Specials")
WSC - Wabana Joiner to SC (Halifax, slow, to United Kingdom)
WTS - Walvis Bay to Takoradi to Freetown
WVP - Isle of Wight to France
WX - Western Desert to Alexandria
XB - Halifax to Boston
XIF - Egypt to Italy
XK - Gibraltar to United Kingdom
XT - Alexandria to Tripoli
XTG - Alexandria to Tripoli to Gibraltar
XW - Alexandria to Western Desert ports
ZC - Canal Zone to Curaçao
ZG - Canal Zone to Guantanamo
ZT - New Zealand to Sydney, Australia
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