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 |
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. |
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