Mediterranean and North African Coastal Convoys
| Code Prefix | Mediterranean and North African Coastal Routes | First Sailing | Last Sailing | Number of Convoys | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC | Alexandria to Tobruk | 1941 | 1941 | ||
| AG | Alexandria to Greece | 1941 | 1941 | ||
| AH | Augusta, Sicily to heel of Italy | September 1943 | |||
| AN | Alexandria to Piraeus | 1940 | 1941 | ||
| AP | British Isles to Egypt | summer 1940 | summer 1940 | troopships | |
| ARM | local Mediterranean | little used | |||
| AS | Piraeus to Alexandria | 1940 | 1941 | ||
| AT | Alexandria to Tobruk | late 1941 | |||
| Blue | Port Said to Gibraltar | 1939 | 1939 | ||
| BS | Brest, France to Casablanca | September 1939 | June 1940 | French convoys | |
| CG | Casablanca to Gibraltar | ||||
| CNF | convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily | special designation | |||
| CRD | Casablanca to Dakar | ||||
| CT | Corsica to Bizerte via Sardinia | 1944 | 1944 | ||
| CV | Tobruk to Malta | 1944 | 1944 | rarely used | |
| D | Dakar to Casablanca | ||||
| DR | Dakar to Gibraltar | 1944 | 1944 | ||
| DRC | Dakar to Casablanca | ||||
| ET | North Africa to Gibraltar | November 1942 | early 1943 | ||
| GC | Gibraltar to Casablanca | ||||
| GM | Gibraltar to Malta | ||||
| Green | Gibraltar to Port Said | late 1939 | late 1939 | ||
| GTX | Gibraltar to Alexandria via Tripoli | 1943 | 1943 | ||
| GUF | Oran or Naples to Chesapeake Bay | faster ships | |||
| GUS | Port Said to Chesapeake Bay | slower ships | |||
| HA | heel of Italy to Augusta, Sicily | 1943 | |||
| HP | heel of Italy to Piraeus | ||||
| IXF | Taranto and Naples to Alexandria and Port Said | ||||
| K | Casablanca to Brest, France | French convoys - sometimes prefixed F or S | |||
| KS | Casablanca to Brest, France | French convoys | |||
| LE | Port Said to Haifa | ||||
| LW | Haifa to Port Said | ||||
| ME | Malta to Alexandria and Port Said | ||||
| MO | Marseilles to North Africa | ||||
| Ms | Marseilles to Naples | 1944 | 1945 | ||
| MW | Alexandria to Malta | ||||
| NCF | fast convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily | 1943 | 1943 | ||
| NCS | slow convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily | 1943 | 1943 | ||
| NP | Turkey to Port Said | ||||
| NSF | North Africa to Naples | troopships | |||
| NV | Naples to Augusta, Sicily | ||||
| OM | Oran to Marseilles | 1944 | 1944 | ||
| PH | Piraeus to heel of Italy | ||||
| PN | Port Said to Turkey | ||||
| PR | Piraeus to Dardanelles | 1945 | 1945 | ||
| Red | Gibraltar to far east | 1939 | 1940 | ||
| PR | Dardanelles to Piraeus | 1945 | 1945 | ||
| SBF | assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily | 1943 | 1943 | ||
| SBM | assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily | 1943 | 1943 | ||
| SM | Naples to Marseilles | ||||
| SNF | Naples to North Africa | fast troopships | |||
| SR | Freetown to Gibraltar | 1943 | 1944 | ||
| TA | Tobruk to Alexandria | ||||
| TC | Tunisia to Corsica | 1943 | 1944 | ||
| TE | Gibraltar to North Africa | 1943 | 1943 | ||
| TJF | assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily | 1943 | 1943 | ||
| TJM | assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily | 1943 | 1943 | ||
| TJS | assault convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily | 1943 | 1943 | ||
| TSF | assault convoys for Naples landings | ||||
| TSM | assault convoys for Naples landings | ||||
| TSS | assault convoys for Naples landings | ||||
| TV | Tripoli to Malta | ||||
| TX | Tripoli to Alexandria | ||||
| UGF | Chesapeake Bay to Gibraltar (later Naples) | November 1942 | May 1945 | faster ships (UGF 1 was the Operation Torch invasion convoy) | |
| UGS | Chesapeake Bay to Gibraltar (later Port Said) | November 1942 | May 1945 | slower ships | |
| VC | Malta to Tobruk | ||||
| VN | Augusta, Sicily or Malta to Naples (OR) Naples to Livorno | ||||
| VT | Malta to Tripoli | ||||
| WX | western desert ports to Alexandria | ||||
| XIF | Alexandria and Port Said to Taranto and Naples | ||||
| XT | Alexandria to Tripoli | ||||
| XTG | Alexandria to Gibraltar via Tripoli | 1943 | 1943 | ||
| XW | Alexandria to western desert ports |
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