Convoy routes

Convoy route UGS

CodeUGS
RouteUSA to Gibraltar, slow
AreaCentral Atlantic and Mediterranean
NotesInitially military convoys for Operation Torch, later slow convoys from Hampton Roads to North African ports and through the Mediterranean to Port Said.
ConvoysDateLosses

1943

UGS-3Jan 19432 ships sunk with a total of 7,431 tons.
UGS-4Jan 19433 ships sunk with a total of 19,316 tons.
UGS-6Mar 19434 ships sunk with a total of 28,018 tons.
UGS-7Apr 19433 ships sunk with a total of 17,186 tons.
UGS-10Jun 19431 ship sunk with a total of 4,220 tons.
UGS-14Aug 19432 ships sunk with a total of 14,436 tons.
UGS-17Sep 19431 ship sunk with a total of 7,176 tons.

1944

UGS-37Apr 19442 ships sunk with a total of 14,386 tons.

1945

UGS-72Feb 19451 ship sunk with a total of 9,551 tons.

9 UGS convoys successfully attacked in the war.
19 ships were sunk with a total of 121,720 GRT.

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