Convoy route KMS
| Code | KMS |
| Route | UK - Mediterranean (slow) |
| Area | North Atlantic and Mediterranean |
| Notes | Initially military convoys for Operation Torch, later as slow convoys usually combined with OS convoys when leaving the UK and then detached off Gibraltar to enter the Mediterranean. |
| Convoys | Date | Losses | |
1942 | |||
| KMS-2 | Nov 1942 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 5,332 tons. | |
| KMS-3 | Nov 1942 | 2 ships sunk with a total of 12,376 tons. | |
1943 | |||
| KMS-7 | Jan 1943 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 5,859 tons. | |
| KMS-8 | Feb 1943 | 2 ships sunk with a total of 13,742 tons. | |
| KMS-10 | Mar 1943 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 7,133 tons. | |
| KMS-14 | May 1943 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 5,979 tons. | |
| KMS-18B | Jul 1943 | 5 ships sunk with a total of 20,512 tons. | |
| KMS-27 | Oct 1943 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 4,970 tons. | |
| KMS-30 | Nov 1943 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 4,531 tons. | |
| KMS-34 | Dec 1943 | 3 ships sunk with a total of 3,387 tons. | |
1945 | |||
| KMS-76 | Jan 1945 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 4,637 tons. | |
11 KMS convoys successfully attacked in the war.
19 ships were sunk with a total of 88,458 GRT.
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