Convoy route MKS
| Code | MKS |
| Route | Mediterranean to UK, slow |
| Area | Mediterranean and North Atlantic |
| Notes | Initially returning military convoys from Operation Torch, later as slow convoys from Egypt through the Mediterranean and then usually combined off Gibraltar with SL convoys en route to the UK. |
| Convoys | Date | Losses | |
1942 | |||
| MKS-1X | Nov 1942 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 7,622 tons. | |
| MKS-3Y | Dec 1942 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 4,906 tons. | |
1943 | |||
| MKS-7 | Feb 1943 | 3 ships sunk with a total of 14,064 tons. | |
| MKS-8 | Feb 1943 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 925 tons. | |
| MKS-10 | Mar 1943 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 6,415 tons. | |
| MKS-26 | Oct 1943 | 2 ships sunk with a total of 10,855 tons. | |
| MKS-27 | Oct 1943 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 656 tons. | |
| MKS-30 | Nov 1943 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 1,350 tons. | |
1944 | |||
| MKS-40 | Mar 1944 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 1,625 tons. | |
| MKS-71 | Dec 1944 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 5,149 tons. | |
10 MKS convoys successfully attacked in the war.
13 ships were sunk with a total of 53,567 GRT.
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