Convoy route UGS
Code | UGS |
Route | USA to Gibraltar, slow |
Area | Central Atlantic and Mediterranean |
Notes | Initially military convoys for Operation Torch, later slow convoys from Hampton Roads to North African ports and through the Mediterranean to Port Said. |
Convoys | Date | Losses | |
1943 | |||
UGS-3 | Jan 1943 | 2 ships sunk with a total of 7,431 tons. | |
UGS-4 | Jan 1943 | 3 ships sunk with a total of 19,316 tons. | |
UGS-6 | Mar 1943 | 4 ships sunk with a total of 28,018 tons. | |
UGS-7 | Apr 1943 | 3 ships sunk with a total of 17,186 tons. | |
UGS-10 | Jun 1943 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 4,220 tons. | |
UGS-14 | Aug 1943 | 2 ships sunk with a total of 14,436 tons. | |
UGS-17 | Sep 1943 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 7,176 tons. | |
1944 | |||
UGS-37 | Apr 1944 | 2 ships sunk with a total of 14,386 tons. | |
1945 | |||
UGS-72 | Feb 1945 | 1 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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