Convoy
A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support. Civilian convoys may be organized, for example when driving through remote areas. A convoy also allows an organized group to arrive together with their equipment. They can start working together immediately, for example at an emergency. A convoy on land is sometimes called a caravan.
Convoys at sea came into widespread use when warships were made as a different kind of ship. They endangered enemy merchant ships that were not protected by friendly warships.
Convoy Media
- British Convoys during the First World War Q19954.jpg
British convoy in the Atlantic during World War I
- Convoy routes 1941.jpg
Convoy routes in the Atlantic Ocean during 1941
- Allied convoy underway in the Atlantic Ocean near Iceland, circa in 1942 (80-G-72409).jpg
Allied convoy near Iceland, 1942
- Convoy in Bedford Basin, Nova Scotia Convoi dans le bassin de Bedford (Nouvelle Écosse) (8640015819).jpg
Allied convoy in Bedford Basin, Nova Scotia on 1 April 1943
- Convoy WS-12 en route to Cape Town, 1941.jpg
A convoy of merchant ships protected by airplanes en route to Cape Town during World War II
- A convoy conference in progress, August 1942. A11796.jpg
A convoy conference in progress, August 1942
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The covering forces of the Convoy PQ 17 at anchor in the harbor at Hvalfjord, Iceland, 1942