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

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  A convoy of U.S. Army trucks in Hawaii

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  British convoy in the Atlantic during World War I

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  Convoy routes in the Atlantic Ocean during 1941

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  Allied convoy near Iceland, 1942

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  Allied convoy in Bedford Basin, Nova Scotia on 1 April 1943

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  A convoy of merchant ships protected by airplanes en route to Cape Town during World War II

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  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

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  U.S. Navy vessels escorting the tanker Gas King in 1987

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  A convoy of Strykers traveling between Iraq and Kuwait during the Iraq War in 2010