In WWII, the WS designation for convoys appear to be derived from "Winston's Special" as the first convoy was organized on the explicit orders of the Prime Minister. [1]
WS convoys were routed from Scotland via the Cape of Good Hope [2] to Egypt and, later, India. This set a pattern of River Clyde (Scotland), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Cape Town / Durban (South Africa) and onwards. This was the normal route, but it was subject to inevitable alterations [1].
References
- ^ a b "WS Convoys". Naval History. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Munro, Archie (2006). The Winston Specials: Troopships Via the Cape 1940-1943. Liskeard: Maritime Books. ISBN 9781904459200.
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