The first large convoy of the war was the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) convoy. On 18 October 1914, the Japanese battlecruiser Ibuki left the port of Wellington , New …

Oct 28, 2009 · For more than three years of World War I, Britain’s Royal Admiralty steadfastly resisted the creation of a convoy system, believing they could not afford to spare ships and …

The German light, minelaying cruisers SMS Brummer and Bremse attacked a westbound convoy of twelve colliers and other merchant ships and their escorts, part of the regular Scandinavian …

Aug 17, 2017 · On April 25, 1917, shortly after the United States officially joined the war, American Adm. W. S. Sims urged the British War Cabinet to adopt a convoy system—groups …

Convoys were grouped according to the speeds of the merchants and were designated as fast, medium, and slow. Fast convoys typically ran at 13 knots and were used to transport troops, …

The convoy system relied on several key tactics and technologies to outmaneuver German U-boats. One of the primary tactics used was zigzagging, where ships altered their course at …

Sep 13, 2023 · The first to be put into effect were the military convoys that brought troops from all over the Empire to serve in the European theatre – the first such major convoy left New …

Sep 10, 2019 · The arrival of the first convoy carrying the soldiers and Marines of the American Expeditionary Force at Saint-Nazaire, France, on 26 June 1917 surprised the world and …

The convoy—a group of merchantmen or troopships travelling together with a naval escort—was revived during World War I (1914–18), after having been discarded at the start of the Age of …

This is a list of the ships of the WW1 convoy (October 1914), in alphabetical order (ie not the way they lined up for sailing in the actual convoy). The source is Colonel A. Fortesque Duguid's …