Category:WS (Winston Special) Convoys

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.

WS convoys were routed from Scotland via the Cape of Good Hope 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.