Convoy (Noun)
Meaning 1
The act of escorting while in transit.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
A procession of land vehicles traveling together.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 3
A collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- A fleet of oil tankers was part of the convoy escorted by three warships.
- During the Battle of the Atlantic, convoy SC 112 lost three ships to enemy U-boats.
- After gathering intelligence that enemy submarines were operating in the area, a new convoy set sail from Halifax, heavily escorted.
- Ships traveled from North America in a series of large convoys bound for European ports during the Second World War.
- For five years during World War II, Canadian escort groups provided the nucleus for numerous Atlantic convoys that ferried essential war materials and troops overseas.