AP convoys
# AP convoys

The AP convoys were a series of Arabian Sea convoys which ran during World War II.

They take their name from the route: Aden and Bandar Abbas, Persia

## Overview

The AP series was the reverse of PA series that ran from September 1942 until January 1945. There were 92 AP convoys, comprising 615 individual ship listings and 215 escorts. Some of the ships listed in a convoy did not always make the complete trip between Aden and Bandar Abbas though, while some continued on to Abadan.

In 1940, there had been five other convoys labeled AP, these are separate from the 1942–1945 series.

## Convoy List

### 1942

| Convoy | Departure Date | Arrival Date | No.of Merchant Ships | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AP 1 | 10 September 1942 | 16 September 1942 | 3 | |
| AP 2 | 15 September 1942 | 24 September 1942 | 2 | |
| AP 3 | 29 September 1942 | 6 October 1942 | 10 | 3 escorts |
| AP 3A | 7 October 1942 | Not listed | 3 | 2 escorts |
| AP 3B | 13 October 1942 | 20 October 1942 | 6 | 2 escorts |
| AP 4 | 25 October 1942 | Not listed | 5 | 4 escorts |
| AP 5 | 2 November 1942 | 9 November 1942 | 8 | 1 escort |
| AP 6 | 11 November 1942 | 18 November 1942 | 5 | 1 escort |
| AP 7 | 20 November 1942 | 27 November 1942 | 3 | 1 escort |
| AP 8 | 26 November 1942 | Not listed | 3 | |
| AP 9 | 10 December 1942 | 17 December 1942 | 1 | 1 escort |
| AP 10 | 21 December 1942 | 28 December 1942 | 5 | |
| AP 11 | 26 December 1942 | 1 January 1943 | 4 | 1 escort |

### 1943

| Convoy | Departure Date | Arrival Date | No.of Merchant Ships | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AP 12 | 8 January 1943 | 14 January 1943 | 3 | 1 escort |
| AP 13 | 14 January 1943 | 20 January 1943 | 2 | 1 escort |
| AP 14 | 22 January 1943 | 28 January 1943 | 9 | 2 escorts |
| AP 15 | 24 January 1943 | Not listed | 1 | 2 escorts |
| AP 16 | 27 January 1943 | Not listed | 2 | 1 escort |
| AP 17 | 3 February 1943 | 11 February 1943 | 3 | 1 escort |
| AP 18 | 8 February 1943 | 15 February 1943 | 4 | 3 escorts |
| AP 19 | 14 February 1943 | 21 February 1943 | 5 | |
| AP 20 | 22 February 1943 | 1 March 1943 | 2 | 1 escort |
| AP 21 | 25 February 1943 | 4 March 1943 | 2 | |
| AP 22 | 1 March 1943 | 10 March 1943 | 4 | 1 escort |
| AP 23 | 8 March 1943 | 15 March 1943 | 5 | 1 escort |
| AP 24 | 13 March 1943 | 19 March 1943 | 4 | 1 escort |
| AP 25 | 19 March 1943 | Not listed | 3 | 1 escort |
| AP 26 | 26 March 1943 | 2 April 1943 | 5 | 1 escort |
| AP 27 | 2 April 1943 | 8 April 1943 | 4 | 1 escort |
| AP 28 | 11 April 1943 | 18 April 1943 | 6 | 1 escort |
| AP 29 | 17 April 1943 | Not listed | 3 | 1 escort |
| AP 30 | 13 May 1943 | 19 May 1943 | 3 | 1 escort |
| AP 31 | 18 May 1943 | 25 May 1943 | 2 | 1 escort |
| AP 31A | 23 May 1943 | Not listed | 0 | 1 escort |
| AP 32 | 2 June 1943 | 8 June 1943 | 3 | 1 escort |
| AP 33 | 13 June 1943 | 19 June 1943 | 5 | 2 escorts |
| AP 34 | 21 June 1943 | 28 June 1943 | 18 | 2 escorts |
| AP 35 | 18 June 1943 | Not listed | 1 | 1 escort |
| AP 35A | 7 July 1943 | 13 July 1943 | 6 | 2 escorts |
| AP 36 | 14 July 1943 | 20 July 1943 | 2 | 1 escort |
| AP 37 | 21 July 1943 | 26 July 1943 | 4 | 2 escorts |
| AP 38 | 31 July 1943 | 5 August 1943 | 2 | 2 escorts |
| AP 39 | 8 August 1943 | Not listed | 4 | 2 escorts |
| AP 40 | 15 August 1943 | 22 August 1943 | 4 | 1 escort |
| AP 41 | 17 August 1943 | 23 August 1943 | 9 | 1 escort |
| AP 42 | 22 August 1943 | Not listed | 6 | 2 escorts |
| AP 43 | 31 August 1943 | 6 September 1943 | 13 | 2 escorts |
| AP 44 | 8 September 1943 | 14 September 1943 | 6 | 1 escort |
| AP 45 | 15 September 1943 | 21 September 1943 | 3 | 2 escorts |
| AP 46 | 24 September 1943 | 30 September 1943 | 7 | 2 escorts |
| AP 47 | 3 October 1943 | Not listed | 9 | 2 escorts |
| AP 48 | 9 October 1943 | 16 October 1943 | 7 | 3 escorts |
| AP 49 | 18 October 1943 | 25 October 1943 | 13 | 2 escorts |
| AP 50 | 25 October 1943 | 3 November 1943 | 15 | 3 escorts |
| AP 51 | 2 November 1943 | 10 November 1943 | 17 | 2 escorts |
| AP 52 | 10 November 1943 | 17 November 1943 | 21 | 2 escorts |
| AP 53 | 19 November 1943 | 26 November 1943 | 18 | 2 escorts |
| AP 54 | 26 November 1943 | 3 December 1943 | 5 | 2 escorts |
| AP 55 | 6 December 1943 | 14 December 1943 | 16 | 3 escorts |
| AP 56 | 13 December 1943 | 20 December 1943 | 20 | 3 escorts |

### 1944

| Convoy | Departure Date | Arrival Date | No.of Merchant Ships | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AP 57 | 5 January 1944 | 12 January 1944 | 6 | 2 escorts |
| AP 58 | 13 January 1944 | 20 January 1944 | 20 | 2 escorts |
| AP 59 | 30 January 1944 | 6 February 1944 | 2 | 2 escorts |
| AP 60 | 7 February 1944 | 14 February 1944 | 11 | 3 escorts |
| AP 61 | 15 February 1944 | 23 February 1944 | 5 | 1 escort |
| AP 62 | 24 February 1944 | 3 March 1944 | 12 | 2 escorts |
| AP 63 | 2 March 1944 | 10 March 1944 | 17 | 3 escorts |
| AP 64 | 10 March 1944 | 17 March 1944 | 12 | 3 escorts |
| AP 65 | 20 March 1944 | 27 March 1944 | 12 | 2 escorts |
| AP 66 | 29 March 1944 | 5 April 1944 | 8 | 4 escorts |
| AP 67 | 4 April 1944 | 10 April 1944 | 2 | 2 escorts |
| AP 68 | 11 April 1944 | 18 April 1944 | 14 | 2 escorts |
| AP 69 | 20 April 1944 | 26 April 1944 | 15 | 2 escorts |
| AP 70 | 5 May 1944 | 11 May 1944 | 2 | 1 escort |
| AP 71 | 28 May 1944 | 3 June 1944 | 2 | 1 escort |
| AP 72 | 16 June 1944 | 23 June 1944 | 23 | 5 escorts |
| AP 73 | 26 June 1944 | 3 July 1944 | 29 | 4 escorts |
| AP 73A | 14 July 1944 | 19 July 1944 | 1 | 2 escorts |
| AP 73B | 5 August 1944 | 11 August 1944 | 1 | 2 escorts |
| AP 73C | 14 August 1944 | 20 August 1944 | 1 | 1 escort |
| AP 74 | 8 September 1944 | 14 September 1944 | 14 | 2 escorts |
| AP 74A | 16 September 1944 | 22 September 1944 | 1 | 2 escorts |
| AP 74B | 10 December 1944 | 16 December 1944 | 0 | 1 escort |
| AP 75 | 8 November 1944 | 14 November 1944 | 2 | 2 escorts |
| AP 75A | 13 December 1944 | 17 December 1944 | 1 | 1 escort |

### 1945

| Convoy | Departure Date | Arrival Date | No.of Merchant Ships | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AP 75B | 5 January 1945 | 10 January 1945 | 1 | 1 escort |
| AP 75C | 26 January 1945 | 1 February 1945 | 1 | 1 escort |

## Other AP convoys List

### 1940

In September 1940, there were a series of convoys starting in Liverpool, and traveling to Suez, via Cape Town, and Aden, labeled AP.

| Convoy | Departure Date | Arrival Date | No.of Merchant Ships | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AP 1 | 22 August 1940 | 23 September 1940 | 3 | 6 escorts |
| AP 2 | 22 August 1942 | 26 September 1942 | 2 | 5 escorts |
| AP 3 | 10 September 1942 | 22 October 1942 | 10 | 17 escorts |
| AP 3A | 11 October 1942 | 26 October 1940 | 1 | 5 escorts, originated in Durban |

In April 1940, one convoy, starting in Leith, travelling to Norway, was labeled AP. It lost one ship, Cedarbank, to U-26, on 21 April 1940.

| Convoy | Departure Date | Arrival Date | No.of Merchant Ships | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AP 1 | 22 August 1940 | 23 September 1940 | 3 | 6 escorts, 1 ship lost |
