Convoy facts for kids

A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support. Civilian convoys may be organized, for example when driving through remote areas. A convoy also allows an organized group to arrive together with their equipment. They can start working together immediately, for example at an emergency. A convoy on land is sometimes called a caravan.

Convoys at sea came into widespread use when warships were made as a different kind of ship. They endangered enemy merchant ships that were not protected by friendly warships.

Images for kids

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  A convoy of merchant ships protected by airplanes en route to Cape Town during World War II

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  Convoy Routes in the Atlantic Ocean during 1941

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  US Navy warships escort the tanker Gas King in 1987

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  A military convoy of Humvees leaving Washington, D.C. the day after the Inauguration of Barack Obama

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  3. Einsatzeinheit of German Red Cross Freiburg Land prepares for a march under special convoy rights

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  A convoy of Spanish Army vehicles.

See also

In Spanish: Convoy para niños