convoyed
Shipped under guard
Convoyed is the past tense of convoy, meaning escorted or accompanied for protection.
Ships are convoyed through dangerous waters by military vessels.
Trucks carrying supplies are convoyed through hostile territory.
The destroyers convoyed merchant ships across the Atlantic during the war.
Kept from harm
- guardedWary and restrained
- shieldedProtected from harm
- defendedShielded from harm
- securedMade fast or obtained
accompanied · shepherded · surveillance · patrol · armor · escort · bodyguard · sentinel
Transported goods
- suppliesResources for a task
- shipmentGoods being transported
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- freightGoods being transported
merchant ships · tankers · trucks · vehicles · materiel · goods · logistics · column
safeguarded
Kept from harm
secured · accompanied · shepherded · surveillance · patrol · armor · escort · bodyguard · sentinel · watchman
cargo
Transported goods
- suppliesResources for a task
- shipmentGoods being transported
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
freight · merchant ships · tankers · trucks · vehicles · materiel · goods · logistics · column · procession
escorted
Guided while attending
warships · destroyers · frigates · battleships · carriers · cruisers · vessels · navy · maritime · nautical
Atlantic
Ocean bordering Europe
- U-boatsGerman military submarines
- torpedoesSelf-guided underwater explosives
- wolfpackGroup hunting collectively
merchant marine · depth charges · losses · sinkings · rationing · Murmansk · Malta · blitz · warfare · WWII
convoyedunescorted
Without a guide along
unguarded · unprotected · unaccompanied · defenseless · exposed
- truck convoyGroup of haulers traveling together
- military convoyArmed forces transport formation
- naval convoyProtected group at sea
- supply convoyVehicles transporting provisions together
- aid convoysGroups transporting humanitarian supplies
- rolling convoy