convoying
Accompanying for protection
Convoying is traveling together for protection or mutual support, typically of ships or vehicles moving as a group.
The word usually appears in military or maritime contexts: Destroyers were convoying supply ships across the Atlantic.
It can extend to any organized group movement: Police cars convoying the motorcade through downtown.
One who accompanies another
- armadaFleet of warships
- flotillaSmall naval fleet
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- warshipsMilitary combat vessels
destroyers · frigates · carriers · taskforce · patrol · defense · protection · naval
Heavy cargo vehicles
- vehiclesMachines for transportation
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- columnVertical structural element
- motorcadeProcession of official vehicles
procession · haulage · delivery · transit · route · highway · checkpoint · waypoint
One who accompanies another
- shepherdOne who tends flocks
- guideLeader or instruction book
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
navigator · pathfinder · scout · outrider · vanguard · point · flanking · rear guard
Transported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- vesselsCarriers or containers
- merchant shipsVessels for transporting goods
- tankersShips transporting fluids
supply ships · logistics · containers · maritime · sea lanes · ports · harbors · loading
escort
One who accompanies another
warships · destroyers · frigates · carriers · taskforce · patrol · defense · protection · naval · maritime
trucks
Heavy cargo vehicles
- vehiclesMachines for transportation
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- columnVertical structural element
motorcade · procession · haulage · delivery · transit · route · highway · checkpoint · waypoint · staging
escort
One who accompanies another
pilot · navigator · pathfinder · scout · outrider · vanguard · point · flanking · rear guard · coordination
cargo
Transported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- vesselsCarriers or containers
- merchant shipsVessels for transporting goods
tankers · supply ships · logistics · containers · maritime · sea lanes · ports · harbors · loading · unloading
convoyingabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
deserting · forsaking · stranding · leaving behind · neglecting
convoyinggoing solo
Acting without partners
dispersing · scattering · separating · splitting up · diverging