Callsign
|
Allocated to
|
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GACQ | ADMIRALTY |
GBXZ | Any British Warship |
GGSC | Ships In Company [Admiralty] |
GTZA | OCEAN FLEETS LTD |
GTZB | ALFRED HOLT & CO |
GTZC | CUNARD STEAMSHIP CO LTD |
GTZD | P & O PASSENGER DIVISION |
GTZE | ELDER DEMPSTER LINES |
GTZF | ELDERS & FYFFES LTD |
GTZG | PRINCE LINE LTD |
GTZH | KELVIN HUGHES |
GTZJ | SIR WILLIAM REARDON SMITH & SONS |
GTZK | THOMAS HAMLING & CO LTD |
GTZL | ANDREW WEIR & CO LTD |
GTZM | MARCONI INTERNATIONAL MARINE CO LTD |
GTZN | JOHN SWIRE & SONS LTD |
GTZP | SHANGHAI LICENSED PILOTS ASSN |
GTZQ | BLUE STAR LINE LTD |
GTZR | INTERNATIONAL MARINE RADIO CO LTD |
GTZS | BRITISH TRANSPORT COMM |
GTZT | ROYAL MAIL LINES LTD |
GTZU | P & O STEAM NAVIGATION CO |
GTZV | SIR R. ROPNER & CO LTD |
GTZW | BRITISH RAIL WESTERN REGION |
GTZX | BP TANKER CO LTD |
GTZY | Not known or unallocated |
GTZZ | WIRELESS SUBSCRIPTION PRESS |
GWZA | Not known or unallocated |
GWZB | UNION CASTLE LINE |
GWZC | PORT LINE LTD |
GWZD | BOOTH STEAMSHIP CO |
GWZF | TURNER BRIGHTMAN |
GWZG | H.E. MOSS & CO |
GWZH | Not known or unallocated |
GWZJ | MANCHESTER LINERS |
GWZK | ESSO PETROLEUM CO LTD |
GWZL | PALM LINE LTD |
GWZM | T & j BROCKLEBANK LTD |
GWZN | FURNESS WITHY & CO LTD |
GWZP | Not known or unallocated |
GWZQ | P HENDERSON & CO |
GWZR | STANHOPE STEAMSHIIP CO LTD |
GWZS | THE UNITED MOLASSES CO LTD |
GWZT | Not known or unallocated |
GWZU | Not known or unallocated |
GWZV | PICKERING & HALDANE STEAM TRAWLER CO |
GWZW | OVERSEAS TOWAGE & SALVAGE CO |
GWZX | THOS & JAS HARRISON LTD |
GWZY | MARKHAM CREEK LTD |
GWZZ | CONSTANTINE HOLDINGS LTD |
GZTA | LONDON & OVERSEAS FREIGHTERS LTD |
GZTB | SILVER LINE LTD |
GZTC | ASIATIC STEAM NAV CO LTD |
GZTD | KELLER LINE (UK) LTD |
GZTE | MOBIL MARINE SERVICES LTD |
GZTF | Not known or unallocated |
GZTG | DONALDSON BROS LTD |
GZTH | NERA (UK) LTD |
GZTJ | CONSOLIDATED FISHERIES LTD |
GZTK | ASSOCIATED HUMBER LINES |
GZTL | HUDSON BROS TRAWLERS LTD |
GZTM | KING LINE LTD |
GZTP | WATTS WATTS & CO LTD |
GZTQ | Not known or unallocated |
GZTR | SHAW SAVILL & ALBION CO LTD |
GZTS | New Zealand Shipping Company/ Federal Steam Navigation Company |
GZTT | HOLDER BROS LTD |
GZTU | Not known or unallocated |
GZTV | CAMPBELL BROS & CO |
GZTW | J & C HARRISON LTD |
GZTX | Not known or unallocated |
GZTY | KINGSTON STEAM TRAWLING CO LTD |
GZTZ | CAIRNS NOBLE & CO LTD |
GZUA | AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS |
GZUB | KRISTIAN JEBSEN (UK) LTD |
GZUC | CRAIG STORES (ABDN) LTD |
The remainder of the GZU- Callsigns appear to be unallocated. |
GZWA | Not known or unallocated |
GZWB | ELLERMAN LINES LTD |
GZWC | ELLERMAN’S WILSON LINE LTD |
GZWD | CAYZER IRVINE & CO LTD |
GZWE | CONTAINER FLEETS LTD |
GZWF | SHELL TANKERS LTD |
GZWG | AIR MINISTRY |
GZWH | Not known or unallocated |
GZWJ | PANOCEAN SHIP MANAGEMENT LTD |
GZWK | H. MARKHAM COOK LTD |
GZWL | CRAWFORD SHIPPING CO LTD |
GZWM | MEDOMSLEY STEAMSHIP CO LTD |
GZWN | BURIES MARKES LTD |
GZWP | UNITED TOWING CO LTD |
GZWQ | Not known or unallocated |
GZWR | J & J DENHOLM (MANAGEMENT) LTD |
GZWS | Not known or unallocated |
GZWT | HELLYER BROS LTD |
GZWU | ATHEL LINE LTD |
GZWV | CHR SALVESEN & CO |
GZWW | MANX MARINE TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
GZWX | BIBBY BROS & CO |
GZWY | FRANK STRICK & CO |
GZWZ | HUNTING & SON LTD |
GZXA | RICHARD IRVIN & SONS |
GZXB | ADMIRALTY |
GZXC | STANDARD-VACUUM TRANS CO LTD |
GZXD | F T EVERARD & SONS LTD |
GZXE | JOHN WOOD & SON LTD |
GZXF | REDIFON LTD |
GZXG | BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD |
GZXH | NORTH STAR FISHING CO |
GZXJ | LAMPORT & HOLT LINE LTD |
GZXK | THE PACIFIC STEAM NAV CO |
GZXL | COMMON BROS LTD |
GZXM | BRITISH & COMMONWEALTH (GROUP MNGMT) |
GZXN | WALPORT LTD |
GZXP | OVERSEAS TANKSHIP (UK) LTD |
GZXQ | SUGAR LINE LTD |
GZXR | P & O BULK SHIPPING DIVISION |
GZXT | THOMAS DAVIDSON |
GZXU | MALCOLM SMITH LTD |
GZXV | ERICSSON MARINE |
GZXW | CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS LTD |
GZXX | ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES LTD |
GZXX | SCOTTISH SHIP MANAGEMENT |
GZXY | NATIONAL MARITIME BOARD |
GZXZ | P & O GENERAL CARGO DIVISION |
That is the list as at 11.7.1974 |
Wasn’t GBMS used for “All British Merchant Ships”? I seem to remember BRIMER exercises addressed to that collective callsign, back in the day.
It appears that MBMS was also used for “All British Merchant Ships”. I have found in my files a copy of a message addressed to MBMS by Portisheadradio concerning the declaration by Argentina of a 200 mile exclusion zone around the Falkland Islands.
GGSC was used by Admiralty it meant SHIPS IN COMPANY – this I believe referred to groups of warships at sea. I last saw it a hard copy book issued to ships and think it was titlled BRITISH SHIPS CALLSIGNS it was an official publication. i certainly recall seeing it on the Derbyshire n 1953-53. Does anyone else remember this publication.? Cheers, Roger
This reply is somewhat late… but just by a few years.
GGSC is still assigned to Ships In Company. It is used to address any ship or vessel in company, usually by visual signalling.
I have received and relayed the callsign only once (post Gulf War 1991, using a signal light) to address warships in company with congratulatory messages as they passed a Coast Station where I was operating.
The publication in question is Allied Communications Publication 113 (ACP-113). The extant edition is AI (i.e. edn 35). It is dated January 2012.
The source document and amendment signals can be downloaded at:
http://jcs.dtic.mil/j6/cceb/acps/acp113/
ACP-113 Section 4 details Indefinite and Collective Merchant Ships Call Signs.
Regards to all.