Convoy TAG 19
Convoy TAG.19 | |||||
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Part of World War II | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||
Admiral Karl Dönitz Kapitänleutnant Georg Staats |
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Strength | |||||
1 U-boat |
31 merchant ships 14 escorts | ||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
2 ships sunk |
Convoy TAG 19 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the second World War. It was the 19th of the numbered TAG Convoys from Trinidad and Aruba to Guantánamo.[1] The convoy was found on the night of 5–6 November 1942 by U-508. Kapitänleutnant Georg Staats (Knight's Cross) sank two ships from the convoy on 7 November in two approaches aboard U-508.[2]
Ships in the convoy[]
Name[3] | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
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Afghanistan (1940) | ![]() |
6,992 | |
Alar (1939) | ![]() |
9,430 | |
Baalbeck (1937) | ![]() |
2,160 | |
Baldbutte (1919) | ![]() |
6,295 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Baron Maclay (1924) | ![]() |
6,317 | |
Britamsea (1939) | ![]() |
8,238 | |
Courageous (1918) | ![]() |
7,573 | |
Dunboyne (1919) | ![]() |
3,515 | Did not sail |
Empire Airman II (1942) | ![]() |
9,813 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Empire Metal (1942) | ![]() |
8,201 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Empire Wordsworth (1942) | ![]() |
9,891 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Fenja (1939) | ![]() |
8,268 | |
Geo W Mcknight (1933) | ![]() |
12,502 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Gulfking (1921) | ![]() |
6,561 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Hanley (1920) | ![]() |
7,583 | |
Lindenhall (1937) | ![]() |
5,248 | Sunk by U-508[4] |
Lord Cochrane (1934) | ![]() |
4,157 | |
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1942) | ![]() |
7,176 | Sunk by U-508[5] |
Ocean Peace (1942) | ![]() |
7,173 | |
Otina (1938) | ![]() |
6,217 | |
Permian (1931) | ![]() |
8,890 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Ponca City (1919) | ![]() |
7,051 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Prins Willem III (1939) | ![]() |
1,524 | |
Prometheus (1923) | ![]() |
8,890 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Robert F Hand (1933) | ![]() |
12,197 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Seminole (1936) | ![]() |
10,389 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Svealand (1925) | ![]() |
15,300 | |
Thorsholm (1937) | ![]() |
9,937 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
USCG 475 | ![]() |
Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | |
USCGC Agassiz (WSC-126) | ![]() |
Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | |
USCGC Colfax (WSC-133) | ![]() |
Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | |
USCGC Dix (WSC-136) | ![]() |
Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | |
USCG Rush (WSC-151) | ![]() |
Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | |
USS 608 | ![]() |
Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | |
USS Breckinridge (DD-148) | ![]() |
Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov Destroyer | |
PT-22 | ![]() |
Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov Torpedo boat | |
USS PC-493 | ![]() |
Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | |
USS PC-549 | ![]() |
Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | |
USS PC-566 | ![]() |
Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | |
USS PC-583 | ![]() |
Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | |
USS PC-609 | ![]() |
Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | |
USS Surprise (PG-63) | ![]() |
Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | |
Vacuum (1920) | ![]() |
7,020 | |
Wallace E Pratt (1937) | ![]() |
7,991 | |
Walter Jennings (1921) | ![]() |
9,564 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
References[]
- ^ Hague, p.113
- ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.169
- ^ "Convoy TAG.19". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "SS Lindenhall – British Steam Merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "SS Nathaniel Hawthorne – American Steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
Bibliography[]
- Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.
- Rohwer, J.; Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X.
External links[]
Categories:
- Caribbean convoys of World War II