Convoy TAG 19
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[3]
Name |
Flag |
Tonnage (GRT) |
Notes |
Afghanistan (1940) |
United Kingdom |
6,992 |
|
Alar (1939) |
Norway |
9,430 |
|
Baalbeck (1937) |
Norway |
2,160 |
|
Baldbutte (1919) |
United States |
6,295 |
Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Baron Maclay (1924) |
United Kingdom |
6,317 |
|
Britamsea (1939) |
Norway |
8,238 |
|
Courageous (1918) |
United States |
7,573 |
|
Dunboyne (1919) |
United States |
3,515 |
Did not sail |
Empire Airman II (1942) |
United Kingdom |
9,813 |
Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Empire Metal (1942) |
Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
8,201 |
Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Empire Wordsworth (1942) |
United Kingdom |
9,891 |
Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Fenja (1939) |
Norway |
8,268 |
|
Geo W Mcknight (1933) |
United Kingdom |
12,502 |
Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Gulfking (1921) |
United States |
6,561 |
Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Hanley (1920) |
United States |
7,583 |
|
Lindenhall (1937) |
United Kingdom |
5,248 |
Sunk by U-508[4] |
Lord Cochrane (1934) |
United Kingdom |
4,157 |
|
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1942) |
United States |
7,176 |
Sunk by U-508[5] |
Ocean Peace (1942) |
United Kingdom |
7,173 |
|
Otina (1938) |
United Kingdom |
6,217 |
|
Permian (1931) |
Panama |
8,890 |
Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Ponca City (1919) |
United States |
7,051 |
Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Prins Willem III (1939) |
Netherlands |
1,524 |
|
Prometheus (1923) |
Panama |
8,890 |
Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Robert F Hand (1933) |
United Kingdom |
12,197 |
Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Seminole (1936) |
United Kingdom |
10,389 |
Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Svealand (1925) |
Sweden |
15,300 |
|
Thorsholm (1937) |
Norway |
9,937 |
Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
USCG 475 |
United States Coast Guard |
|
Escort 08 Nov – 11 Nov |
USCGC Agassiz (WSC-126) |
United States Coast Guard |
|
Escort 08 Nov – 11 Nov |
USCGC Colfax (WSC-133) |
United States Coast Guard |
|
Escort 08 Nov – 11 Nov |
USCGC Dix (WSC-136) |
United States Coast Guard |
|
Escort 08 Nov – 11 Nov |
USCG Rush (WSC-151) |
United States Coast Guard |
|
Escort 08 Nov – 11 Nov |
USS 608 |
United States Navy |
|
Escort 06 Nov – 11 Nov |
USS Breckinridge (DD-148) |
United States Navy |
|
Escort 06 Nov – 11 Nov Destroyer |
PT-22 |
United States Navy |
|
Escort 08 Nov – 11 Nov Torpedo boat |
USS PC-493 |
United States Navy |
|
Escort 06 Nov – 11 Nov |
USS PC-549 |
United States Navy |
|
Escort 08 Nov – 11 Nov |
USS PC-566 |
United States Navy |
|
Escort 06 Nov – 11 Nov |
USS PC-583 |
United States Navy |
|
Escort 06 Nov – 11 Nov |
USS PC-609 |
United States Navy |
|
Escort 06 Nov – 11 Nov |
USS Surprise (PG-63) |
United States Navy |
|
Escort 06 Nov – 11 Nov |
Vacuum (1920) |
United States |
7,020 |
|
Wallace E Pratt (1937) |
United States |
7,991 |
|
Walter Jennings (1921) |
United States |
9,564 |
Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
References
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.
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