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 |
| Afghanistan (1940) |  United Kingdom | 6,992 | |
| Alar (1939) |  Norway | 9,430 | |
| Baalbeck (1937) | Norway | 2,160 | |
| Baldbutte (1919) | .svg.png) 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 Navy | 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 Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USCGC Agassiz (WSC-126) | United States Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USCGC Colfax (WSC-133) | United States Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USCGC Dix (WSC-136) | United States Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USCG Rush (WSC-151) | United States Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS 608 | United States Navy | | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS Breckinridge (DD-148) | United States Navy | | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov
Destroyer |
| PT-22 | United States Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov
Torpedo boat |
| USS PC-493 | United States Navy | | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS PC-549 | United States Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS PC-566 | United States Navy | | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS PC-583 | United States Navy | | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS PC-609 | United States Navy | | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS Surprise (PG-63) | United States Navy | | Escort 6 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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