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]

Convoy TAG.19
Part of World War II
Date6–11 November 1942
Location
Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea
Belligerents
Germany

 Netherlands
 Norway
 Panama
United Kingdom

 United States
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz
Kapitänleutnant Georg Staats
Strength
1 U-boat 31 merchant ships
14 escorts
Casualties and losses
2 ships sunk

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 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
  1. Hague, p.113
  2. Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.169
  3. "Convoy TAG.19". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  4. "SS Lindenhall – British Steam Merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  5. "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.
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