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. 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.

Ships in the convoy

NameFlagTonnage (GRT)Notes
Afghanistan (1940)United Kingdom6,992
Alar (1939)Norway9,430
Baalbeck (1937)Norway2,160
Baldbutte (1919)United States6,295Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Baron Maclay (1924)United Kingdom6,317
Britamsea (1939)Norway8,238
Courageous (1918)United States7,573
Dunboyne (1919)United States3,515Did not sail
Empire Airman II (1942)United Kingdom9,813Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Empire Metal (1942)Royal Navy8,201Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Empire Wordsworth (1942)United Kingdom9,891Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Fenja (1939)Norway8,268
Geo W Mcknight (1933)United Kingdom12,502Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Gulfking (1921)United States6,561Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Hanley (1920)United States7,583
Lindenhall (1937)United Kingdom5,248Sunk by U-508
Lord Cochrane (1934)United Kingdom4,157
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1942)United States7,176Sunk by U-508
Ocean Peace (1942)United Kingdom7,173
Otina (1938)United Kingdom6,217
Permian (1931)Panama8,890Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Ponca City (1919)United States7,051Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Prins Willem III (1939)Netherlands1,524
Prometheus (1923)Panama8,890Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Robert F Hand (1933)United Kingdom12,197Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Seminole (1936)United Kingdom10,389Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Svealand (1925)Sweden15,300
Thorsholm (1937)Norway9,937Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
USCG 475United States NavyEscort 8 Nov – 11 Nov
USCGC Agassiz (WSC-126)United States NavyEscort 8 Nov – 11 Nov
USCGC Colfax (WSC-133)United States NavyEscort 8 Nov – 11 Nov
USCGC Dix (WSC-136)United States NavyEscort 8 Nov – 11 Nov
USCG Rush (WSC-151)United States NavyEscort 8 Nov – 11 Nov
USS 608United States NavyEscort 6 Nov – 11 Nov
USS Breckinridge (DD-148)United States NavyEscort 6 Nov – 11 Nov Destroyer
PT-22United States NavyEscort 8 Nov – 11 Nov Torpedo boat
USS PC-493United States NavyEscort 6 Nov – 11 Nov
USS PC-549United States NavyEscort 8 Nov – 11 Nov
USS PC-566United States NavyEscort 6 Nov – 11 Nov
USS PC-583United States NavyEscort 6 Nov – 11 Nov
USS PC-609United States NavyEscort 6 Nov – 11 Nov
USS Surprise (PG-63)United States NavyEscort 6 Nov – 11 Nov
Vacuum (1920)United States7,020
Wallace E Pratt (1937)United States7,991
Walter Jennings (1921)United States9,564Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

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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