Convoy TAG 19
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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Convoy TAG.19
|partof=World War II
|date=6–11 November 1942
|place=Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea
|result=German tactical victory
|combatant1={{flagicon|Nazi Germany|naval}} Germany
|combatant2={{flagcountry|Dutch government-in-exile}}
{{flagcountry|Norway}}
{{flagcountry|Panama}}
{{flagicon|United Kingdom|naval}} United Kingdom
{{flagcountry|United States|1912}}
|commander1=Admiral Karl Dönitz
Kapitänleutnant Georg Staats
|commander2=
|strength1=1 U-boat
|strength2=31 merchant ships
14 escorts
|casualties2=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.Hague, p.113 The convoy was found on the night of 5–6 November 1942 by {{GS|U-508||2}}. Kapitänleutnant Georg Staats (Knight's Cross) sank two ships from the convoy on 7 November in two approaches aboard U-508.Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.169{{toclimit|2}}
Ships in the convoy
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| scope="col" width="150px" |Name{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/tag/index.html |title=Convoy TAG.19 |publisher=Arnold Hague Convoy Database |accessdate=24 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191802/http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/tag/index.html |archivedate=29 October 2013 }}
! scope="col" width="180px" |Flag ! scope="col" width="30px" |Tonnage (GRT) ! scope="col" width="350px" |Notes | |
|---|---|
| align="left"|Afghanistan (1940)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|6,992 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Alar (1939)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Norway}} |align="right"|9,430 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Baalbeck (1937)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Norway}} |align="right"|2,160 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Baldbutte (1919)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}} |align="right"|6,295 |align="left"|Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| align="left"|Baron Maclay (1924)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|6,317 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Britamsea (1939)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Norway}} |align="right"|8,238 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Courageous (1918)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}} |align="right"|7,573 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Dunboyne (1919)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}} |align="right"|3,515 |align="left"|Did not sail | |
| align="left"|Empire Airman II (1942)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|9,813 |align="left"|Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| align="left"|Empire Metal (1942)
|align="left"|{{navy|UK|RFA}} |align="right"|8,201 |align="left"|Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| align="left"|Empire Wordsworth (1942)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|9,891 |align="left"|Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| align="left"|Fenja (1939)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Norway}} |align="right"|8,268 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Geo W Mcknight (1933)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|12,502 |align="left"|Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| align="left"|Gulfking (1921)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}} |align="right"|6,561 |align="left"|Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| align="left"|Hanley (1920)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}} |align="right"|7,583 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Lindenhall (1937)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|5,248 |align="left"|Sunk by {{GS|U-508 | 2}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2386.html|title=SS Lindenhall – British Steam Merchant|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=24 October 2013}} |
| align="left"|Lord Cochrane (1934)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|4,157 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Nathaniel Hawthorne (1942)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}} |align="right"|7,176 |align="left"|Sunk by {{GS|U-508 | 2}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2389.html|title=SS Nathaniel Hawthorne – American Steam merchant|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=24 October 2013}} |
| align="left"|Ocean Peace (1942)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|7,173 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Otina (1938)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|6,217 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Permian (1931)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Panama}} |align="right"|8,890 |align="left"|Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| align="left"|Ponca City (1919)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}} |align="right"|7,051 |align="left"|Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| align="left"|Prins Willem III (1939)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |align="right"|1,524 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Prometheus (1923)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Panama}} |align="right"|8,890 |align="left"|Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| align="left"|Robert F Hand (1933)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|12,197 |align="left"|Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| align="left"|Seminole (1936)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|10,389 |align="left"|Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| align="left"|Svealand (1925)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Sweden}} |align="right"|15,300 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Thorsholm (1937)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Norway}} |align="right"|9,937 |align="left"|Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| align="left"|USCG 475
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|coast guard}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | |
| align="left"|USCGC Agassiz (WSC-126)
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|coast guard}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | |
| align="left"|USCGC Colfax (WSC-133)
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|coast guard}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | |
| align="left"|USCGC Dix (WSC-136)
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|coast guard}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | |
| align="left"|USCG Rush (WSC-151)
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|coast guard}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | |
| align="left"|USS 608
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | |
| align="left"|USS Breckinridge (DD-148)
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | |
| align="left"|{{ship | PT-22}}
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov |
| align="left"|USS PC-493
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | |
| align="left"|USS PC-549
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | |
| align="left"|USS PC-566
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | |
| align="left"|USS PC-583
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | |
| align="left"|USS PC-609
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | |
| align="left"|USS Surprise (PG-63)
|align="left"|{{navy|United States|1912}} |align="right"| |align="left"|Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | |
| align="left"|Vacuum (1920)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}} |align="right"|7,020 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Wallace E Pratt (1937)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}} |align="right"|7,991 |align="left"| | |
| align="left"|Walter Jennings (1921)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|United States|1912}} |align="right"|9,564 |align="left"|Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
References
{{reflist}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book
| last = Hague
| first = Arnold
| title = The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945
| year = 2000
| isbn = 1-86176-147-3
| ref = {{sfnRef|Hague}}
}}
- {{cite book| title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945 |author1=Rohwer, J. |author2=Hummelchen, G. |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1992 |isbn=1-55750-105-X}}
External links
- [http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/tag/index.html?tag.php?convoy=19!~tagmain TAG 19 at convoyweb]