Convoy TAG 19
Appearance
| Convoy TAG.19 | |||||||
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| Part of World War II | |||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Admiral Karl Dönitz Kapitänleutnant Georg Staats | |||||||
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| 1 U-boat |
31 merchant ships 14 escorts | ||||||
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| 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.[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
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Hague, p.113
- ↑ Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.169
- ↑ "Convoy TAG.19". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "SS Lindenhall – British Steam Merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ "SS Nathaniel Hawthorne – American Steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.