Convoy TAG 18 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the second World War. It was the 18th of the numbered TAG Convoys from Trinidad and Aruba to Guantánamo.Hague, p.113 The convoy was shadowed from 1 to 4 November by skippered by Kapitänleutnant Georg Lassen (Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves) and joined on 5 November by – skippered by Hans-Ludwig Witt (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross). The two U-boats sank six ships from the convoy.Rohwer & Hummelchen, pp.168 & 169

Ships in the convoy NameFlagTonnage (GRT)NotesAcasta (1918)5,229Anna Knudsen (1931)9,057Ardmore (1913)7,035Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseAstrell (1925)7,595Ex Curaçao. Sunk by on 5 NovBaron Elphinstone (1937)4,635Benjamin Bourn (1942)7,176Chr J Kampmann (1924)2,281Sunk by Cities Service Kansas (1920)7,641Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseCity Of Lancaster (1924)3,041Clio (1935)374Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseDomino (1919)3,170Eagle (1917)6,003Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseEdward L Doheny (1913)5,871Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseEmpire Marvell (1941)9,812Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseErrington Court (1925)4,913Esso Caracas (1913)4,323F H Bedford Jr (1930)10,844Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (1917)5,965Gulfpride (1927)12,510Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseGypsum Empress (1929)4,034Sunk by Hanley (1920)7,583Did Not SailJupiter (1928)1,464Kaldfonn (1936)9,931Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseKarmt (1938)4,991La Salina (1927)2,402Leda (1925)8,546Sunk by , Sank In TowLeonidas (1928)4,573Meton (1920)7,027Sunk by on 5 NovMoldova (1911)4,083Nishmaha (1919)6,040Pan Gulf (1918)5,599Paulsboro (1916)6,699Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BasePeter Hurll (1930)10,871Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BasePrins Maurits (1936)1,287St Clears (1936)4,312Thorshavet (1938)11,015Sunk by USCG 6 United States Coast GuardEscort 4 Nov – 08 NovUSCG Colfax (WSC-133) United States Coast GuardEscort 4 Nov – 08 NovUSCG Rush (WSC-151) United States Coast GuardEscort 4 Nov – 08 NovUSS Lea (DD-118)Escort 2 Nov – 08 NovDestroyerUSS PCC-469Escort 2 Nov – 08 NovUSS PC-495Escort 2 Nov – 08 NovUSS PC-559Escort 2 Nov – 08 NovUSS PC-561Escort 2 Nov – 08 NovVulcanus (1907)1,819

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External links TAG 18 at convoyweb