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 . 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
Ships in the convoy NameFlagTonnage (GRT)NotesAfghanistan (1940)6,992Alar (1939)9,430Baalbeck (1937)2,160Baldbutte (1919)6,295Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseBaron Maclay (1924)6,317Britamsea (1939)8,238Courageous (1918)7,573Dunboyne (1919)3,515Did not sailEmpire Airman II (1942)9,813Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseEmpire Metal (1942)8,201Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseEmpire Wordsworth (1942)9,891Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseFenja (1939)8,268Geo W Mcknight (1933)12,502Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseGulfking (1921)6,561Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseHanley (1920)7,583Lindenhall (1937)5,248Sunk by Lord Cochrane (1934)4,157Nathaniel Hawthorne (1942)7,176Sunk by Ocean Peace (1942)7,173Otina (1938)6,217Permian (1931)8,890Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval BasePonca City (1919)7,051Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval BasePrins Willem III (1939)1,524Prometheus (1923)8,890Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseRobert F Hand (1933)12,197Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseSeminole (1936)10,389Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseSvealand (1925)15,300Thorsholm (1937)9,937Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseUSCG 475Escort 8 Nov – 11 NovUSCGC Agassiz (WSC-126)Escort 8 Nov – 11 NovUSCGC Colfax (WSC-133)Escort 8 Nov – 11 NovUSCGC Dix (WSC-136)Escort 8 Nov – 11 NovUSCG Rush (WSC-151)Escort 8 Nov – 11 NovUSS 608Escort 6 Nov – 11 NovUSS Breckinridge (DD-148)Escort 6 Nov – 11 NovDestroyerEscort 8 Nov – 11 NovTorpedo boatUSS PC-493Escort 6 Nov – 11 NovUSS PC-549Escort 8 Nov – 11 NovUSS PC-566Escort 6 Nov – 11 NovUSS PC-583Escort 6 Nov – 11 NovUSS PC-609Escort 6 Nov – 11 NovUSS Surprise (PG-63)Escort 6 Nov – 11 NovVacuum (1920)7,020Wallace E Pratt (1937)7,991Walter Jennings (1921)9,564Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
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External links TAG 19 at convoyweb