Convoy TAG 19 was a trade

convoy A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support and can help maintain cohesion within a unit. It may also be used ...

of merchant ships during the

second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. It was the 19th of the numbered

TAG Convoys The TAG convoys were a series of Caribbean convoys which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. They take their name from the route: Trinidad to Aruba and Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantanamo, Cuba Overview The TAG serie ...

from Trinidad and Aruba to Guantánamo. The convoy was found on the night of 5–6 November 1942 by .

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Georg Staats (

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) sank two ships from the convoy on 7 November in two approaches aboard ''U-508''.Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.169

Ships in the convoy

References

Bibliography

* * {{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

TAG 19 at convoyweb
TAG 19