Convoy TAG.5 | |||||
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Part of World War II | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||
Admiral Karl Dönitz Kapitänleutnant Günther Krech | |||||
Strength | |||||
1 U-boat |
17 merchant ships 1 destroyer 2 corvettes 2 submarine chasers 2 minesweepers | ||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
2 ships sunk 1 damaged, and then total loss |
Convoy TAG 5 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the second World War. It was the 5th of the numbered TAG Convoys from Trinidad and Aruba to Guantánamo.[1] The convoy was found on 13 September 1942 by U-558. Kapitänleutnant Günther Krech (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross) destroyed three ships from the convoy in two approaches aboard U-558.[2]
Ships in the convoy
[edit]Name[3] | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
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Alar (1939) | ![]() |
9,430 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Altair (1920) | ![]() |
6,933 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Beaconoil (1919) | ![]() |
6,893 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base; probably this convoy |
Cottica (1927) | ![]() |
3,989 | |
Empire Kangaroo (1919) | ![]() |
6,219 | |
Empire Lugard (1941) | ![]() |
7,241 | Sunk by U-558[4] |
Examiner (1942) | ![]() |
6,736 | |
Gulftide (1937) | ![]() |
7,140 | |
HMCS Halifax | ![]() |
Escort 12 Sep – 14 Sep | |
Henry D Whiton (1921) | ![]() |
4,548 | |
Hoegh Silverdawn (1940) | ![]() |
7,715 | |
Leonatus (1938) | ![]() |
2,242 | |
Macabi (1921) | ![]() |
2,802 | |
Peter Hurll (1930) | ![]() |
10,871 | |
Saintonge (1936) | ![]() |
9,386 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
Suriname (1930) | ![]() |
7,915 | Sunk by U-558[5] |
USS PC-481 | ![]() |
Escort 12 Sep – 16 Sep | |
USS PC-574 | ![]() |
Escort 12 Sep – 16 Sep | |
USS Spry | ![]() |
Escort 12 Sep – 16 Sep | |
USS Upshur | ![]() |
Escort 12 Sep – 16 Sep | |
USS YMS-24 | ![]() |
Escort 13 Sep – 16 Sep | |
USS YMS-56 | ![]() |
Escort 13 Sep – 16 Sep | |
Vilja (1928) | ![]() |
6,672 | Torpedoed by U-558[6] and abandoned, but reboarded and safely arrived in Trinidad damaged. Later declared a total loss. |
West Kyska (1918) | ![]() |
5,552 | Did not sail |
References
[edit]- ^ Hague, p.113
- ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.164
- ^ "Convoy". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "MV Empire Lugard – British Motor merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "SS Suriname – Dutch Steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "MV Vilja – Norwegian Motor tanker". 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.