# Convoy TAG 18

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. The convoy was shadowed from 1 to 4 November by U-160 skippered by Kapitänleutnant Georg Lassen (Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves) and joined on 5 November by U-129 – skippered by Hans-Ludwig Witt (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross). The two U-boats sank six ships from the convoy.

## Ships in the convoy

| Name | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
| Acasta (1918) | Norway | 5,229 | |
| Anna Knudsen (1931) | Norway | 9,057 | |
| Ardmore (1913) | United States | 7,035 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Astrell (1925) | Norway | 7,595 | Ex Curaçao. Sunk by U-129 on 5 Nov |
| Baron Elphinstone (1937) | United Kingdom | 4,635 | |
| Benjamin Bourn (1942) | United States | 7,176 | |
| Chr J Kampmann (1924) | Canada | 2,281 | Sunk by U-160 |
| Cities Service Kansas (1920) | United States | 7,641 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| City Of Lancaster (1924) | United Kingdom | 3,041 | |
| Clio (1935) | Netherlands | 374 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Domino (1919) | United States | 3,170 | |
| Eagle (1917) | United States | 6,003 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Edward L Doheny (1913) | United States | 5,871 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Empire Marvell (1941) | United Kingdom | 9,812 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Errington Court (1925) | United Kingdom | 4,913 | |
| Esso Caracas (1913) | Venezuela | 4,323 | |
| F H Bedford Jr (1930) | Panama | 10,844 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Felix Taussig (1917) | United States | 5,965 | |
| Gulfpride (1927) | United States | 12,510 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Gypsum Empress (1929) | United Kingdom | 4,034 | Sunk by U-160 |
| Hanley (1920) | United States | 7,583 | Did Not Sail |
| Jupiter (1928) | Netherlands | 1,464 | |
| Kaldfonn (1936) | Norway | 9,931 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Karmt (1938) | Norway | 4,991 | |
| La Salina (1927) | Venezuela | 2,402 | |
| Leda (1925) | Panama | 8,546 | Sunk by U-160, Sank In Tow |
| Leonidas (1928) | Greece | 4,573 | |
| Meton (1920) | United States | 7,027 | Sunk by U-129 on 5 Nov |
| Moldova (1911) | Panama | 4,083 | |
| Nishmaha (1919) | United States | 6,040 | |
| Pan Gulf (1918) | United States | 5,599 | |
| Paulsboro (1916) | United States | 6,699 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Peter Hurll (1930) | Panama | 10,871 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Prins Maurits (1936) | Netherlands | 1,287 | |
| St Clears (1936) | United Kingdom | 4,312 | |
| Thorshavet (1938) | Royal Navy | 11,015 | Sunk by U-160 |
| USCG 6 | United States Coast Guard | | Escort 4 Nov – 08 Nov |
| USCG Colfax (WSC-133) | United States Coast Guard | | Escort 4 Nov – 08 Nov |
| USCG Rush (WSC-151) | United States Coast Guard | | Escort 4 Nov – 08 Nov |
| USS Lea (DD-118) | United States Navy | | Escort 2 Nov – 08 Nov Destroyer |
| USS PCC-469 | United States Navy | | Escort 2 Nov – 08 Nov |
| USS PC-495 | United States Navy | | Escort 2 Nov – 08 Nov |
| USS PC-559 | United States Navy | | Escort 2 Nov – 08 Nov |
| USS PC-561 | United States Navy | | Escort 2 Nov – 08 Nov |
| Vulcanus (1907) | Netherlands | 1,819 | |