# Convoy TAG 19

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. The convoy was found on the night of 5–6 November 1942 by U-508. Kapitänleutnant Georg Staats (Knight's Cross) sank two ships from the convoy on 7 November in two approaches aboard U-508.

## Ships in the convoy

| Name | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
| Afghanistan (1940) | United Kingdom | 6,992 | |
| Alar (1939) | Norway | 9,430 | |
| Baalbeck (1937) | Norway | 2,160 | |
| Baldbutte (1919) | United States | 6,295 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Baron Maclay (1924) | United Kingdom | 6,317 | |
| Britamsea (1939) | Norway | 8,238 | |
| Courageous (1918) | United States | 7,573 | |
| Dunboyne (1919) | United States | 3,515 | Did not sail |
| Empire Airman II (1942) | United Kingdom | 9,813 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Empire Metal (1942) | Royal Navy | 8,201 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Empire Wordsworth (1942) | United Kingdom | 9,891 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Fenja (1939) | Norway | 8,268 | |
| Geo W Mcknight (1933) | United Kingdom | 12,502 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Gulfking (1921) | United States | 6,561 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Hanley (1920) | United States | 7,583 | |
| Lindenhall (1937) | United Kingdom | 5,248 | Sunk by U-508 |
| Lord Cochrane (1934) | United Kingdom | 4,157 | |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne (1942) | United States | 7,176 | Sunk by U-508 |
| Ocean Peace (1942) | United Kingdom | 7,173 | |
| Otina (1938) | United Kingdom | 6,217 | |
| Permian (1931) | Panama | 8,890 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Ponca City (1919) | United States | 7,051 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Prins Willem III (1939) | Netherlands | 1,524 | |
| Prometheus (1923) | Panama | 8,890 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Robert F Hand (1933) | United Kingdom | 12,197 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Seminole (1936) | United Kingdom | 10,389 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Svealand (1925) | Sweden | 15,300 | |
| Thorsholm (1937) | Norway | 9,937 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| USCG 475 | United States Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USCGC Agassiz (WSC-126) | United States Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USCGC Colfax (WSC-133) | United States Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USCGC Dix (WSC-136) | United States Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USCG Rush (WSC-151) | United States Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS 608 | United States Navy | | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS Breckinridge (DD-148) | United States Navy | | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov Destroyer |
| PT-22 | United States Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov Torpedo boat |
| USS PC-493 | United States Navy | | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS PC-549 | United States Navy | | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS PC-566 | United States Navy | | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS PC-583 | United States Navy | | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS PC-609 | United States Navy | | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov |
| USS Surprise (PG-63) | United States Navy | | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov |
| Vacuum (1920) | United States | 7,020 | |
| Wallace E Pratt (1937) | United States | 7,991 | |
| Walter Jennings (1921) | United States | 9,564 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |