Convoy TAG 5 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, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. It was the 5th 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 Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba ( nl, Land Aruba; ...

from Trinidad and Aruba to Guantánamo.Hague, p.113 The convoy was found on 13 September 1942 by .

Kapitänleutnant ''Kapitänleutnant'', short: KptLt/in lists: KL, ( en, captain lieutenant) is an officer grade of the captains' military hierarchy group () of the German Bundeswehr. The rank is rated OF-2 in NATO, and equivalent to Hauptmann in the Heer and ...

Günther Krech (

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight' ...

) destroyed three ships from the convoy in two approaches aboard ''U-558''.Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.164

Ships in the convoy

References

Bibliography

* *

External links

TAG 5 at convoyweb
{{DEFAULTSORT:Convoy TAG 05 TAG 05 Naval battles of World War II involving Canada