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
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External links
TAG 5 at convoyweb
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TAG 05
Naval battles of World War II involving Canada