The GAT convoys were a series of
Caribbean
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convoys which ran during the
Battle of the Atlantic
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in
World War II.
They take their name from the route:
Guantanamo, Cuba to
Curaçao
Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...
,
Aruba
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and
Trinidad
Overview
The GAT series was the reverse of
TAG series that ran from August 1942 until 18 May 1945. There were 209 GAT convoys, comprising 3,696 individual ship listings. The escort ships for these convoys are not listed in the reference cited. Some of the ships listed in a convoy did not always make the complete trip between Guantanamo and Trinidad though. Some may have traveled as far a Curaçao, others would join and Curaçao and sail on to Trinidad, while others may have left to go to
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley Inter ...
,
San Juan, Puerto Rico or
Puerto Plata.
Two convoys were successfully attacked by U-boats during 1942 and 1943, in which three ships were lost.
Convoy List
1942
Only one convoy was attacked, 6 September 1942, by , which resulted in one ship being lost.
1943
Only one convoy was attacked, 13 March 1943, by , which resulted in two ships being lost.
1944
1945
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Full listing of ships sailing in GAT convoys{{portal, World War II
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