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.[1] 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.[2]
Ships in the convoy
References
- ^ Hague, p.113
- ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen, pp.168 & 169
- ^ "Convoy TAG.18". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ "MV Astrell – Norwegian Motor tanker". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "SS Chr J Kampmann – Canadian Steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "SS Gypsum Empress – British Steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "MV Leda – Panamanian Motor tanker". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "SS Meton – American Steam tanker". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "MV Thorshavet – Norwegian Motor tanker". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
Bibliography
- Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.
- Rohwer, J.; Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X.
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