Convoy TAG 5 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the second World War. It was the 5th of the numbered TAG Convoys from Trinidad and Aruba to Guantánamo.[1] The convoy was found on 13 September 1942 by U-558. Kapitänleutnant Günther Krech (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross) destroyed three ships from the convoy in two approaches aboard U-558.[2]
Ships in the convoy
References
- ^ Hague, p.113
- ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.164
- ^ "Convoy". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "MV Empire Lugard – British Motor merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "SS Suriname – Dutch Steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "MV Vilja – 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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