TAG convoys

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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 and Guantanamo, Cuba

Overview

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The TAG series was the reverse of GAT series. The series ran from August 1942 to May 1945. There were 205 TAG convoys, comprising 3,843 individual ship listings. Five convoys were successfully attacked by U-boats during 1942 and 1943, with 12 ships sunk and one damaged but then later declared a total loss.

Convoy list

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Convoy Departure
Date
Arrival
Date
No. of merchant ships No. of escort ships Notes
TAG 1 29 Aug 1942 5 Sep 1942 31 10 0 vessels lost
TAG 2 1 Sep 1942 7 Sep 1942 7 8 0 vessels lost
TAG 3 5 Sep 1942 11 Sep 1942 21 7 0 vessels lost
TAG 4 9 Sep 1942 14 Sep 1942 18 6 0 vessels lost
TAG 5 12 Sep 1942 16 Sep 1942 17 7 2 vessels sunk. 1 damaged; she eventually reached New Orleans, but declared a total loss
TAG 6 16 Sep 1942 21 Sep 1942 29 8 0 vessels lost
TAG 7 19 Sep 1942 24 Sep 1942 22 6 0 vessels lost
TAG 8 22 Sep 1942 27 Sep 1942 15 7 0 vessels lost
TAG 9 27 Sep 1942 2 Oct 1942 19 9 0 vessels lost
TAG 10 3 Oct 1942 8 Oct 1942 39 6 0 vessels lost
TAG 11 6 Oct 1942 11 Oct 1942 11 7 0 vessels lost
TAG 12 9 Oct 1942 14 Oct 1942 20 10 0 vessels lost
TAG 13 13 Oct 1942 18 Oct 1942 12 11 0 vessels lost
TAG 14 17 Oct 1942 22 Oct 1942 24 7 0 vessels lost
TAG 15 21 Oct 1942 26 Oct 1942 25 8 0 vessels lost
TAG 16 25 Oct 1942 31 Oct 1942 34 7 0 vessels lost
TAG 17 29 Oct 1942 3 Nov 1942 28 7 0 vessels lost
TAG 18 2 Nov 1942 8 Nov 1942 37 8 6 vessels sunk (40,477 tons)
TAG 19 6 Nov 1942 11 Nov 1942 31 14 2 vessels sunk
TAG 20 10 Nov 1942 15 Nov 1942 27 10 1 vessel sunk
TAG 70 3 Jul 1943 8 Jul 1943 20 0 1 vessel sunk

Exceptions

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There were two exceptions, namely special convoy TAG.SP, which ran in two sections from Trinidad to Kingston, Jamaica, and then on to Guantanamo in January 1943, without any losses, and Convoy TAG 205 which sailed from Curaçao to Guantanamo, and comprised only one ship.

Citations

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Bibliography

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  • Arnold Hague (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. Chatham. 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.
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (1968). U.S. Warships of World War II. Doubleday and Company.
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