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.Hague, p.113 The convoy was found on 13 September 1942 by . Kapitänleutnant Günther Krech (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross) destroyed three ships from the convoy in two approaches aboard U-558.Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.164
Ships in the convoy NameFlagTonnage (GRT)NotesAlar (1939)9,430Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseAltair (1920)6,933Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseBeaconoil (1919)6,893Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base; probably this convoyCottica (1927)3,989Empire Kangaroo (1919)6,219Empire Lugard (1941)7,241Sunk by Examiner (1942)6,736Gulftide (1937)7,140Escort 12 Sep – 14 SepHenry D Whiton (1921)4,548Hoegh Silverdawn (1940)7,715Leonatus (1938)2,242Macabi (1921)2,802Peter Hurll (1930)10,871Saintonge (1936)9,386Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval BaseSuriname (1930)7,915Sunk by USS PC-481Escort 12 Sep – 16 SepUSS PC-574Escort 12 Sep – 16 SepUSS SpryEscort 12 Sep – 16 SepEscort 12 Sep – 16 SepUSS YMS-24Escort 13 Sep – 16 SepUSS YMS-56Escort 13 Sep – 16 SepVilja (1928)6,672Torpedoed by and abandoned, but reboarded and safely arrived in Trinidad damaged. Later declared a total loss.West Kyska (1918)5,552Did not sail
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External links TAG 5 at convoyweb