| Conflict: | Convoy TAG.19 |
| Partof: | World War II |
| Date: | 6–11 November 1942 |
| Place: | Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea |
| Result: | German tactical victory |
| Combatant1: | Germany |
| Combatant2: |    United Kingdom |
| Commander1: | Admiral Karl Dönitz Kapitänleutnant Georg Staats |
| Strength1: | 1 U-boat |
| Strength2: | 31 merchant ships 14 escorts |
| Casualties2: | 2 ships sunk |
Convoy TAG 19 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the second World War. It was the 19th of the numbered TAG Convoys from Trinidad and Aruba to Guantánamo.[1] The convoy was found on the night of 5–6 November 1942 by . Kapitänleutnant Georg Staats (Knight's Cross) sank two ships from the convoy on 7 November in two approaches aboard U-508.[2]
| Name[3] | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan (1940) | 6,992 | ||
| Alar (1939) | | 9,430 | |
| Baalbeck (1937) | | 2,160 | |
| Baldbutte (1919) | | 6,295 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Baron Maclay (1924) | 6,317 | ||
| Britamsea (1939) | | 8,238 | |
| Courageous (1918) | | 7,573 | |
| Dunboyne (1919) | | 3,515 | Did not sail |
| Empire Airman II (1942) | 9,813 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| Empire Metal (1942) | 8,201 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| Empire Wordsworth (1942) | 9,891 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| Fenja (1939) | | 8,268 | |
| Geo W Mcknight (1933) | 12,502 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| Gulfking (1921) | | 6,561 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Hanley (1920) | | 7,583 | |
| Lindenhall (1937) | 5,248 | Sunk by [4] | |
| Lord Cochrane (1934) | 4,157 | ||
| Nathaniel Hawthorne (1942) | | 7,176 | Sunk by [5] |
| Ocean Peace (1942) | 7,173 | ||
| Otina (1938) | 6,217 | ||
| Permian (1931) | | 8,890 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Ponca City (1919) | | 7,051 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Prins Willem III (1939) |  | 1,524 | |
| Prometheus (1923) | | 8,890 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| Robert F Hand (1933) | 12,197 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| Seminole (1936) | 10,389 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base | |
| Svealand (1925) |  | 15,300 | |
| Thorsholm (1937) | | 9,937 | Curaçao to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
| USCG 475 | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | ||
| USCGC Agassiz (WSC-126) | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | ||
| USCGC Colfax (WSC-133) | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | ||
| USCGC Dix (WSC-136) | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | ||
| USCG Rush (WSC-151) | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | ||
| USS 608 | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | ||
| USS Breckinridge (DD-148) | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov Destroyer | ||
| Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov Torpedo boat | |||
| USS PC-493 | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | ||
| USS PC-549 | Escort 8 Nov – 11 Nov | ||
| USS PC-566 | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | ||
| USS PC-583 | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | ||
| USS PC-609 | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | ||
| USS Surprise (PG-63) | Escort 6 Nov – 11 Nov | ||
| Vacuum (1920) | | 7,020 | |
| Wallace E Pratt (1937) | | 7,991 | |
| Walter Jennings (1921) | | 9,564 | Aruba to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |