| Convoy TAG.5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of World War II | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Germany |
 Canada Netherlands Norway Panama United Kingdom United States | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
|
Admiral Karl Dönitz Kapitänleutnant Günther Krech | |||||
| Strength | |||||
| 1 U-boat |
17 merchant ships 1 destroyer 2 corvettes 2 submarine chasers 2 minesweepers | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
|
2 ships sunk 1 damaged, and then total loss | |||||
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]
