WWI U-boat commanders

Walter Roehr

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 4/04)

Successes
28 ships sunk with a total of 84,906 GRT
1 warship sunk with a total of 1,290 tons
7 ships damaged with a total of 42,149 GRT
2 ships taken as prize with a total of 3,462 GRT

Born:	6 Dec 1887	Kunersdorf
Died:	15 Jan 1918	Off Penmarch, France

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Ranks

6 Apr 1904		Seekadett
11 Apr 1905		Fähnrich zur See
16 Mar 1908		Leutnant zur See
29 Aug 1910		Oberleutnant zur See
17 Oct 1915		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd class
		Iron Cross 1st class
11 Apr 1917		Royal House Order of Hohenzollern

U-boat Commands

U 84

17 Oct 1916

15 Jan 1918 (+)

Notes

Date of death approximate.

Ships hit by Walter Roehr

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Type of ship	Tons

14 Dec 1916	U 84	Aamot (p.)	Steamer	1,362	nw
18 Dec 1916	U 84	Malcolm (p.)	steamer	2,100	sw

9 Jan 1917	U 84	Alexandrian (d.)	Steamer	4,467	br
10 Jan 1917	U 84	Bergenhus	Steamer	3,606	nw
12 Jan 1917	U 84	Auchencrag	Steamer	3,916	br
15 Jan 1917	U 84	Kinpurney	Sailing vessel	1,944	br
15 Jan 1917	U 84	Omsk	Steamer	1,574	da
20 Jan 1917	U 84	Bulgarian	Steamer	2,515	br
20 Jan 1917	U 84	Neuquen	Steamer	3,583	br
17 Feb 1917	U 84	Bayonne	Sailing vessel	2,589	fr
17 Feb 1917	U 84	Romsdalen	Steamer	2,548	br
18 Feb 1917	U 84	Berrima (d.)	Passenger steamer	11,137	br
18 Feb 1917	U 84	Hunsworth (d.)	Steamer	2,991	br
18 Feb 1917	U 84	Juno	Steamer	2,416	nw
18 Feb 1917	U 84	Valdes	Steamer	2,233	br
21 Feb 1917	U 84	Dukat	Steamer	1,408	nw
22 Feb 1917	U 84	Invercauld	Sailing vessel	1,416	br
13 Apr 1917	U 84	Argyll	Steamer	3,547	br
13 Apr 1917	U 84	Lime Branch (d.)	Steamer	5,379	br
18 Apr 1917	U 84	Cragoswald	Steamer	3,235	br
18 Apr 1917	U 84	Rowena	Steamer	3,017	br
19 Apr 1917	U 84	Elswick Manor	Steamer	3,943	br
20 Apr 1917	U 84	Malakand	Steamer	7,653	br
1 Jul 1917	U 84	Bachi	Steamer	2,184	sp
1 Jul 1917	U 84	Demerara (d.)	Passenger steamer	11,484	br
4 Jul 1917	U 84	Goathland	Steamer	3,044	br
7 Jul 1917	U 84	Condesa	Steamer	8,557	br
7 Jul 1917	U 84	Oxø	Sailing vessel	831	nw
12 Aug 1917	U 84	Ursus Minor	Sailing vessel	623	nw
13 Aug 1917	U 84	Bergamot	Sloop	1,290	br
24 Nov 1917	U 84	Actaeon	Steamer	4,999	am
1 Dec 1917	U 84	Antonios Stathatos	Steamer	2,743	gr
2 Dec 1917	U 84	Birchgrove	Steamer	2,821	br

9 Jan 1918	U 84	Bayvoe	Steamer	2,979	br
10 Jan 1918	U 84	Cardiff (d.)	Steamer	2,808	br
11 Jan 1918	U 84	Mereddio	Steamer	3,069	br
12 Jan 1918	U 84	Chateau Laffite	Steamer	1,913	fr
17 Jan 1918	U 84	Messidor (d.)	Steamer	3,883	br
				131,807
31 ships sunk (89,658 tons) and 7 ships damaged (42,149 tons). Legend (d.) means the ship was damaged. (p.) means the ship was taken as prize (included in ships & tonnage lost). We have a picture of this vessel.