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HMS PC62
7th October 1916 SM U-84
Type U 81
Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 254)
Ordered 23 Jun 1915
Laid down 25 Oct 1915
Launched 22 Jul 1916
Commissioned 7 Oct 1916
Commanders.
17 Oct 1916 - 26 Jan 1918 Walter Roehr
Career 8 patrols.
3 Dec 1916 - 26 Jan 1918 IV Flotilla
Successes 28 ships sunk with a total of 83,127 tons.
7 ships damaged with a total of 42,149 tons.
2 ships taken as prize with a total of 3,462 tons.
- 14 Dec 1916 U 84 Walter Roehr Aamot (prize) 1,362 nw
- 18 Dec 1916 U 84 Walter Roehr Malcolm (prize) 2,100 sw
- 9 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Alexandrian (damaged) 4,467 br
- 10 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Bergenhus 3,606 nw
- 12 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Auchencrag 3,916 br
- 15 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Kinpurney 1,944 br
- 15 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Omsk 1,574 da
- 20 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Bulgarian 2,515 br
- 20 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Neuquen 3,583 br
- 17 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Bayonne 2,589 fr
- 17 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Romsdalen 2,548 br
- 18 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Berrima (damaged) 11,137 br
- 18 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Hunsworth (damaged) 2,991 br
- 18 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Juno 2,416 nw
- 18 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Valdes 2,233 br
- 21 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Dukat 1,408 nw
- 22 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Invercauld 1,416 br
- 13 Apr 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Argyll 3,547 br
- 13 Apr 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Lime Branch (damaged) 5,379 br
- 18 Apr 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Cragoswald 3,235 br
- 18 Apr 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Rowena 3,017 br
- 19 Apr 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Elswick Manor 3,943 br
- 20 Apr 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Malakand 7,653 br
- 1 Jul 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Bachi 2,184 sp
- 1 Jul 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Demerara (damaged) 11,484 br
- 4 Jul 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Goathland 3,044 br
- 7 Jul 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Condesa 8,557 br
- 7 Jul 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Oxø 831 nw
- 12 Aug 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Ursus Minor 623 nw
- 13 Aug 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Bergamot 1,290 br
- 24 Nov 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Actaeon 4,999 am
- 1 Dec 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Antonios Stathatos 2,743 gr
- 2 Dec 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Birchgrove 2,821 br
- 9 Jan 1918 U 84 Walter Roehr Bayvoe 2,979 br
- 10 Jan 1918 U 84 Walter Roehr Cardiff (damaged) 2,808 br
- 12 Jan 1918 U 84 Walter Roehr Chateau Laffite 1,913 fr
- 17 Jan 1918 U 84 Walter Roehr Messidor (damaged) 3,883 br
Fate 26 Jan 1918 - Possibly rammed and depth charged by PC62 in St George Channel and sunk at 51.53N 05.44W. 40 dead (all hands lost).
There was another U 84 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 26 Feb 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 29 Apr 1941. John Doran
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