Clive Gwinner DSO, DSC, RN
| Born | 15 Oct 1908 |
| Ranks
Retired: 18 Sep 1933 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Clive Gwinner, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Alresford (J 06) | Lt. (retired) | Minesweeper | 1 Mar 1939 | 22 Dec 1939 |
| HMS Duncan (D 99) | Lt.Cdr. (retired) | Destroyer | 18 Feb 1940 | 12 Jul 1940 |
| HMS Clare (I 14) | Lt.Cdr. (retired) | Destroyer | 9 Sep 1940 | early 1941 |
| HMS Lulworth (Y 60) | Lt.Cdr. (retired) | Sloop | Jun 1941 | 24 Feb 1943 |
| HMS Duncan (D 99) | Lt.Cdr. (retired) | Destroyer | 10 Mar 1943 | 1 Apr 1943 |
| HMS Woodcock (U 90) | Lt.Cdr. (retired) | Sloop | 27 Apr 1943 | 31 Jan 1944 |
| HMS Affleck (K 362) | Lt.Cdr. (retired) | Frigate | 31 Jan 1944 | mid 1945 |
| HMS Balfour (K 464) | Cdr. (retired) | Frigate | 10 Jan 1945 | Jun 1945 |
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Destroyer HMS Clare (I 14)
16 Nov 1940
The British merchant Planter is torpedoed and sunk about 30 miles north-northwest of Bloody Foreland in position 55°38'N, 08°28'W by German U-boat U-137. HMS Clare (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN) later picks up 60 survivors.
Sloop HMS Lulworth (Y 60)
27 Aug 1941
HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN) picks up 27 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Segundo that was torpedoed and sunk west of Ireland in position 53°36'N, 16°40'W by German U-boat U-557.
23 Sep 1941
HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN) picks up 37 survivors from the British merchant Niceto de Larrinaga that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by German U-boat U-103 south-west of the Canary Islands in position 27°32'N, 24°26'W.
24 Sep 1941
HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN) picks up 5 survivors from the British merchant St. Clair II that was torpedoed and sunk west-northwest of the Canary Islands in position 30°25'N, 23°35'W by German U-boat U-67.
31 Oct 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN) picks up 22 survivors from the Dutch merchant Bennekom that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-96 in convoy OS-10 about 530 nautical miles west of Cape Clear in position 51°20'N, 23°40'W.
11 Jun 1942
HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN) picks up 20 survivors from the British tanker Geo H. Jones that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-455
north-northeast of the Azores in position 45°40'N, 22°40'W.
14 Jul 1942 (position 30.07, -26.07)
The Italian submarine Pietro Calvi was sunk south of the Azores by the British sloop HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN). Lulworth forced the Italian submarine to the surface by depth charging and then shelled the Pietro Calvi rending it incapable to dive. In the end the Italians abandoned ship and scuttled the submarine.
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