Clive Gwinner DSO, DSC, RN
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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 | Feb 1940 | 12 Jul 1940 |
| HMS Clare (I 14) | Lt.Cdr. (retired) | Destroyer | 9 Sep 1940 | ??? |
| 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 | ??? |
| HMS Balfour (K 464) | Cdr. (retired) | Frigate | 10 Jan 1945 | Jun 1945 |
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Events related to this officer
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 53º36'N, 16º40'W by the German submarine U-557.
23 Sep 1941
HMS Lulworth (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, RN) picks up 42 survivors from the British merchant Niceto de Larrinaga that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-103 southwest of the Canary Islands in position 27º32'N, 24º26'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 30º25'N, 23º35'W by the German submarine U-67.
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 the German submarine U-455
north-northeast of the Azores in position 45º40'N, 22º40'W.
14 Jul 1942
The Italian submarine Pietro Calvi (offsite link) 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.
Sloop HMS Woodcock (U 90)
30 Jul 1943
The German submarine U-462 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay at postition 45º33'N, 10º58'W.by a British Handley Page Halifax aircraft (Sqdn 502/S) and gunfire from the British sloops HMS Wren (Lt.Cdr. R.M. Aubrey, RN), HMS Kite (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, RN), HMS Woodpecker (Lt.Cdr. R.E.S. Hugonin, DSC, RN), HMS Wild Goose (Lt.Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, RN) and HMS Woodcock (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, DSO, RN).
6 Nov 1943
The German submarine U-226 was sunk at 0700hrs on 6 November 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland, in position 44º49'N, 41º13'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, CB, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Woodcock (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, DSO, RN) and HMS Kite (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, DSC, RN).