Allied Warships
HMS Clare (I 14)
Destroyer of the Town class
HMS Clare as seen in Plymouth Sound in October 1941 upon completion of her reconstruction to long range escort. World Ship Photo Library photograph with thanks to Jan Visser.
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Town |
| Pennant | I 14 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 20 Aug, 1918 |
| Launched | 14 Feb, 1920 |
| Commissioned | 9 Sep, 1940 |
| End service | Mar, 1947 |
| Loss position | |
| History | USS Abel P. Upshur decommissioned and transferred in the destroyer-land bases exchange to Great Britain, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 9 September 1940.
From 1940 to 1944, as HMS Clare, she escorted convoys in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. In the early hours of 21 February 1941 she collided with the motor vessel Petertown and was out of action, undergoing repairs, until October 1941. During 1942 and 1943 Clare took part in the Invasions of North Africa and Sicily. In May 1944 she became an aircraft target ship in the Western Approaches Command. In August 1945 she was reduced to reserve at Greenock, Scotland, and later berthed at Barrow, England, awaiting disposal. She was scrapped in 1945. Commanding Officers: HMS Clare in Dockyard Control during refit / reconstruction Lt.Cdr. L.H. Landman, RN Lt.Cdr. John Parker Stewart, DSC, RNR Lt.Cdr. Gilbert Shaw Grant, RNR HMS Clare in Dockyard Control during refit Lt. D. MacDonald, RNR T/Lt. D.S. Thorp, DSC, RNVR T/Lt. J.A. Anderson, RNVR T/A/Lt.Cdr. P.A. Tritton, RNVR HMS Clare is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List |
| Former name | USS Abel P. Upshur (DD 193) |
| Noteable events involving Clare include: 16 Nov, 1940 21 Nov, 1942 |