Clyde (N12)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | River 2 |
| Fate: | Sold on 30th July 1946 and scrapped at Durban. |
Clyde (N12)
Pistons from the Port engine of HMS Clyde
Ex 12F
Adoption
By Dr Peter Schofield
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Dumfries and Galloway Standard, Wednesday 10 March 1943
HMS Clyde was adopted by the Stewartry on Monday. A crest of HMS Clyde was presented to the county and the county gifted a bronze plaque bearing the county arms and an appropriate inscription. The ceremony took place in the Town Hall Castle-Douglas. The plaque to Clyde was presented to Captain Maitland-Kirwan and was to be placed in the conning tower of the submarine. The plaque bore the following inscription: ‘This plaque is presented to HMS Clyde to commemorate her adoption by the citizens of the Stewartry during Warship Week. At the top of the plaque the county arms were cut out in relief. It was hoped that one day the presentation and adoption plaques would be together again (meaning Clyde would survive the war). The greatest care would be taken of the adoption plaque and it would remind them of the great effort made by every section of the community to raise the enormous sum of money and the Clyde was their submarine. He assured Captain Kirwan that the crest would be one of their most precious and valued possessions.
Events
| 15-05-1933 | Laid Down |
| 15-03-1934 | Launched |
| 12-04-1935 | Completed |
| 13-05-1940 | HMS Clyde attacks the German armed merchant cruiser Widder with gunfire off Stadlandet, Norway but was out gunned and Clyde had to break of the attack. |
| 20-06-1940 | About 40 nautical miles north-west of the island of Halten, Norway. HMS Clyde hit the German battleship Gneisenau in the bow with one torpedo. |
| 16-07-1940 | HMS Clyde sinks the Norwegian fishing vessel SF 52 with gunfire east of Alesund, Norway. |
| 22-07-1940 | West of Bergen, Norway HMS Clyde fires 6 torpedoes at what is thought to be and enemy submarine. Luckily the torpedoes miss as they we aimed against HMS Truant. |
| 01-06-1941 | HMS Clyde torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant San Marco about 5 nautical miles east of Cape Carbonara, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 08-06-1941 | HMS Clyde sinks the Italian merchant Sturla with gunfire in the Golfo di Policastro about 5 nautical miles from Maratea. |
| 14-06-1941 | HMS Clyde sinks the Italian sailing vessel/auxiliary patrol vessel V 125/Giovanni Bottigliere with gunfire about 20 nautical miles south of Spartivento Sardo, Sardinia, Italy. |
| 28-09-1941 | HMS Clyde unsuccessfully attacks the German submarine U-67 in Tarafal Bay, Cape Verde Islands. |
| 02-03-1945 | HMS Clyde sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with scuttling charges of the west coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 04-03-1945 | HMS Clyde sinks the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Kiku Maru with gunfire off the west coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 15-05-1945 | HMS Clyde sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the west coast of Siam. |
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