| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 88 |
| Built by | Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
| Ordered | 19 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 30 Oct 1939 |
| Launched | 7 Mar 1940 |
| Commissioned | 22 Apr 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 30 July 1947. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Stanley Darling, RANVR A/Lt.Cdr. Joseph Oswald Williams, RNR Lt. Timothy Walter Beamish Pollock Hamilton, DSC, RNR HMS Clarkia is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List. |
Commands listed for HMS Clarkia (K 88)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Frederick John Gwynn Jones, RNR | 4 Apr 1940 | 30 Aug 1942 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Stanley Darling, RANVR | 30 Aug 1942 | 12 Oct 1943 |
| 3 | A/Lt.Cdr. Joseph Oswald Williams, RNR | 12 Oct 1943 | 7 Mar 1945 |
| 4 | Lt. Timothy Walter Beamish Pollock Hamilton, RNR | 7 Mar 1945 | Apr 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Clarkia include:
26 Jul 1940
HMS Clarkia (Lt.Cdr. F.J.G. Jones, RNR) picks up 45 survivors from the British passenger ship Accra that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-34 about 320 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55º40'N, 16º28'W.
HMS Clarkia also picks up 32 survivors from the British merchant Vinemoor that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-34 about 320 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55º43'N, 16º25'W. The Vinemoor sank the next day in position 55°25'N, 16°05'W.
12 Oct 1940
HMS Clarkia (Lt.Cdr. F.J.G. Jones, RNR) picks up 16 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Brandanger that was torpedoed and sunk, the previous day, south of Iceland in position 57º10'N, 17º42'W by the German submarine U-48.
3 Feb 1941
The British merchant Empire Citizen is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-107 southwest of Iceland in position 58º12'N, 23º22'W. HMS Clarkia (Lt.Cdr. F.J.G. Jones, RNR) later picks up 5 survivors.
15 Mar 1942
HMS Clarkia (Lt.Cdr. F.J.G. Jones, RNR) picks up 4 survivors from the British tanker British Resource that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-124 north of Bermuda in position 36º04'N, 65º38'W.
19 Aug 1942
HMS Clarkia (Lt.Cdr. F.J.G. Jones, RNR) picks up 40 survivors from the British tanker British Consul that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-564 85 nautical miles north-west of Boca Grande, Trinidad in position 11º58'N, 62º38'W.