| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 36 |
| Built by | Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Richardson, Westgarth & Clark |
| Ordered | 25 Jul 1939 |
| Laid down | 11 Oct 1939 |
| Launched | 22 Apr 1940 |
| Commissioned | 27 Jul 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | HMS Clematis is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List Scrapped at Charlestown in September 1949. |
Commands listed for HMS Clematis (K 36)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Cdr. York McLeod Cleeves, DSC, RD, RNR | 19 Jun 1940 | 7 Nov 1941 | |
| 2 | T/Lt. Christopher Morrison-Payne, RNVR | 7 Nov 1941 | ??? | |
| 3 | T/Lt. Richard Henry Farrands, DSC, RNR | ??? | Apr 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Clematis include:
29 Aug 1940
HMS Clematis (Cdr Y.M. Cleeves, DSO, DSC, RNR) picks up 17 survivors from the British merchant Dalblair that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-100 148 nautival miles north-west of Bloody Foreland in position 56º06'N, 13º33'W.
23 Oct 1940
HMS Clematis (Cdr Y.M. Cleeves, DSO, DSC, RNR) picks up 1 survivor from the British merchant Fiscus that was torpedoed and sunk on 18 October 1940 by the German submarine U-99 east of Rockall in position 57º29'N, 11º10'W.
Clematis also picks up 21 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Snefjeld that was torpedoed and sunk on 19 October 1940 by U-99 east of Rockall in position 57º28'N, 11º10'W.