1 November 2004
The Prime Minister has today re-appointed Rear Admiral Roy Clare as Director of the National Maritime Museum.
Biographical Notes
Rear Admiral Roy Clare (54) has been Director of the National Maritime Museum since 2000. He joined the Royal Navy as a rating in 1966 and sailed in the navy’s yacht Adventure in the first Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973. He was First Lieutenant to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in HMS Bronington in 1976 and has been the Commanding Officer of several of Her Majesty’s ships, including HMS Bronington, HMS Birmingham, HMS York (when he was also Captain of the Third Destroyer Squadron) and HMS Invincible. He was the Commodore of Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth before becoming a Rear Admiral in 1999. For ten years from 1989 he was a trustee of HMS Bronington, in her role as an historic vessel, and while at Dartmouth he created a museum of officers’ training, opening the College to visitors for the first time in its 100 year history. He has chaired a National Museum Director’s Conference working group on leadership in the cultural sector since 2001, when he also became a member of the University of Greenwich Assembly.
Notes for Editors
The National Maritime Museum illustrates the importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars and their relationship with people through its pre-eminent collections. The Museum incorporates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich and the Queen’s House.
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