| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Paragon |
| Owner | John Peters[1] |
| Builder | C.Turner, Medford, Massachusetts[1] |
| Launched | 1813 |
| Commissioned | 6 July 1813[2] |
| Captured | 1813 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 157[3] (bm) |
| Sail plan | Schooner |
| Complement | 20 (at capture) |
| Armament | 2 × 12-pounder + 2 × 9-pounder guns (at capture) |
Paragon was launched at Medford, Massachusetts in 1813. She was commissioned (acquired her letter of marque), and then captured later that year.
Capture: On 14 August 1813, HMS Nymphe's yawl (armed with a carronade), and supported by HMS Curlew's boats, chased a schooner for eight hours off Cape Cod, in little wind, before they captured her. The schooner was the letter-of-marque Paragon, of 157 tons burthen, 20 men, and pierced for 16 guns but carrying four, two 12-pounders and two 9-pounders.[4]
Paragon was under the command of Captain Warren Weston.[3][1][2] She had been sailing from Charlestown to Boston when she was captured. Her cargo consisted of 178 bales of cotton, and 146 barrels and 34 half-barrels of rice. Her captors sent Paragon to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the Vice admiralty court there condemned her in prize.[5]
- ^ a b c Gleason (1929), p. 14.
- ^ a b Kert (2015).
- ^ a b Emmons (1853), p. 188.
- ^ "No. 16799". The London Gazette. 6 November 1813. p. 2167.
- ^ Vice-Admiralty Court (1911), p. 145.