Paragon (1813 ship)
Paragon was launched at Medford, Massachusetts in 1813. She was commissioned (acquired her letter of marque), and then captured later that year.
| History | |
|---|---|
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| 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) |
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]
Citations
- Gleason (1929), p. 14.
- Kert (2015).
- Emmons (1853), p. 188.
- "No. 16799". The London Gazette. 6 November 1813. p. 2167.
- Vice-Admiralty Court (1911), p. 145.
References
- Emmons, George Foster (1853). The navy of the United States, from the commencement, 1775 to 1853; with a brief history of each vessel's service and fate ... Comp. by Lieut. George F. Emmons ... under the authority of the Navy Dept. To which is added a list of private armed vessels, fitted out under the American flag ... also a list of the revenue and coast survey vessels, and principal ocean steamers, belonging to citizens of the United States in 1850. Washington: Gideon & Co.
- Gleason, Hall (1929). "Old ships and ship building days of Medford". Medford Historical Register. 32 (1): 10–16.
- Kert, Faye M. (2015). Privateering: Patriots and Profits in the War of 1812. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 72. ISBN 9781421417479.
- Vice-Admiralty Court, Halifax (1911). American vessels captured by the British during the revolution and war of 1812. Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute.