Paragon

Official Number
none

The Paragon was a brig built by Worthington & Co., and was launched at Skerton, Lancaster, on Saturday 17th April 1824. She had been built for the Jamaica trade, and was to be commanded by Capt.Simpson.

At the time of her loss in 1838 the Paragon was owned by Smith & Co. and was registered at Maryport. The brig was wrecked in a severe snow-storm at Ballynesker on the coast of Wexford on Friday morning, 16th February 1838. She was bound from Liverpool for Pernambuco. Six of the crew were lost, the rest were saved by a local boat.

Another brig named Paragon was registered at Maryport from 1829.

Name
Year Built
Net Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Paragon
1824
 257
 
 
 
2 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Launch reported in the Lancaster Gazette, Saturday, 24th April 1824.
  2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1825 (Shipowners' Red Book): Paragon, brig, owned by Fell, master Simpson, voyage Liverpool-Jamaica.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1837-8: Paragon, brig, registered at Maryport, owned by Smith & Co., master J.Watt, voyage Liverpool-St.Thomas.
  4. Wreck reported in the Belfast News-Letter, Friday, 23rd February 1838.
  5. "Shipwreck Index of Ireland" by Richard and Bridget Larn (pub. Lloyd's Register-Fairplay, 2002), ISBN 1 900839 03 02 - citing from Lloyd's List, and giving the date of wreck as 20th February 1838.