Paragon

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Capt.Hart, of the Paragon, of Lancaster, sent a message from Barbados, dated 16th August 1803, reporting an action 18 leagues to windward of Barbados with a French schooner privateer of 12 guns and 100 men. During an action of one hour, the Paragon repulsed two attempts to board her, and used grapeshot from the heavy guns on her quarter-deck to inflict "dreadful carnage among the crew of the privateer; her decks were almost covered with dead bodies before she got from alongside, and her scubbards run with blood." Of the crew of the Paragon, two were killed and seven wounded  (see Source 1).

On the 3rd April 1804 the Paragon was reported as part of a West India convoy of 38 sail, under the protection of HM frigate Carysfort (see Source 2).

A brig named Paragon was built at Lancaster in 1824.
 

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

Sources :

1. The Times, Tuesday, 11th October 1803, page 3.
2. The Times, Wednesday, 2nd May 1804.