HMSParagon(1913)

For other ships with the same name, seeHMS Paragon.

Paragon
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMSParagon
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company,Woolston
Launched	21 February 1913
Fate	Sunk 17 March 1917
General characteristics
Class and type	Acasta-classdestroyer
Displacement	917 tons
Length	265 ft (80.8 m)
Beam	26 ft 6 in (8.1 m)
Installed power	22,500ihp(16,800 kW)
Propulsion	2-shaftParsons steam turbines Yarrow-type oil-fired boilers
Speed	29knots(54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement	75
Armament	3 ×QF 4 in (102 mm) L/40 Mark IV guns,mounting P Mk. IX 1 ×QF 2 pdr pom-pomMk. II 2 × single tubes for21 in (533 mm)torpedoes

HMSParagonwas anAcasta-classdestroyerthat served in theRoyal Navyduring theFirst World War.She was launched in 1913, and joined the4th Destroyer Flotillaupon completion. Serving with theGrand Fleetin August 1914,Paragonmoved to theHumberin the summer of 1916, then toPortsmouth,then toDevonportby 1917.On 17 March 1917, fighting alongsideHMSLlewellynin anaction in the Dover Straitwith eight Germantorpedo boats,Paragonwas sunk by torpedo.

References

• Colledge, J. J.;Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969].Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.ISBN978-1-86176-281-8.