PARAGON

Shipbuildervessel built by Walter Hood & Co. (Shipbuilder, Footdee, Aberdeen 1839 - 1881)

Date1840

Object NameBRIG

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 86 9/12' x breadth 21 1/12' x depth 14 5/12'
Registered Tonnage: 213 ton

Object numberABDSHIP000298

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Walter Hood & Co.

Fate: Unknown after 1853. It is possible that the 1851 leak described in the press report below was the end of the ship and Lloyd's continued to register it for sometime afterwards.

Propulsion: Sail
Description: brig rigged, 1 deck, 2 masts, standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built, two galleries, female bust figurehead.

Owners:
1840: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners:
Robert Spring, shipowner, 48 shares; Robert Allan, shipmaster, 16 shares (both Aberdeen).
11/1850: Registration cancelled, then registered in Liverpool.
(Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
1851: W. Oxley, registered at Liverpool (Lloyd's)

Masters:
1841-43: Master R. Allan.
1844-46: Master G. Dunn.
1847-48: Master T. Simpson.
1851: Master E. Burnley.
1852-53: Master G. King.

Voyages:
1841-43: Aberdeen - W.Indies
1844-46: Aberdeen
1847-48: Shields - Mediterranean
1851-53: Liverpool - Halifax

18/05/1851:
PARAGON, British brig, Burnley, from Bangor and Queenstown for Boston, put into Newport [Co. Mayo] 22 April in distress. She was driven on shore on Monomy Point in the gale of 16 May. She leaks 4000 strokes per hour [of hand pump?] and has lost topgallant sails, bulwarks, staunchions, etc.
(Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper)