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==Service==
==Service==
She was lost to a torpedo hit at the [[Dover Straits Action]].
She was lost to a torpedo hit at the [[Action of 17 March, 1917]] in the Straits of Dover.  There was heavy loss of life.{{KindellROH2|p. 334}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Apsley Dunbar Maxwell Cherry|nick=Apsley D. M. Cherry|appt=3 December, 1913{{NLOct15|p. 396''j''}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Apsley Dunbar Maxwell Cherry|nick=Apsley D. M. Cherry|appt=3 December, 1913<ref>Cherry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/220.|D7603006}} f. 251.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 396''j''}}|end=24 October, 1915<ref>Cherry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/220.|D7603006}} f. 251.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederic Graham Schurr|nick=Frederic G. Schurr|appt=24 October, 1915<ref>Schurr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/191.|D7604603}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=1916<ref>Schurr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/191.|D7604603}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederic Graham Schurr|nick=Frederic G. Schurr|appt=24 October, 1915<ref>Schurr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/191.|D7604603}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=1916<ref>Schurr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/191.|D7604603}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay|nick=Ambrose T. N. Abbay|appt=June, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 396''j''}}|end=18 November, 1916<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay|nick=Ambrose T. N. Abbay|appt=June, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 396''j''}}|end=18 November, 1916<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=John Francis Bowyer|nick=John F. Bowyer|appt=18 November, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''j''}}|end=17 March, 1917{{UKNavalOpsIV|pp. 362-364 and index}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Richard Grenville Bowyer|nick=Richard G. Bowyer|appt=18 November, 1916|end=17 March, 1917|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel lost under his command}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 23:36, 16 March 2021

H.M.S. Paragon (1913)
Pendant Number: H.26 (1914)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Launched: 21 Feb, 1913[3]
Completed: Dec, 1913[4]
Sunk: 18 Mar, 1917[5]
Fate: in Dover Straits Action

H.M.S. Paragon was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

She was lost to a torpedo hit at the Action of 17 March, 1917 in the Straits of Dover. There was heavy loss of life.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  6. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 334.
  7. ↑ Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396j.
  9. ↑ Cherry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/220. f. 251.
  10. ↑ Schurr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/191. Unnumbered folio.
  11. ↑ Schurr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/191. Unnumbered folio.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 396j.
  13. ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.

Bibliography


Acasta Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Acasta Achates Ambuscade Christopher Cockatrice
Contest Shark Sparrowhawk Spitfire Lynx
  Midge Owl  
Thornycroft Specials
Hardy Paragon Porpoise Unity Victor
Other Specials
  Ardent Fortune Garland  
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