HMS ''Paragon'' was an that served in the

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during the

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. She was launched in 1913, and joined the

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upon completion. Serving with the Grand Fleet in August 1914, ''Paragon'' moved to the

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in the summer of 1916, then to

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, then to Devonport by 1917. On 17 March 1917, fighting alongside in an action in the Dover Strait with eight German torpedo boats, ''Paragon'' was sunk by torpedo.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paragon 1913 Acasta-class destroyers World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom 1913 ships Ships built in Southampton World War I shipwrecks in the English Channel Maritime incidents in 1917 Ships built by John I. Thornycroft & Company