Paragon first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1803 with W. Worden, master, Cating, owner, and voyage Dublin–London.

[3] The next year her master and owner changed to W. Byron, and her voyage to Bristol–Virginia.

Whaling voyage #1 (1819–1821): Captain William Perkins sailed from Nantucket on 7 January 1819, bound for the Pacific.

[4] Whaling voyage #2 (1822–1825): Captain Henry Bunker sailed from Nantucket on 11 June 1822, bound for the Pacific.

[2] Captain David N. Edwards sailed from Nantucket on 16 November 1825,[5] bound for the Pacific on Paragon's third whaling voyage.