John Bull (1800 ship)

John Bull was a French vessel that from 1800 became a British privateer operating out of Jersey. She entered the Register of Shipping in 1800,[1] and her captain, John LeGeyt, acquired a letter of marque on 4 February 1800. His successor, Noah Le Sueur acquired one on 29 July 1801.[2] The size of her crew for these two letters is such that it is clear that John Bull was a privateer.

For other ships with the same name, see John Bull (ship).

History
France
Name:	Unknown
Captured:	c.1799
Great Britain
Name:	John Bull
Owner:	T. Mallet
Acquired:	c.1799, by purchase of a prize
Fate:	Wrecked March 1810
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	162[1][2] (bm)
Complement:	1800:50[2] 1801:60[2] 1803:6[2]
Armament:	1800:8 × 6&9-pounder guns[2] 1801:16 × 12,9,&6-pounder guns[2] 1803:12 × 6&4-pounder guns[2]

After the resumption of war with France, Noah Le Sueur acquired a new letter of marque on 16 July 1803.[2] Her crew was one-tenth the size of her earlier crew and her armament was reduced in size and numbers, suggesting that she was now simply trading between London and Jersey.[3]

Loss: Between 4 and 8 March 1810, a severe gale struck the west coast of Portugal and Spain, destroying and damaging many vessels. John Bull, Lefevre, master, was driven on shore at the Tagus River.[4] Her entry in the 1810 volume of the Register of Shipping has the annotation, "Lost".[5]

Citations

1. Register of Shipping (1800), Supplemental pages "J".
2. "Letter of Marque, p.80 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
3. Register of Shipping (1804), Seq. №IJ574.
4. Lloyd's List №4445.
5. Register of Shipping (1810), Seq.№IJ586.