John Bull (ship)
Several vessels have borne the name John Bull, named for the figure John Bull:
- John Bull was a Falmouth packet that made two voyages on the Falmouth–Halifax, Nova Scotia–New York–Halifax–Falmouth route, one between 15 July 1790 and 15 November, and the other between 12 April 1791 and 24 July.
- John Bull (1798 ship) was a French brig captured in 1798 and renamed. She commenced one voyage as a slaver but wrecked in 1802.
- John Bull (1799 ship) was a ship launched at Liverpool in 1799. She spent most of her career as a West Indiaman, trading between Liverpool and Jamaica, but also made one voyage as a Guineaman (slave ship). She was briefly a privateer with at least one capture to her credit, and made one voyage transporting female convicts to New South Wales. She was last listed in 1833.
- John Bull (1800 ship) was a French vessel that became a British privateer operating out of Jersey, and then from 1803 simply a merchant vessel; she was wrecked in 1810.
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