John Bull (1800 ship)
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Name: | Unknown |
Captured: | c.1799 |
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Name: | John Bull |
Owner: | T. Mallet |
Acquired: | c.1799, by purchase of a prize |
Fate: | Wrecked 1810 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen: | 162[1][2] (bm) |
Complement: | |
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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 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.
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]
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