A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bullock, Frederick
BULLOCK. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 31; h-p., 12.)
Frederick Bullock is son of the late Retired Commander Jas. Bullock, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 46, Capts. Graham Moore and John Tremayne Rodd, employed in the Channel; removed, in Feb. 1806, to the Fame 74, commanded successively by Capts. Rich. Hen. Alex. Bennett and Walter Bathurst, on the Mediterranean station; and, having passed his examination in 1811, was. promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Jan. 1812. His subsequent appointments, in the latter capacity, were – 16 April following, to the Papillon sloop, Capt. Jas. Hayes, in the Gulf of Gibraltar – next, to the Fearless gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Harry Lord Richards, in which he was wrecked, 8 Dec. 1812, near Cadiz – 3 Nov. 1813, to the Révolutionnaire 38, Capt. John Chas. Woolcombe, on the East India station, whence he invalided, in Oct. 1814 – 10 March, 1823, to the command of the Snap surveying-vessel, on the Newfoundland station, in which he afterwards, in 1824, accompanied Capt. Geo. Fras. Lyon from England to the coast of Labrador, when that officer sailed on his voyage of discovery to the Arctic regions – and, 4 Dec. 1827, to the Echo steam-vessel, lying at Woolwich. He obtained his second promotal commission 26 Aug. 1829; became, 30 Oct. following. Supernumerary Commander of the William and Mary yacht, Capts. John Chambers White and Sir Sam. Warren, on the books of which he remained until 1836; and, on 8 June, 1837, was appointed to the Boxer steam-vessel. Although advanced to Post-rank 28 June, 1838, Capt. Bullock continued in the Boxer until transferred, 8 March, 1841, to the Fearless, another steamer. His next appointments appear to have been – 1 Jan. 1843, and 1 July, 1844, to the Tartarus and Porcupine, steam surveying-vessels, in the latter of which he is serving in the river Thames.