He then returned to Lion, under Cornwallis, and was lent to the 90-gun ship Prince George, Captain John Williams, and participated as officer in charge of half the middle gun-deck in the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782.
[1] His subsequent appointments were to the Carnatic on 2 May 1785, and then the Bombay Castle on 6 July 1786, both 74's stationed as guardships at Plymouth, commanded by Captain Anthony Molloy.
[1] In March 1794, during the early part of the Siege of Bastia, Bullen served as a volunteer under Captain Walter Serocold, who had superseded him as commander of Proselyte.
Bullen was invalided out in July 1794, not returning to duty until early 1796, serving first as a volunteer in Santa Margarita under Captain Thomas Byam Martin, and distinguishing himself during the recapture of the Tamise.
He served as the commander of the Lyme Regis district of the Sea Fencibles from 26 September 1804 until 1810,[1] when the Corps was disbanded, and afterwards remained on half-pay.