Rear Admiral Thomas Ball Sulivan CB (5 January 1781 – 17 November 1857) was a Royal Navy officer who became Senior Officer, South East Coast of America Station.

[1] He served on several different naval ships until 1793, when he was sent to Mediterranean to take part in French Revolutionary Wars, including being part of the crew of HMS Southampton that captured Utile in 1796, and was promoted to lieutenant the following year.

[2] Sulivan took part in the expedition to Ostend to destroy the Bruges Canal in May 1798 and was present at the bombardment of the Port of Granville in September 1803.

in 1813, after a few commands, his ship HMS Woolwich was wrecked in a hurricane, although the crew was saved and Sulivan was acquitted by the subsequent court martial.

[3] On 19 March 1808, Sulivan married Henrietta, daughter of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew James.