| Name: | BITTERN |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 04/1842 |
| Completed: | 07/1842 |
| Builder: | T & W Smith |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 343tonsb, 102.0 x 23.0 x 17.0ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Snow |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 02/07/1842 | Thomas & William Smith, Newcastle |
| 18/01/1848 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 18/01/1848: Wrecked on a reef north west of Robben Island |
| while entering Table Bay in a south east gale | |
| All of her crew were saved. Wreck sold for £52-10s |