| Name: | BITTERN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/08/1912 |
| Completed: | 08/1912 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 888 |
| Dimensions: | 1797grt, 962nrt, 285.1 x 38.0 x 19.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (21.5, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 254nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 128308 |
| History: | |
| 29/08/1912 | Cork Steamship Co Ltd, Cork |
| 20/08/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | 20/08/1915: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U38, 50 miles NW of Ouessant |
| On a voyage from the Clyde to Livorno carrying coal and general cargo |

Jarrow Express, Friday, 09/08/1912