Bittern, 1796
Type: Sloop ; Armament 18
Launched : 1796 ; Disposal date or year : 1833
BM: 422 tons.
Notes:

15 Mar 1797 captured the French privateer Casca.

13 Sep 1797 captured the French privateer Agreable.

8 Sep 1798 captured the French privateer Dix Août on the West Indies station.

16 Sep 1800, Portsmouth, arrived from the West Indies.

2 Nov 1800, Portsmouth, sailed with a convoy for the Downs.

15 Dec 1800, Yarmouth Roads, following depredations to shipping by a French privateer off Scarborough, the Shannon, Bittern, lugger Phoenix and cutter Drake were sent on a cruize in order to provide protection to the homeward-bound Baltic convoys.

10 Sep 1803 captured the French privateer Caille in the Mediterranean.

28 Apr 1804 captured the French privateer Hirondelle in the Mediterranean.

May 1805 Mediterranean

2 Aug 1807 captured the Spanish privateer El Verga del Rosaria, settee, 2 guns, 20 men, on the Mediterranean station.

Plymouth 11 Sep 1812 Came down the harbour, after having been refitted.

Plymouth 21 Nov 1812 Arrived from Liverpool.

Plymouth 5 Dec 1812 Sailed for Liverpool.

Plymouth 12 Jan 1813 Arrived from Liverpool.

Plymouth 20 Aug 1813 Sailed for Liverpool.

Plymouth 2 Oct 1813 Sailed for Falmouth.

Plymouth 12 Apr 1814 Arrived from the westward.

Plymouth 9 May 1814 Sailed to the westward.

Portsmouth 20 Jun 1814 Arrived from a cruise.

Plymouth 4 Jul 1814 Sailed on a cruise.

Portsmouth 12 Jul 1814 Sailed for Gibraltar.

Plymouth 1 Aug 1814 Arrived from a cruise.

Falmouth 2 Sep 1814 Arrived from Plymouth and has sailed for Liverpool.

Deal 18 Jul 1815 Sailed on a cruise off Dungeness.

Plymouth 21 Aug 1815 Sailed for Ireland.

Plymouth 16 Sep 1815 Arrived from a cruise.

8 Nov 1815 arrived at Plymouth.

Plymouth 29 Dec 1825 Remains.

Plymouth 19 Dec 1826 Sailed to the westward.

Plymouth 31 Jan 1828 In the Sound.

1830 Plymouth

30 Aug 1833 offered for sale at Plymouth in a Dutch auction at £2,000, and sold at £1,930.