Bassano
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| Name | Bassano | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.843 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Ellermanīs Wilson Line Ltd, Hull | ||
| Homeport | Hull | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Jan, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-105 (Georg Schewe) | ||
| Position | 57.57N, 17.42W - Grid AL 3850 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 57 (1 dead and 56 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York - Hull | ||
| Cargo | 5000 tons of iron and steel and 600 tons of grain | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.14 hours on 9 Jan, 1941, the unescorted Bassano (Master Dunsley Harwood Casson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-105 northwest of Rockall. One crew member was lost. The master, 48 crew members, two gunners and five passengers were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Wild Swan (D 62) (LtCdr C.E.L. Sclater) and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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