Bassa
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| Name | Bassa | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,267 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Sep 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-32 (Hans Jenisch) | ||
| Position | 54N, 21W - Grid AL 4587 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 50 (50 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | OB-218 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Liverpool - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in March 1918 as War Pointer for The Shipping Controller, managed by Cairns, Noble & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1919 renamed Bassa for Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.53 hours on 29 Sep, 1940, the Bassa (Master George Edward Anderson), dispersed only a few hours earlier from convoy OB-218, was hit aft by one torpedo from U-32 and sank by the stern southwest of Rockall. The Germans observed how the crew abandoned ship in lifeboats, but the survivors were never seen again. The master, 48 crew members and one gunner were lost. | ||
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