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 | 48 (48 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Liverpool - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as War Painter for Managers Cairns, Noble & Co, 1919 renamed Bassa
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| Notes on loss | At 00.53 hours on 29 Sep, 1940, the unescorted Bassa (Master George Edward Anderson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-32 southwest of Rockall. The master and 47 crew members were lost. | ||
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