| Name: | ASKA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/04/1939 |
| Completed: | 08/1939 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1596 |
| Dimensions: | 8323grt, 3993nrt, 444.6 x 61.2 x 25.2ft |
| Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines ( 2 x HP, IP & LP), 2155nhp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 19.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 167288 |
| History: | |
| 14/07/1939 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
| 17/09/1940 | Burned |
| Comments: | Built for the Calcutta to Rangoon service |
| Accommodation for 45 x 1st Class, 110 x 2nd Class & 2327 x Deck passengers | |
| 16/09/1940: Bombed 20 miles NE of Larne at 55.15N - 05.55W | |
| 17/09/1940: Drifted ashore on Cara Island and burned out | |
| On a voyage from Freetown and Bathurst to Liverpool with troops | |
| There were 30 deaths in the incident |
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