| Name: | WAR POINTER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/01/1918 |
| Completed: | 03/1918 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 932 |
| Dimensions: | 5267grt, 3202nrt, 400.1 x 52.3 x 28.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
| Engines by: | G Clark Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 142341 |
| History: | |
| 25/03/1918 | Shipping Controller, British Government |
| 1919 | African Steamship Co (Elder Dempster & Co Ltd, managers), London; renamed BASSA |
| 29/09/1940 | Sank |
| Comments: | 29/09/1940: Torpedoed & sunk with all hands, 400 miles west of Ireland |
Above photo as BASSA is courtesy of Stuart Smith
Above photo as BASSA is courtesy of Stephen Tindle
Above photo as BASSA is courtesy of Stephen Tindle
Above photo as BASSA is courtesy of Stephen Tindle