Friar Rock
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| Name | Friar Rock | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.427 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste | ||
| Owner | Waterman Steamship Co, Mobile AL | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Jan, 1942 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-130 (Ernst Kals) | ||
| Position | 45.30N, 50.40W - Grid BB 5898 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 37 (31 dead and 6 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York - Sydney - Loch Ewe | ||
| Cargo | General cargo and government stores | ||
| History | Built as Italian Arsa for Società Anonima di Navigazione Italia, Genoa. On 10 Jun, 1940 the Arsa was interned at New York. On 6 Jun, 1941 seized by US under a Executive order and renamed Panamanian Friar Rock for War Shipping Administration. On 11 Oct, 1941 assigned to Waterman SS Co at New York under a GAA agreement. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.48 hours on 13 Jan, 1942, the unescorted and unarmed Friar Rock (Master Eric G. Stolt) was sunk by U-130 about 110 miles southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland. Two of three torpedoes fired by the U-boat had hit the vessel, which sank later in 45°51N/50°52W. Only seven survivors were rescued by a ship. One of them, the second mate, died ashore. | ||
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