Frank Seamans
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| Name | Frank Seamans | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.271 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd, Southwick, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | A/S Krogstads Shipping Agencies Ltd, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 7 May, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-162 (Jürgen Wattenberg) | ||
| Position | 06.21N, 55.38W - Grid EO 5656 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 27 (0 dead and 27 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Paramaribo - Trinidad | ||
| Cargo | Bauxite | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.00 hours on 7 May 1942, the unescorted Frank Seamans (Master Ingvald Hegerberg) was struck by one torpedo from U-162. After all crew members had abandoned ship in lifeboats, a second torpedo was fired which sank the ship. All hands were picked up by a Dutch ship the next day and taken to Paramaribo. | ||
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