EXHIBIT 23.01
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the reference to our firm under caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement on Form F-1 and related Prospectus of FreeSeas Inc. for the registration of 3,957,903 shares of its common stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated October 11, 2012, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of FreeSeas Inc. as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and for the three years ended December 31, 2011, included in its Amended Annual Report on Form 20-F, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 2012.
| /s/ Sherb & Co., LLP | |
| January 25, 2013 | |
| New York, NY |