March 12, 2013
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities
and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Sonia Bednarowski, Esq.
| Re: | FreeSeas Inc. |
Registration Statement on Form F-1
File No. 333-186222
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), FreeSeas Inc. (the “Company”) respectfully requests that the effective date of the registration statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will become effective at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on Thursday, March 14, 2013, or as soon thereafter as possible. The Company acknowledges that: 1) should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; 2) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and 3) the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
| FREESEAS INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ ALEXANDROS MYLONAS | |
| Name: | Alexandros Mylonas | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
| FreeSeas Inc. |  |
10 Eleftheriou Venizelou str., 106 71 Athens, Greece ● Tel.: +30 210 45.28.770, +30 216.500.0000, fax: +30 210 42.91.010 ● info@freeseas.gr ● www.freeseas.gr