Empire Frost was a 7,005 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1940 by Lithgows, Port Glasgow for the Ministry of War Transport.

[1] The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine.The engine was built by Rankine & Blackmore, Greenock.

[1] The ship was built as yard number 939 by Lithgows, Port Glasgow for the Ministry of War Transport.

She joined Convoy OB 272,[2] which had departed from Liverpool the previous day and dispersed at sea on 14 January.

[5] Severely damaged,[6] she was taken in tow the next day by the Dutch tug Seine,[1][5] but was bombed and sunk by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 27,[6] with the loss of six of her crew.