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Frederick Fleet (15 October 1887 – 10 January 1965) was a British sailor, crewman and a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Fleet, along with fellow lookout Reginald Lee, was on duty when the ship struck the iceberg; Fleet first sighted the iceberg, ringing the bridge to proclaim: "Iceberg, right ahead!"
Frederick Fleet. Mr Frederick Fleet (Lookout) was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 15 October 1887 and was the illegitimate child of Alice Fleet (b. 29 June 1870). His mother, Alice Fleet, was born in Liverpool, the daughter of dock labourer Richard Fleet and his wife Ann, née Walkington and came from a large family.
Apr 14, 2021 · Just over 705 people survived the sinking of the Titanic - and a sailor named Frederick Fleet was one of them. Mr Fleet was born in Liverpool in 1887 and died in Southampton in 1965 after a long life at sea.
At 10pm on Sunday 14 April 1912, 24 year old Frederick Fleet and his companion Reginald Lee climbed the fifty feet to the crow’s nest half way up RMS Titanic’s foremast. It was, in his own words, ‘the beautifullest night I had ever seen. The stars were like lamps’.
Dec 14, 2022 · Meet Frederick Fleet, a Titanic survivor who later took his own life due to depression. This is a photo of Frederick Fleet, the Titanic lookout who is often remembered for his immortal words ...
Two lookouts, Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee, were stationed in the crow’s nest of the Titanic. Their task was made difficult by the fact that the ocean was unusually calm that night: because there would be little water breaking at its base, an iceberg would be more…
Frederick Fleet was a Lookout aboard Titanic. He was the man who alerted the officers on Titanic’s bridge of the iceberg. He joined Titanic in Belfast, ready for the ship to sail to Southampton for her maiden voyage, and remained with the ship for that voyage.
Frederick Fleet. Episode Four. Beyond The Titanic. 2.14K subscribers. 10K views 1 year ago. ...more. In this episode we explore the story of the man who first spotted the iceberg that sank the...
Apr 15, 2012 · Frederick Fleet, one of the two lookouts in the crow's-nest of the Titanic, was the first man to see the iceberg that sank the liner.
Aug 28, 2003 · These three words were spoken by Lookout Frederick Fleet at 11:40 p.m. on 14 April 1912 from the crow’s nest of the ill-fated RMS Titanic. The story has come down that, reacting to this three-word warning, First Officer William Murdoch ordered "hard a-starboard."
