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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.
Fred Fleet was the first to spot the iceberg that sank Titanic in 1912 and survived the disaster. He died by hanging in 1965, leaving a note and a piece of string as mementos. Learn more about his life, death and memorial.
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…
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.
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Apr 14, 2020 · At 11:40pm on April 14, 1912, Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee were on lookout in the crow’s nest of the RMS Titanic. The Titanic was the newest and most glamorous passenger ship around. It had been labeled “unsinkable.”
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. He was born on 15th October 1887 in Liverpool, UK.
