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Frederick Fleet. Frederick Fleet (15 October 1887 – 10 January 1965) was a British sailor, crewman and a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. [1] 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!" [2]
- United Kingdom
- 10 January 1965 (aged 77), Southampton, UK
- 15 October 1887, Liverpool, UK
- Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton, UK
Titanic. Survivors. Mr Frederick Fleet. 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 ...
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’.
Apr 14, 2021 · Titanic survivor Frederick Fleet in 1912. 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. He was a sailor on board the Titanic and was one of few staff members to survive.
- Megan Stanley
Reade described Fleet as "almost 77, a stocky man, with a rather square head thrust forward, and the deep-set eyes, that had been a feature of the 1912 photos, were now framed in yellow-rimmed glasses. He looked and spoke like an old-fashioned British working man, who had apparently missed the benefits of the Welfare State."
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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…. Other articles where Frederick Fleet is discussed: Titanic: Final hours ...
Apr 15, 2018 · Frederick Fleet was born in Liverpool on October 15, 1887. He never knew his father, and his mother abandoned him when she ran away to Massachusetts with a boyfriend. ... In 1903, the 16-year-old ...
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