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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.
- Megan Stanley
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….
Electronic - Fully Searchable - transcripts of the complete U.S. Senate and British Board of Trade inquiries, and reports, into the sinking of the S.S. 'Titanic.'.
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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.
