Frederick Fleet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick Fleet

British sailor

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1887

Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 10-Jan-1965

Profession: sailor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Frederick Fleet (15 October 1887 – 10 January 1965) was a British sailor, crewman and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic after it struck an iceberg on 14 April 1912.
Along with fellow lookout Reginald Lee, on duty, aboard the Titanic when the ship struck the iceberg, it was Fleet who first sighted the iceberg, ringing the bridge to proclaim: "Iceberg, right ahead!"Fleet testified at the subsequent inquiries into the sinking that, had he and Lee been issued with binoculars: "We could have seen it (the iceberg) a bit sooner." When asked how much sooner, he responded, "Well, enough to get out of the way." In later life, Fleet suffered severe depression and as a result committed suicide by hanging in January 1965.