14 Facts About Frederick Barrett

Frederick Barrett later testified before commissions of inquiry into the sinking of the ship and continued to work in the navy until the 1920s.

Frederick William Barrett was born on 10 January 1883 in Bootle, near Liverpool.

Frederick Barrett was the only surviving child of Henry Charles Barrett, a Devon workman, and Mary Barrett of Birkenhead.

Frederick Barrett decided to turn to the sea when he discovered that his wife was unfaithful.

Frederick Barrett was a lead stoker working in boiler room 6 when the Titanic struck an iceberg on the night of 14 April 1912.

Frederick Barrett was talking to the second engineer John Henry Hesketh, when the red light and bells came on signalling the order to stop the engines.

Frederick Barrett shouted to the men in the boiler room to shut the dampers, the doors to the furnaces and to shut off the wind for the fires.

Frederick Barrett made his way through the watertight door into boiler room 5.

Frederick Barrett was ordered to go back into boiler room 6, but there was 8 feet of water there.

Frederick Barrett was ordered to stay behind by an engineer, Mr Harvey, in boiler room 5 to get some lamps, draw fires, and lift the manhole plate until water started to rush in.

Frederick Barrett went up along a hatchway to reach the starboard side of A Deck where there were only two lifeboats left.

Frederick Barrett escaped the sinking ship on lifeboat 13, which was filled with about 65 to 70 people.

Frederick Barrett was put in charge of the lifeboat for about an hour, until he got cold and had to let someone else take over.

Frederick Barrett died in Liverpool on 3 March 1931 due to tuberculosis.