14 Facts About Frederick Fleet

Frederick Fleet died by suicide at age 77 on 10 January 1965.

Frederick Fleet was born in Liverpool, England on 15 October 1887.

Frederick Fleet never knew his father, and his mother abandoned him when she ran off with a boyfriend to Springfield, Massachusetts, never to be seen or heard from again.

Frederick Fleet was raised by a succession of foster families and distant relatives.

Frederick Fleet joined the Titanic as a lookout in April 1912, along with five other watchmen.

Frederick Fleet boarded the Titanic in Southampton on 10 April 1912.

At 23:39, Frederick Fleet first spotted the iceberg and rang the nest's bell three times to warn the bridge of something ahead.

Moody passed Frederick Fleet's warning to First Officer William McMaster Murdoch, who was in charge of the bridge.

Frederick Fleet went down to the boat deck and helped prepare Lifeboat No 6.

Frederick Fleet was ordered by Lightoller to reach the boat by climbing down a rope.

Frederick Fleet served on the Titanics sister ship RMS Olympic before leaving the White Star Line in August 1912 after noticing that the company treated those involved with the Titanic differently.

Shortly after Christmas, on 28 December 1964, Frederick Fleet's wife died, and her brother evicted him from the house.

Frederick Fleet returned to his brother-in-law's home and died by hanging himself in the house's garden on 10 January 1965.

Frederick Fleet was buried in a pauper's grave at Hollybrook Cemetery, in Southampton.