Frederick Fleet

About

Sailor known for being the watchman on the HMS Titanic. He spotted the iceberg that the ship would hit and famously uttered the line "Iceberg, right ahead!" He survived the sinking of the ship.

Before Fame

He first worked as a deck boy moving up to an able seaman. He had previously served as a lookout for the RMS Oceanic for four years. 

Trivia

He testified at inquiries by the British and American governments about the accident and said that if he had been issued binoculars that the tragedy could have been avoided. He served in World War I and II as a lookout on merchant ships. 

Family Life

He was born in Liverpool, England. He didn't know his father and his mother abandoned him to live with her boyfriend in the United States. He was married to Eva Ernestine Le Gros who died in December 1964. Following his wife's death, his brother-in-law evicted him from his house and he subsequently ended his life by hanging. 

Associated With

Harold Lowe was another Titanic survivor who testified at the US Senate hearings.