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Birth
Frederick Fleet was born in Liverpool on October 15, 1887. Sadly, his mother abandoned him and he never met his father. -
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Frederick Fleet
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Frederick Fleet Begins Working on Ships
Frederick Fleet begins working on a ship at age 12. -
Frederick Fleet signs with the Titanic
Frederick Fleet signs with the Titanic after working on the Oceanic. He was 20 years old. -
Frederick Fleet Spots the Iceberg
Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee spot the iceberg, ring the bell three times and telephone the bridge, unfortunately the ship turned to late. -
Frederick Fleet boards a lifeboat
Frederick Fleet is assigned to lifeboat 6 to help Quartermaster Robert Hichens with the evacuees, Reginald Lee was also on this lifeboat. Fleets lifeboat would eventually be saved by the Carpathia. -
Fleet Works on the Olympic
Fleet briefly works on the Titanic's sister ship, the Olympic. Soon after this he leaves the White Star Line and works for the Union-Castle line, which is a British shipping line. -
Frederick Fleet Joins the Military
Frederick Fleet serves in World War I -
Frederick Fleet's Last Job
Frederick Fleet's last job was a newspaper salesman after the second world war. -
Frederick Fleet's Wife Passes away
After Fleet's wife passes away, he goes into a depression which causes his suicide. -
Death
Sadly, Frederick Fleet took his own life two weeks after his wife passed away, he was found hanging in his garden.