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Frederick Fleet (15 October 1887 – 10 January 1965) was a British sailor, crewman and a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. [1] Fleet, along with fellow lookout Reginald Lee, was on duty when the ship struck the iceberg; Fleet first sighted the iceberg, ringing the bridge to proclaim: "Iceberg, right ahead!"
Reginald Robinson Lee (19 May 1870 – 6 August 1913) was a British sailor who served as a lookout aboard the Titanic in April 1912. He was on duty with Frederick Fleet in the crow's nest when the ship collided with an iceberg at 23:40 on 14 April 1912; both Lee and Fleet survived the sinking.
Six lookouts (all of whom survived), who worked two to a shift in the crow's nest; the shifts lasted only two hours at a time because of extremely cold winds which lookouts were exposed to in the open crow's nest. Despite the myths, lookouts were never supposed to have binoculars. They were supposed to see the object and not identify it.
The Titanic has fascinated society since its fateful voyage in 1912. These four survivors lived out their lives in Texas. These four Titanic survivors are now buried in Texas.
On 6 April 1912 Jewell was transferred to the Titanic as one of six lookouts along with 24-year-old George Symons. Jewell was scheduled to be in the crow's nest between 20:00 and 22:00 and then from 2:00 to 4:00, during the night of 15 April 1912. At around 22:00 Jewell and Symons were replaced by their colleagues Reginald Lee and Frederick ...
Where is the Titanic wreck – and how far down is it? 14:00, Ariana Baio. The RMS Titanic’s final resting spot is approximately 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada in the North ...
After ROVs (remotely-operated vehicles) found debris found 1,600 feet from the wreck of the Titanic, the US Coast Guard determined that all five passengers aboard the submersible were killed after ...
Titanic received six warnings of sea ice on 14 April but was travelling at a speed of roughly 22 knots (41 km/h) when her lookouts sighted the iceberg. Unable to turn quickly enough, the ship suffered a glancing blow that buckled her starboard side and opened six of her sixteen compartments to the sea.