RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Frederick Fleet

1887 - 1965

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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. 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!" Both Fleet and Lee survived the sinking, Fleet was the last surviving lookout, out of six in total, on the Titanic. Fleet testified at the subsequent inquiries into the disaster that, if he and Lee had been issued binoculars: "We could have seen it (the iceberg) a bit sooner." When asked how much sooner, he responded, "Well, enough to get out of the way." In later life, Fleet suffered from depression, possibly in part due to the disaster. He died by suicide at age 77 on 10 January 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Fleet is the 1,043rd most popular religious figure (down from 949th in 2019), the 1,140th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 943rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Religious Figure.

Frederick Fleet was a sailor on the Titanic. He is most famous for being the lookout on the Titanic and not seeing the iceberg until it was too late to avoid the collision.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Frederick Fleet ranks 1,043 out of 3,187. Before him are Antipope Dioscorus, Carlos Osoro Sierra, Mahavatar Babaji, Lawrence of Brindisi, Medardus, and Paul of the Cross. After him are Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Stanisław Ryłko, Malik al-Ashtar, Gerard of Csanád, Giovanni Benelli, and Priscillian.

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Among people born in 1887, Frederick Fleet ranks 64. Before him are Josef Harpe, Giovanni Gronchi, Mitsuru Ushijima, Blaise Cendrars, Annette Kellermann, and Josef Čapek. After him are Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Joseph Bech, Savielly Tartakower, Sivananda Saraswati, and James Paul Moody. Among people deceased in 1965, Frederick Fleet ranks 35. Before him are Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Louis Hjelmslev, Fan Noli, Herberts Cukurs, Sonny Boy Williamson II, and David O. Selznick. After him are Clara Bow, William M. Branham, Henry A. Wallace, Hans Knappertsbusch, Adolf Schärf, and Sālote Tupou III.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Fleet ranks 1,140 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Nyman (1944), Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520), Bill Wyman (1936), John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), and Margaret of York (1446). After him are Stephen Boyd (1931), James Mirrlees (1936), James Hargreaves (1720), Colin Chapman (1928), Anne Hyde (1637), and Edmund Cartwright (1743).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Frederick Fleet ranks 23. Before him are John Nelson Darby (1800), John Henry Newman (1801), Charles Spurgeon (1834), Reginald Lee (1870), Keith O'Brien (1938), and Ninian (360). After him are Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), William Tyndale (1494), John Fisher (1469), Henry (1100), George Fox (1624), and Ælfheah of Canterbury (954).

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