who was in the crows nest when the titanic struck the iceberg
Frederick Fleet Frederick Fleet (15 October 1887 – 10 January 1965) was a British sailor, crewman and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic after it struck an iceberg on 14 April 1912.[1] As a lookout aboard the Titanic when it struck the iceberg, along with Reginald Lee, it was Fleet who first sighted the iceberg, ringing the bridge to proclaim, "Iceberg, right ahead!"[2] Fleet testified at the inquiries that if he had been issued with binoculars, "We could have seen it a bit sooner." When asked how much sooner, he responded, "Well, enough to get out of the way." [3] In later life, Fleet suffered severe depression, and died by suicide.
RMS Titanic RMS Titanic (/taɪˈtænɪk/) was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, and more than 1,500 died, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. It was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, her architect, died in the disaster.[2]