Mr. Frederick Fleet was born in Liverpool,England October 15 1887 in which means that he was twenty-five when he was on the Titanic, he was an orphan his father was unknown and his mother left him to go with her boyfriend to live in Springfield, Massachusetts and was never heard from since.Fredrick went with many foster families until he was twelve then he was sent to a training ship to work on liners and such he stayed there for 4 years until he worked as a deck boy trying to work his way up to an able seaman (if your not sure what a able seaman is it is a person whom is qualified to preform routine sea duties).The reason Frederick was on the Titanic because Fleet was hired to be the lookout for the maiden voyage he earned five pounds per month plus an extra five for lookout duty so 10 pounds that would be $15.63 which is cheep for our standers. After Fleet spotted the iceberg and the Titanic hit it Fleet was relived of duty and then after the crew found out they were done for Fleet then was ordered by Second Officer Charles Lightoller to go to life boat 6 to help get woman and children in first. Following the disaster and being brought to the Carpathia he then served on one other White Star Liner Olympic but the ship reminded him too much of the Titanic and the company said that the crew survivors were an embarrassment, so he left the company in August 1912.Fleet joined other companies at the age of 51 he was done with the sea eventually he sold newspapers on the street corners of Southampton he was married to Eva Ernestine May Legros in 1917 she died in 1964 Fleet, after two weeks without his wife he was so depressed that he hung himself.
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