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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 begins working on a ship at age 12.
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Frederick Fleet signs with the Titanic after working on the Oceanic. He was 20 years old.
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Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee spot the iceberg, ring the bell three times and telephone the bridge, unfortunately the ship turned to late.
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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.
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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.
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Frederick Fleet serves in World War I
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Frederick Fleet's last job was a newspaper salesman after the second world war.
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After Fleet's wife passes away, he goes into a depression which causes his suicide.
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Sadly, Frederick Fleet took his own life two weeks after his wife passed away, he was found hanging in his garden.