<P> 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 . 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 ! '' 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 . '' In later life , Fleet suffered severe depression , and died by suicide . </P>
who was in the crows nest when the titanic struck the iceberg
Reginald Lee Frederick Fleet