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.