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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. Employed as a lookout aboard the Titanic, it was Fleet who first sighted the iceberg, ringing the bridge to proclaim, "Iceberg, right ahead!" Fleet testified at the inquiries that had he been issued binoculars, "We could have seen it a bit sooner." When asked how much sooner, he responded, "Well, enough to get out of the way."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Fleet
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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. Employed as a lookout aboard the Titanic, it was Fleet who first sighted the iceberg, ringing the bridge to proclaim, "Iceberg, right ahead!" Fleet testified at the inquiries that had he been issued binoculars, "We could have seen it a bit sooner." When asked how much sooner, he responded, "Well, enough to get out of the way."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Fleet
http://www.paullee.com/titanic/Fleet.php
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Good Morning John.....Wow, Imagine that.....A simple pair of binoculars could have changed one of History's greatest tragedies......!
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