Frederick Fleet
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==Death== |
==Death== |
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On 28 December 1964, Fleet's wife died, and her brother evicted him from the house.Edmonds, Robert (2009). [http://www.maritimequest.com/liners/titanic/crew/fleet_frederick.htm "Frederick Fleet (1887–1965)"]. Maritime Quest. Retrieved 12 August 2018. Fleet subsequently fell into a downward spiral of [[Depression (mood)|depression]]. He returned to his brother‑in‑law's home and died by [[Suicide by hanging|hanging]] in the garden on 10 January 1965. He was 77. Fleet was buried in a [[Pauper's funeral|pauper's grave]] at [[Hollybrook Cemetery]] in [[Southampton]].{{cite news |url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/three-men-on-the-titanic |title=Three Men on the Titanic |date=15 April 2018 |access-date=17 July 2019 |magazine=Maritime Executive}} The grave remained unmarked until 1993, when a headstone bearing an engraving of the ''Titanic'' was erected using donations raised by the [[Titanic Historical Society]].[http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-fleet-283644 Frederick Fleet biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323082531/https://www.biography.com/people/frederick-fleet-283644 |date=23 March 2018 }}. [[Biography.com]]. 12 August 2018. |
On 28 December 1964, Fleet's wife died, and her brother evicted him from the house.Edmonds, Robert (2009). [http://www.maritimequest.com/liners/titanic/crew/fleet_frederick.htm "Frederick Fleet (1887–1965)"]. Maritime Quest. Retrieved 12 August 2018. Fleet subsequently fell into a downward spiral of [[Depression (mood)|depression]]. He returned to his brother‑in‑law's home and died by [[Suicide by hanging|hanging]] in the garden on 10 January 1965. He was 77. Fleet was buried in a [[Pauper's funeral|pauper's grave]] at [[Hollybrook Cemetery]] in [[Southampton]].{{cite news |url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/three-men-on-the-titanic |title=Three Men on the Titanic |date=15 April 2018 |access-date=17 July 2019 |magazine=Maritime Executive}} The grave remained unmarked until 1993, when a headstone bearing an engraving of the ''Titanic'' was erected using donations raised by the [[Titanic Historical Society]].[http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-fleet-283644 Frederick Fleet biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323082531/https://www.biography.com/people/frederick-fleet-283644 |date=23 March 2018 }}. [[Biography.com]]. 12 August 2018. |
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==Family== |
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In 1917, Fleet married Eva Ernestine Le Gros, a native of the Channel Islands; they were married till her death in 1964. The couple had a daughter named Dorothy Frederica Ernestine Fleet on 24 November 1918. Dorothy married in 1939 to Michael Patrick Shanley and had two known children. She died in Southampton in early 1979.{{cite web |title=Frederick Fleet: Lookout |url=https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/frederick-fleet.html |website=[[Encyclopedia Titanica]] |access-date=20 April 2026}} |
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==Portrayals== |
==Portrayals== |
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