"Iceberg right ahead" (Frederick Fleet), but it was too late to avoid a collision. The lookouts did not have any binoculars, and there was no searchlight to light the way in front of the ship, there was no moon to give off reflective light, and the sea was flat calm meaning that no waves washed up against the sides of the iceberg.
Titanic's iceberg was first spotted by lookout Frederick Fleet and shortly thereafter by First Officer Murdoch.
The first official sighting of the iceberg (actually only a black mass blotting out stars) was that of Frederick Fleet the lookout, altho, since Officer Murdoch was lower down, he would have had MORE stars blocked and perhaps would have seen it first. Unfortunately, he did not survive to comment on this.
It could be said 2 people spotted it, as we will never know which saw it first. Frederick Fleet was the first of the two lookouts to spot the berg first, and he telephoned the bridge. By the time the sixth officer, who received the call, reported the sighting to the officer of the watch, first officer Murdoch, Murdoch had already seen the berg as well of his own accord as he was rushing into the wheelhouse with his orders of hard-a-starboard and full speed astern. As such, both the Murdoch and Fleet saw the iceberg at virtually the same time, though it is likely that Fleet saw it only seconds earlier than Murdoch.
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The lookout in the forward mast of the Titanic.
he was a lookout and he was the one that first saw the iceberg!
Titanic's iceberg was first spotted by lookout Frederick Fleet and shortly thereafter by First Officer Murdoch.
The lookout in the fore mast. He only saw it when it couldn't be avoided anymore: vision was poor and deceptive, the iceberg was low in the water and because the sea was very calm, there was no tell-tale "surf" noise of waves hitting the iceberg that would have given him earlier warning.
the lookout in the crows nest rang the bell 3 times & called the bridge. his exact words were "iceberg right ahead"
Fredrick Fleet, Lookout
The first official sighting of the iceberg (actually only a black mass blotting out stars) was that of Frederick Fleet the lookout, altho, since Officer Murdoch was lower down, he would have had MORE stars blocked and perhaps would have seen it first. Unfortunately, he did not survive to comment on this.
He was the lookout, up in the forward mast. He only saw the iceberg at the last moment, for two reasons: atmosferic conditions sort of 'blurred' the horizon, so that the iceberg (it was a rather low and flat one, anyway) did not stand out against the night sky. And secondly, the sea was very calm, so that the tell-tale sound of waves crashing against the iceberg was absent.
It could be said 2 people spotted it, as we will never know which saw it first. Frederick Fleet was the first of the two lookouts to spot the berg first, and he telephoned the bridge. By the time the sixth officer, who received the call, reported the sighting to the officer of the watch, first officer Murdoch, Murdoch had already seen the berg as well of his own accord as he was rushing into the wheelhouse with his orders of hard-a-starboard and full speed astern. As such, both the Murdoch and Fleet saw the iceberg at virtually the same time, though it is likely that Fleet saw it only seconds earlier than Murdoch.
Frederick Fleet, the lookout, alerted the bridge but not the Captain, who was resting at the moment.
The lookout that first spotted the iceberg on Titanic was Frederick Fleet,
Fredrick Fleet is the first person to see the iceberg captin smith captin smith I thought it was the watch people