Frederick Barrett | |
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Born | Frederick Barrett 10 January 1883 Liverpool, England |
Died | 3 March 1931 (aged 48) Liverpool, England |
Other names | Frederick William Barrett Fred Barrett |
Occupation | Stoker |
Known for | RMS Titanic survivor |
Frederick William Barrett (10 January 1883 – 3 March 1931) was a British stoker. After having served as a stoker on several ships, on 6 April 1912, he was hired on board the RMS Titanic as lead stoker. On April 15, 1912, while the ship was sinking, Barrett boarded lifeboat No. 13 and took command of it, thus surviving the disaster. He later testified before commissions of inquiry into the sinking of the ship and continued to work in the navy until the 1920s. In 1923, after losing his wife Mary Anne Jones, he remained in Liverpool and worked ashore as a logger.
He died of pulmonary tuberculosis in 1931.