Frederick Scott

Frederick William Scott was a greaser aboard *Titanic*. on 26 November 1883, Frederick Scott was born to James Henry Scott and Fanny Reeves Penny. They stemmed from Hampshire. They lived in Shirley, Southampton when their son was conceived.

In 1909 he made Rose Hobbs his bride, and their wedding was in Southampton, where they were still living two years later, and Fred had become a Fireman for the Royal Navy.

He had been Greaser on the sistership of Titanic, the RMS *Olympic*. He was 28 years old when he embarked on the ship.

Frederick delivered a testimony at the British Inquiry, because he was in the Turbine Engine Room at the time of the collision so he could read the orders that had come from the bridge.

From his account,  Titanic didn't stop immediatly, but kept steaming on for a while at a very slow speed.

He felt a sudden shock and believed at first that there was an issue in the Engine Room. Four telegraphs were ringing and they indicated  'Full Stop'. Two of his colleagues nearby answered the telegraphs. Then he saw the watertight doors started to close. Moments later,  the order  'Dead Slow Ahead'was given, and the ship would have moved forward for 10 to 15 minutes. Then it was 'Stop' for 5 minutes, follewed by 'Reverse' and again 'Stop'. That was the last time Titanic moved.

After that, he went to the Propeller Shaft Tunnel to retrieve some of the greasers and climb over varous emergancy ladders up and down. In order to open up the place, they had to manually move the watertight door upwards. Upon returned to the Turbine Room, one leading engineer told them they should open all the watertight doors in their specific area. This was needed to move around a large pipe, four men had to carry it and it was used to help the pumps. Frederick oversaw how several other men took this equipment to a Boiler Room at 12:45 A.M.

He then was relieved of further duty in the belly of the ship and ordered to go up, which he did. He met up with other Firemen on Scotland Road, just minutes before water would arrive there, and he took a lifejacket from a steerage area on E-Deck.

He arrived at the Boat Deck around 1:10 A.M., when lifeboat 16 was lowered.

He saw lifeboat 4 being lowered, and decided the best thing to do is jump. Frederick Scott took his chance with fellow Greaser Thomas Ranger who landed in the boat safely, but Scott missed and fell into the ocean, but was picked up shortly afterwards.

From the lifeboat, he saw Titanic's final moments, witnessed the propellers rising out of the water, and saw a break-up happing at her keel, seeing the plats buckle and the stern snap to a horizontal stance before that part also disappeared into the depts of the Atlantic.

## Later life

After the Inquiry he could continue living his life with his wife. On 27 April 1913, James Charles, their one and only son was born.

Having been fortunate enough to surive the Titanic disaster and being dragged out of the water by a lifeboat, a tragic accident on another ship cost him ultimately his life. A boiler exploded in the of paddle steamer S.S. *La Marguerite* which sent 4 crewmen to their death. Frederick Scott was one of these men. The terrible disaster took place rougly 3 miles northeast of Dungeness, Kent.

Frederick's body was buried in Southampton.