In 1923, after losing his wife Mary Anne Jones, he remained in Liverpool and worked ashore as a logger.

[1] Frederick Barrett was a lead stoker working in boiler room 6 when Titanic struck an iceberg on the night of 14 April 1912.

Then he felt a crash and water came pouring in on him from a large tear in the ship's starboard side.

Barrett was ordered to stay behind by an engineer, Mr. Harvey, in boiler room 5 to get some lamps, draw fires, and lift the manhole plate until water started to rush in.

[6] Barrett went up along a hatchway to reach the starboard side of A Deck where there were only two lifeboats left.

[5] At one point a woman put a cloak over him, and he was unable to remember anything that took place after that in the lifeboat.

[5][4] On 25 May 1912, just a few weeks after the sinking, Barrett was working on Titanic's sister ship RMS Olympic where he was questioned by Senator William Alden Smith as part of an investigation.