List of all shark attacks in england
Fatal Attacks
5
Unprovoked Attacks
12
Total Attacks
23
There have been a total of 23 shark attacks in ENGLAND. Out of those, 5 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 21.74%. 12 attacks came out of the blue while 11 have been provoked by humans.
Provoked
Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-07-1969 | Arm lacerated. Recorded as PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Eric Brown | ||||
| 31-05-1968 | Blue shark | Arm severely lacerated | NO | Roy Cloke | |||
| Off the south Devon coast | 03-08-1960 | 80-lb hooked shark | Helping angler land a shark | Arm lacerated elbow to wrist PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 25yo William Capel | |
| Hornsea | 25-09-1922 | Swimming | FATAL | YES | Mr.P. H. Lee | ||
| 18-09-1907 | Questionable | Swimming | "Struck across loins" but no injury. According to witnesses, incident involved a bottlenose dolphin. | NO | J. Wolffe | ||
| Colwell Bay | 20-06-1856 | Swimming | Survived | YES | male | ||
| Hunstanton | 30-06-1848 | Standing | Shark struck him with its tail | NO | male | ||
| 15-09-1845 | Leg severed | NO | a school teacher | ||||
| Whitehaven | 18-08-1836 | Swimming | FATAL | YES | a boy | ||
| Whitehaven | 14-08-1826 | Bathing | FATAL | NO | child |
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