List of all shark attacks in indian-ocean
Fatal Attacks
3
Unprovoked Attacks
2
Total Attacks
7
There have been a total of 7 shark attacks in INDIAN OCEAN. Out of those, 3 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 42.86%. 2 attacks came out of the blue while 5 have been provoked by humans.
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| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Between Straits of Malacca and Sri Lanka | Adrift on a 4' raft for 32 days | Sharks attacked raft & consumed the body of Ericsson after he died | YES | Ensio Tiira & Fred Ericsson, deserters from the French Foreign Legion | |||
| Bound from Cape Town for St. Helena | On 6-Nov-1942, the German submarine U-68 sank the City of Cairo 5 days from Cape Town, survivors took to lifeboats & rafts. On the 15th day, a fireman jumped over the stern & was taken by sharks | FATAL | YES | male | |||
| 300 nm from shore | Invalid | H.M.S. Cornwall & H.M.S.Dorsetshire sunk by Japanese dive bombers. Officers & men in the water formed a circle with 60 of their dead in the center for 36 hours | Sharks were numerous & took corpses but made no attempts to harm the survivors. | NO | |||
| 30-04-1943 | Blue shark | ship torpedoed 400 miles off the African coas. Man was clinging to hatch cover | Leg, foot & arm bitten | NO | Clarence Master | ||
| 10-10-1904 | Fell overboard | FATAL | YES | Axel Slettsten | |||
| 24-12-1888 | Swimming | Foot severed | NO | E. Burnside | |||
| 27-08-1877 | Shark involvement prior to death unconfirmed | Partial human remains found in 13' shark | NO | female |
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