List of all shark attacks in south-atlantic-ocean
Fatal Attacks
4
Unprovoked Attacks
4
Total Attacks
12
There have been a total of 12 shark attacks in SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Out of those, 4 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 33.33%. 4 attacks came out of the blue while 8 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
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| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger shark | HMAS Parramatta torpedoed & sunk by the U-559 | Right hand severed | NO | 23yo Bill Nash | |||
| Tiger shark | HMAS Parramatta torpedoed & sunk by the U-559 | Lacerations to chest | NO | Gordon Annison | |||
| 750 miles off the African coast | The troopship Britannia was sunk by the German raider Thor | Dr. A.R. Hernandez of ship Cabo Hornos treated passenger whose leg was severed by a shark | NO | male | |||
| Steamship bound from Cape Town to Philadelphia | Night | Fell overboard from SS Ripley Castle | When taken back on board 2 hours later both legs were bleeding from shark bites | NO | 26yo Thomas (or Tony) Madison | ||
| British cruiser Dunedin torpedoed & sunk by the U-124 | 418 perished, only 67 survived, some of the men were taken by sharks | YES | |||||
| Off Sierra Leone | 19h55 | Rescuing seaman after ship sunk by German raider | Clothing torn by sharks | NO | 19yo David Hay | ||
| Reportedly: oceanic whitetip sharks, blue sharks, tiger sharks & bull sharks | Torpedoed & burning British light cruiser with a crew of 450 men | Only 170 survived, many of the crew were said to have been taken by sharks | YES | ||||
| Off the passenger liner Stirling Castle | 12-09-1962 | When a deckhand jumped overboard, McIver dived after him with a rescue line. | FATAL, he died within minutes of being hauled back onboard the Stirling Castle | YES | 29yo John MacIver | ||
| 14-04-1893 | Swimming after falling overboard from the sealing ship Vesper | One leg severed by the shark, the other surgically amputated | NO | Charles Barclay | |||
| 01-09-1878 | Boat with 5 men capsized while returning to the Amerique | FATAL, 2 of the crew were killed by sharks | YES |
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