List of all shark attacks in united-kingdom
Fatal Attacks
2
Unprovoked Attacks
1
Total Attacks
11
There have been a total of 11 shark attacks in UNITED KINGDOM. Out of those, 2 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 18.18%. 1 attacks came out of the blue while 10 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bantham Beach | 06-06-2017 | 3m shark, probably a smooth hound | Surfing | Bruise to leg, cuts to hand sustained when he hit the shark | NO | 30yo Rich Thomson | |
| St. Ives | 13-06-2011 | Oceanic whitetip shark, 7' | Fishing | No injury, shark slammed into boat | NO | 16' Dreamcatcher. Occupant: Ian Bussus | |
| Mewstone Rock | 01-10-2009 | 12h50 | Spurdog | Fishing | Injury to forearm from shark's spine PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 39yo male |
| Rock-a-Nore, Hastings | 30-06-2008 | Starry smoothhound shark, 1m | Rowing an inflatable dinghy | Shark leapt into & damaged the dinghy but no injury to occupants | NO | 16yo Occupants: Luke Jones & James Sequin | |
| Blue Planet Aquarium, Ellesmere Port | 05-08-2002 | Sandtiger shark, 3 m [10'] | Diving | Hand bitten by captive shark PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 30yo Rob Bennett | |
| Blue Planet Aquarium, Ellesmere Port | 12-09-2001 | 12' sandtiger shark | Diving | Head bitten by captive shark PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | ||
| The Lizard | Attempting to kill a shark with explosives | FATAL, PROVOKED INCIDENT | YES | Richard Kirby | |||
| The Lizard | Attempting to kill a shark with explosives | FATAL, PROVOKED INCIDENT | YES | Leslie Nye | |||
| Off Fleetwood | 20' shark | Fishing (trawling) | Arm broken by tail of netted shark PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 62yo John Butcher | ||
| Atherfield | Invalid | Fishing | The hooked shark didn't cut his finger, he was injured by his line | NO | Percy Wadham |
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