Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1846 Havana Harbor, Havana Province, CUBA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1846

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Havana Harbor, Havana Province, CUBA

🌍 CUBA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg severed

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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