Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Boating Attack

1898 Off Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, CUBA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1898

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Off Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, CUBA

🌍 CUBA

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, 7 survived but 6 were taken by sharks

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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