Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Diving Attack

1939 Port Moresby, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1939

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Port Moresby, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🌍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, leg severed just below hip

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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