Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Attack

1942 North of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands while enroute to Vanuatu, SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1942

⏰ 11h01 -time of ship sinking

📍 Location

North of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands while enroute to Vanuatu, SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU

🌍 SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

Over a period of a week men in the water died of wounds, thirst & sharks. George Sullivan, the last of the Sullivan brothers, survived for 5 days & then was killed by 3 sharks.

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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