Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1942 50 km off St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1942

⏰ 09h30

📍 Location

50 km off St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

192 survived, but 750 perished. Many were taken by sharks, including Levine

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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