Fatal Attack

1943 Near the Abrolhos Archipelago, BRAZIL

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1943

⏰ 19h00

📍 Location

Near the Abrolhos Archipelago, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

33 crew & 92 passengers were lost, it was thought that some were killed by sharks FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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All sharks are dangerous to humans.

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Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.