Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Attack

1943 Off Charleston, South Carolina, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1943

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Off Charleston, South Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

Of the 18 crew who survived the sinking, 10 were taken by sharks. Cabarrocas was bitten but survived

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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