Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Swimming Attack

1852 Norfolk, Virginia, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1852

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Norfolk, Virginia, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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