Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at Mauritius / offshore location not recorded, MAURITIUS — 1864-03-31
What happened
Historical record: Mauritius / offshore location not recorded, MAURITIUS. Recorded date: 1864-03-31. Classification: Unprovoked.
What is known
- Recorded classification: Unprovoked
What remains uncertain
- Historical source match supplied with the recovery material; not independently verified.
Fact panel
- Date
- 1864-03-31
- Date precision
- Exact
- Location
- Mauritius / offshore location not recorded, MAURITIUS
- Country
- MAURITIUS
- Activity
- Fell overboard
- Incident classification
- Unprovoked
- Person / vessel
- Cook from the Charleston
- Sex
- M
- Injury / case note
- Fatal.
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Species
- Unknown
- Species confidence
- Unknown
- Coordinate precision
- Unknown
Incident location
Mauritius / offshore location not recorded, MAURITIUS
The recorded area has not yet been matched reliably to the map.
Sources and verification
- GSAF-derived Mauritius historical record — www.shark-utopia.comSupports: Historical incident fields; supplied source match, not independent verification
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-25.
Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.
Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.