Fatal Boating Attack

1878 Off the coast of West Africa, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1878

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Off the coast of West Africa, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

🌍 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, 2 of the crew were killed by sharks

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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