Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1898 Kingston Harbor, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1898

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Kingston Harbor, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA

🌍 JAMAICA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Hand lacerated, 2 fingers severed

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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