Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at Off Pelican Island St Michael Parish Barbados — May 1933
Original historical summary
The original reference is retained below. Supplementary source details appear in the fact panel; protected facts and unresolved differences remain unchanged.
A historical reference describes an event at Off Pelican Island St Michael Parish Barbados in 1933-05. Recorded activity: Yacht/craft capsized. Classification: Air/sea disaster. Outcome: Fatal.
Original reference details
- Location recorded in the historical reference: Off Pelican Island St Michael Parish Barbados.
- Date: 1933-05.
- Activity: Yacht/craft capsized.
- Classification: Air/sea disaster.
- Outcome: Fatal.
Source limitations and unresolved differences
- No shark species identification is supported by the retained evidence.
- The date is intentionally shown with limited precision; no day is invented.
- Several people died after the yacht Michael Howell capsized. Shark involvement in individual deaths is not established.
- This restoration uses a supplied historical summary citing the general GSAF incident log, not a case-level primary document. It has not been independently verified.
- The supplied source lists 1933-05-24; the existing reviewed date is retained pending case-level reconciliation.
Fact panel
- Date
- May 1933
- Date precision
- Month
- Location
- Off Pelican Island St Michael Parish Barbados
- Country
- Barbados
- Activity
- Yacht/craft capsized
- Incident classification
- Air/sea disaster
- Area / state
- St Michael Parish
- Person / vessel
- 9 people in the water
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Species
- Unknown
- Species confidence
- Unknown
- Coordinate precision
- Unknown
Location context
Historical locations can be approximate. No coordinates have been assigned from the place name, and this record does not imply a map marker or a current risk estimate.
Incident location
Off Pelican Island, St Michael Parish, Barbados
The recorded area has not yet been matched reliably to the map.
Sources and verification
- Historical incident log (general reference) — Global Shark Attack FileSupports: General reference cited by the supplied historical summary; not independently checked against a case-level record.
- GSAF-derived structured public mirror (sascha-pst/bullish_on_sharks/global_shark_attacks.csv) — github.comSupports: Supplementary historical fields; existing reviewed facts retained
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 2026-09-04.
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.