Non-fatal Diving Attack

1942 300 nm from shore, West of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), INDIAN OCEAN

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1942

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

300 nm from shore, West of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), INDIAN OCEAN

🌍 INDIAN OCEAN

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Sharks were numerous & took corpses but made no attempts to harm the survivors.

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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