Fatal Boating Attack

1942 Bound from Cape Town for St. Helena, INDIAN OCEAN

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1942

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Bound from Cape Town for St. Helena, INDIAN OCEAN

🌍 INDIAN OCEAN

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

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Sharks have no bones.