Fatal Attack

1942 North of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands while enroute to Vanuatu, SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1942

⏰ 11h01 -time of ship sinking

📍 Location

North of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands while enroute to Vanuatu, SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU

🌍 SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

Over a period of a week men in the water died of wounds, thirst & sharks. George Sullivan, the last of the Sullivan brothers, survived for 5 days & then was killed by 3 sharks.

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Shark attacks are increasing every year.