Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1944 USS Hull DD-350 was one of 3 destroyers that capsized in Typhoon Cobra, 300 miles east of Luzon, PHILIPPINES

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1944

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

USS Hull DD-350 was one of 3 destroyers that capsized in Typhoon Cobra, 300 miles east of Luzon, PHILIPPINES

🌍 PHILIPPINES

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

Arm bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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