Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1946 Port Newby, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1946

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Port Newby, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

No injury to occupants. Shark charged boat, tore off rudder & tossed it air, then swam off with it

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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