Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1951 Off Royal Residence, Corfu Island, GREECE

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1951

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Off Royal Residence, Corfu Island, GREECE

🌍 GREECE

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 16

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, body not recovered Another man was also injured by the shark at same time (see below)

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 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 can detect electrical fields.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks don't get cancer.