Fatal Fishing Attack

1956 Off Funchal, Madeira, PORTUGAL

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1956

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Off Funchal, Madeira, PORTUGAL

🌍 PORTUGAL

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL. Shark sank fishing boat, causing death by drowning

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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