Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

1850s

Shark attacks in the 1850s. Browse 42 documented incidents.

42

Total Incidents

27

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🔴 Fatal Attack - 1859
📍 Off Kawaihae, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1858
📍 Staten Island, Richmond County, New York , USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1858
📍 Rocky Bay, TOBAGO
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1858
📍 Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1858
📍 Hobson Bay, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1858
📍 Staten Island, Richmond County, New York , USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1858
📍 Vava'u, TONGA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1857
📍 Cape Sable, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1856
📍 Point Henry, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1856
📍 Colwell Bay, Isle of Wight, ENGLAND
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1856
📍 FIJI
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1856
📍 Unknown Location
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1855
📍 Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1855
📍 Port Wakefield, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1855
📍 Port Wakefield, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1855
📍 Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1855
📍 Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1855
📍 Makira Island (Formerly San Cristobal), Makira-Ulawa Province, SOLOMON ISLANDS
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1855
📍 Unknown Location
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1853
📍 Morehead, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1853
📍 New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1853
📍 Charleston Harbor, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1853
📍 Corfu , GREECE
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1853
📍 Moreton Bay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1853
📍 Off the Battery, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1853
📍 Morehead, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1853
📍 Near Fernandina Bar, Nassau County , Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1852
📍 Between Australia & USA, PACIFIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1852
📍 Clark's Island, Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1852
📍 Norfolk, Virginia, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1852
📍 ATLANTIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1852
📍 Danger Point, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1852
📍 Coalcliff, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1852
📍 Durban Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1852
📍 Tongatapu, TONGA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1852
📍 Wellington Harbor, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1852
📍 Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1851
📍 Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1851
📍 San Francisco Bay (or San Leandro Bay), near cannery, Alameda County, California, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1851
📍 Tehuantepec Harbor, Oaxaca, MEXICO
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1850
📍 Granada, Granada Department, Lake Nicaragua (fresh water), NICARAGUA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1850
📍 Hawaii, USA