December 28, 1940 · Unprovoked · Fatal
Historical record: Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 1940-12-28. Classification: Unprovoked.
Shark incidents in 1940
This year page shows reviewed public incident records in this dataset.
December 19, 1940 · Unprovoked · Fatal
Historical record: Inyoni Rocks, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA. Recorded date: 1940-12-19. Classification: Unprovoked.
December 19, 1940 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Double Island Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 1940-12-19. Classification: Unprovoked.
June 30, 1940 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Holden Beach, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA. Recorded date: 1940-06-30. Classification: Unprovoked.
March 31, 1940 · Unprovoked · Fatal
Historical record: Danger Pool, Winkelspruit, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA. Recorded date: 1940-03-31. Classification: Unprovoked.
February 20, 1940 · Watercraft · Non-fatal
Historical record: Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 1940-02-20. Classification: Watercraft.
February 4, 1940 · Unprovoked · Fatal
Historical record: North Brighton, Botany Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 1940-02-04. Classification: Unprovoked.
January 29, 1940 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Brisbane River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 1940-01-29. Classification: Unprovoked.
January 7, 1940 · Unprovoked · Fatal
A historical reference describes an event at Warner Beach South Coast Kwazulu Natal South Africa in 1940-01-07. Recorded activity: Swimming. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: Fatal.
January 1, 1940 · Invalid · Unknown
Historical record: Kowie River Mouth, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA. Recorded date: 1940-01-01. Classification: Invalid.
January 1, 1940 · Invalid · Unknown
Historical record: Winkelspruit, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA. Recorded date: 1940-01-01. Classification: Invalid.
January 1, 1940 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Kerema, Western Papuan Gulf, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 1940-01-01. Classification: Unprovoked.
1940 · Other · Non-fatal
Historical record: Kidd's Beach, Eastern Cape, SOUTH AFRICA. Recorded date: 1940. Classification: Invalid / questionable.
Koper, Adriatic Sea, SLOVENIA
Reported1940 · Watercraft · Non-fatal
Historical record: Koper, Adriatic Sea, SLOVENIA. Recorded date: not recorded. Classification: Watercraft.