Atlantic Ocean Shark attacks
41 attacks recorded (13 fatal)
Date | Region | Location | Fatal? |
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Feb 15th 2015 | N | ||
300 miles from Antigua | N | ||
Jan 23rd 2006 | 800 miles from land | N | |
Dec 20th 2005 | 600 nm west of the Canary Islands | N | |
Florida Straits | Y | ||
Onboard swordfish trawler | N | ||
Dec 22nd 1963 | Between Southampton & Canary Islands | N | |
Nov 1st 1962 | Off Bermuda | N | |
Sep 13th 1962 | Off coast of West Africa | Off the passenger liner Stirling Castle | Y |
Sep 23rd 1961 | 165 miles from Bermuda | N | |
Jan 6th 1961 | 9.35N 79.35W | East of La Grande Island, North of Panama Canal | N |
Apr 14th 1960 | 33N, 68W | Royal Canadian Navy CS2F-1 aircraft ditched in the sea 180 nautical miles WNW of Bermuda at 01h30 | N |
In the Gulf Stream | Between Bimini & Miami | N | |
May 1st 1959 | Between England & South Africa | N | |
Aug 14th 2022 | N | ||
Jun 20th 1956 | Venezuelan aircraft lost | Y | |
Aug 1st 1955 | Open sea | N | |
Oct 5th 1951 | South Carolina | 400 miles off the le | N |
Sep 15th 1948 | Bound from New York to London in ballast | Y | |
Sep 30th 1942 | 04.05N-13.23W | N | |
Sep 12th 1942 | 360 miles north of Ascension Island | N | |
Y | |||
Dec 7th 1941 | N | ||
Nov 27th 1941 | Off Libya | N | |
Nov 27th 1941 | Off Libya | N | |
Nov 25th 1941 | North of Pernambuco, Brazil | N | |
Mar 24th 1941 | 750 miles off the African coast | N | |
Jan 29th 1941 | In Convoy OB 274 | Off Sierra Leone | N |
Jan 1st 1941 | Y | ||
Nov 12th 1928 | 200 miles off Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA | Y | |
Apr 22nd 1926 | South of the Equator | Steamship bound from Cape Town to Philadelphia | N |
Jul 15th 1917 | Off IRELAND | 82 miles from Fastnet | Y |
Y | |||
Nov 28th 1910 | Georges Bank | N | |
N | |||
Dec 15th 1892 | Y | ||
Y | |||
Aug 17th 1885 | Y | ||
Sep 2nd 1878 | Off the coast of West Africa | N | |
Sep 2nd 1878 | Off the coast of West Africa | Y | |
Off the coast of South America | N |
Attacks by region
Attacks by location
Attacks by month
- January (5)
- February (1)
- March (1)
- April (3)
- May (1)
- June (2)
- July (3)
- August (2)
- September (8)
- October (2)
- November (6)
- December (4)