List of all shark attacks in atlantic-ocean
Fatal Attacks
8
Unprovoked Attacks
5
Total Attacks
17
There have been a total of 17 shark attacks in ATLANTIC OCEAN. Out of those, 8 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 47.06%. 5 attacks came out of the blue while 12 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-02-2015 | White shark | Transatlantic Rowing | No injury, shark bit rudder | NO | Avalon, a carbon kevlar monohull: 8 occupants | ||
| 27-01-2006 | 12' shark | Competing in the Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race | No injury to occupants; shark rammed boat repeatedly | NO | 46 & 34yo Mayabrit, an ocean rowing boat. Occupants: Andrew Barnett & J.C.S. Brendana | ||
| 22-01-2006 | Competing in the Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race | No injury to occupants; a shark, accidentally caught in a line, threatened to rip out the transom | NO | 28, 23 & 30yo Rowgirls, an ocean rowing boat. Occupants: Sally Kettle, Claire Mills & Sue McMillan | |||
| 19-12-2005 | 13h30 | 3 m shark | Competing in the Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race | No injury to occupants, shark rammed boat for 15 minutes | NO | 7 m boat, occupants: Tara Remington & Iain Rudkin | |
| The 6015-ton British ship Empire Avocet was torpedoed by the German submarine U-125. | Survivors on life rafts were harassed by sharks | NO | |||||
| Adrift on raft after their ship was sunk by an Axis raider | FATAL | YES | a Scotsman & an Indian servant | ||||
| Invalid | Death preceded shark involvement | NO | 1yo Karen Bredesen Stræte | ||||
| Tiger shark, 12' ? | Paddling & sailing from Buenos Aires to Miami | Hooked shark bit his arm PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Mirco Tapavica | |||
| The SS Potlach was torpedoed & sunk by the U-153 on 27-Jun-1942. | FATAL Arm bitten | YES | 32yo John Martin Miller | ||||
| 360 miles north of Ascension Island | The Pacquebot Laconia, enroute to Liverpool with 600 Italian prisoners onboard, was torpedoed by the German submarine U-156 and only 2 rafts were launched before the ship went down. Unable to board an overcrowded raft, he was swimming. | Calf lacerated. He was rescued by German submarine, which sunk. Rescued by Italian submarine, which sunk. Managed to reach Dakar | NO | Michael Setti |
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