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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-12-1963 | Invalid | Greek steamship Lakonia caught fire, 98 of her 646 passengers, and 30 of her crew of 376 perished | One woman reported to have suffered fish bites, but cause of her death was exposure & drowning" | NO | woman | ||
| East of La Grande Island, North of Panama Canal | 05-01-1961 | Pacific Seafarer of US Navy | 3 were lost, 3 survived | YES | |||
| 23-06-1916 | Jumped overboard from Norwegian steamship Venator | Presumed FATAL | YES | Victor Matheson | |||
| 14-12-1892 | Fell overboard | FATAL | YES | 15yo Samuel Coolidge | |||
| 24-10-1890 | Thrown overboard | FATAL | YES | Captain Lavarello | |||
| 16-08-1885 | Fell or jumped overboard from the liner Rhynland | FATAL | YES | J.R. Loesch | |||
| 04-01-1882 | Fell overboard from the Selim | FATAL | YES | male |
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