SharkAttacks_sample.csv

Year,Type,Country,Activity,Name,Sex ,Age,Injury,Fatal
1940,,SOUTH AFRICA,Standing in water with child in her arms,female,F,,Leg bitten,FALSE
1940,Unprovoked,PAPUA NEW GUINEA,male,a native,,,Hand bitten,FALSE
1940,Boating,SLOVENIA,Boating,,,,No inury to occupants shark struck boat,FALSE
1940,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Diving for trochus,native diver,M,,Thigh  lacerated,FALSE
1940,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Swimming,Douglas Bright,M,22,Chest lacerated,FALSE
1940,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Dived into the water,male,M,17,Shoulder nipped,FALSE
1940,Boating,AUSTRALIA,Canoeing,"a youth",,,No injury. Shark grazed canoe snapped at a piece of mast being trailed in the water & followed it into 2' of water,FALSE
1940,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Free diving for lobster,Smiles Walker,M,,Minor injuries to foot,FALSE
1940,Unprovoked,USA,Fishing,William T. Dye,M,,Thigh lacerated,FALSE
1940,Unprovoked,USA,Standing ,Harvey H. Haley (rescuer),M,,Struck by shark immediately before it bit Tanner (see below),FALSE
1940,Unprovoked,USA,Standing,William Tanner,M,,Ankle bitten,FALSE
1940,Provoked,AUSTRALIA,Collecting fish in military trap when bitten by captured shark that had been shot by soldiers with Garten,Private. Michael Garten,M,,Leg severely lacerated PROVOKED INCIDENT,FALSE
1940,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Fishing,Jack Ryan,M,,Minor injury to leg,FALSE
1941,Unprovoked,PAPUA NEW GUINEA,,Renagi Loi,M,14,Foot severely bitten surgically amputated,FALSE
1941,Unprovoked,IRAN,,a Gurkha soldier,M,,Survived but suffered a ìforequarter amputationî,FALSE
1941,Unprovoked,SOLOMON ISLANDS,Floating,male,M,,Buttock bitten,FALSE
1941,Unprovoked,SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN,Rescuing seaman after ship sunk by German raider,David Hay,M,19,Clothing torn by sharks,FALSE
1941,Provoked,JAMAICA,Seine netting,Albert Buchanan,M,,Left knee calf & heel bitten by shark trapped in the net PROVOKED INCIDENT,FALSE
1941,Provoked,AUSTRALIA,Fishing,Robert See,M,34,Hand lacerated by hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENT,FALSE
1941,Provoked,USA,Fishing,Frank Martinez,M,53,Right hand bitten by boated shark PROVOKED INCIDENT,FALSE
1941,Sea Disaster,SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN,The troopship Britannia was sunk by the German raider Thor,male,M,,Dr. A.R. Hernandez of ship Cabo Hornos treated passenger whose leg was severed by a shark,FALSE
1941,Provoked,USA,Fishing from 32' boat,Paul Ruhle,M,43,Left hand bitten as he tried to put rope around shark's tail PROVOKED INCIDENT,FALSE
1941,Provoked,USA,Fishing,Hisao Shimoto,M,,Arm bitten while removing shark from fishing line PROVOKED INCIDENT,FALSE
1941,Boating,USA,Fishing for tuna,Fishing boat  Bingo III  occupants: Michael Perkins George Hornack & Capt. Lonergan ,,,No injury to occupants shark leapt into boat & bit cabin door,FALSE
1941,Unprovoked,USA,Swimming at edge of channel,Howard E. Sweatmon a soldier,M,20,Chest lacerated,FALSE
1941,Provoked,USA,Fishing,Captain Jack Kelly,,,Laceration to left forearm from hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENT,FALSE
1941,Sea Disaster,AUSTRALIA,German raider Kormoran was sunk in an engagement with HMAS Sydney,male from the Kormoran,M,,Leg bitten,FALSE
1941,Sea Disaster,SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN,HMAS Parramatta torpedoed & sunk by the U-559,Gordon Annison,M,,Lacerations to chest,FALSE
1941,Sea Disaster,SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN,HMAS Parramatta torpedoed & sunk by the U-559,Bill Nash,M,23,Right hand severed,FALSE
1941,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Swimming,Ron Graham,M,10,Right ankle bitten,FALSE
1942,Boating,,Days before the surrender of Singapore the 3 men escaped to Sumatra where they acquired a 17' dinghy. After 125 days at sea they drifted back to Sumatra,Bombardier J. Hall Private Green of the Sherwood Foresters & Captain C. O. Jennings R.E. Anti-tank Regiment,M,,No injury to occupants. Sharks continually followed the dinghy and one smashed its rudder ,FALSE
1942,Sea Disaster,SOUTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN,Ditched plane in the sea & were adrift on a rubber life raft. ,American aviators,M,,No injury to occupants They fought off sharks & killed one with an automatic. Rescued 34 days later,FALSE
1942,Sea Disaster,MID-PACIFC OCEAN,Plane forced down 3 men on rubber life raft. Put hand over side to feel drift of boat ,Gene Aldrich,M,,Fingers badly lacerated wounds became septic,FALSE
1942,Unprovoked,BAHAMAS,Swimming along side N.E.L. vessel Saluda,Herbert J. Mann,M,48,Minor injury ankle scratched by shark's teeth,FALSE
1942,Boating,SOUTH AFRICA,,boat,,,No injury,FALSE
1942,Boating,SOUTH AFRICA,,boat,,,No injury to occupants boat rammed by shark,FALSE
1942,Boating,AUSTRALIA,Fishing for perch,Storm King; occupants - George Bridge & 2 sons,M,,No injury to occupants rudder damaged by shark,FALSE
1942,Provoked,AUSTRALIA,Surf-skiing,male,M,,Attempted to frighten shark by smacking water with paddle. Shark bit paddle.  No injury to surf-skier PROVOKED INCIDENT,FALSE
1942,Boating,AUSTRALIA,,paddle of surf-ski,,,Paddle of surf ski bitten by shark,FALSE
1942,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Diving from lugger,Abraham Johnson,M,,Hands arms & knee lacerated,FALSE
1942,Unprovoked,,On life raft tethered to lifeboat. A seaman put hand over side to rinse a cup,male,M,,Forearm lacerated,FALSE
1942,Unprovoked,USA,Plane crashed in water men in life raft,a pilot,M,,Survived,FALSE
1942,Provoked,ITALY,Sculling,Gino Bardolini,M,20,After he hit the shark with an oar the shark bit the oar and overturned the boat  PROVOKED INCIDENT,FALSE
1942,Sea Disaster,SOLOMON ISLANDS,Japanese aircraft shot down. He was one of two survivors rescued by the U.S. destroyer Mugford,Tamaki Amano,M,,Lacerations to left arm,FALSE
1942,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Treading water,Athol Wearne Royal Australian Air Force. officer,M,24,Right foot severed & calf removed leg  surgically amputated below the knee,FALSE
1942,Sea Disaster,ATLANTIC OCEAN,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.,Michael Setti,M,,Calf lacerated. He was rescued by German submarine which sunk. Rescued by Italian submarine which sunk. Managed to reach Dakar,FALSE
1942,Sea Disaster,ATLANTIC OCEAN,The 6015-ton British ship Empire Avocet was torpedoed by the German submarine U-125. ,,,,Survivors on life rafts were harassed by sharks,FALSE
1942,Sea Disaster,SOLOMON ISLANDS,His ship the US destroyer Duncan DD 485 had been  sunk by crossfire from Japanese warships. He was wearing a kapok lifejacket & using 2 aluminum powder tins for floatation  ,Lieutenant Commander Herbert Richard Kabat,M,25,Foot hand elbow & calf lacerated & abraded thigh gashed,FALSE
1942,Provoked,PACIFIC OCEAN,In rubber dinghy with Captain Eddie Rickenbacker for 21 days. ,male,M,,One man drove a knife through rubberized canvas trying to stab a shark & it injured him with its tail PROVOKED INCIDENT,FALSE
1942,Sea Disaster,SOLOMON ISLANDS,Anti-Aircraft cruiser USS Atlanta (CL-05) travelling in convoy after the Battle of Midway encountered a Japanese flotilla  (Battle of Guadalcanal) & heavily damaged by gunfire she was lost off Lunga Point. Victim was swimming when bitten.,Sam Hicks a gunner,M,,Injured by sharks but managed to swim ashore 6.5 hours later,FALSE
1942,Sea Disaster,SOLOMON ISLANDS,Thrown from destroyer when shell hit,,M,19,Hip bitten,FALSE
1942,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Swimming,E.W. Bilton,M,38,Calf bitten leg surgically amputated,FALSE
1943,Unprovoked,USA,Spearfishing, 2 males,M,,Calf nipped in each case,FALSE
1943,Unprovoked,USA,Spearfishing, 2 males,M,,Calf nipped in each case,FALSE
1943,Unprovoked,IRAQ,Swimming,Syed Khaleeulla ,M,22,Right arm severed left foot bitten,FALSE
1943,Unprovoked,SOLOMON ISLANDS,Swimming,U.S. soldier in 161st Infantry Regiment 25th Infantry Division,M,,Arm severed,FALSE
1943,Sea Disaster,INDIAN OCEAN,ship torpedoed 400 miles off the African coas. Man was clinging to hatch cover,Clarence Master,M,,Leg foot & arm bitten,FALSE
1943,Sea Disaster,CENTRAL PACIFIC,S2N Navy scout plane went down E.H. Almond & Lieut A.G. Reading in water,Arthur George Reading Naval aviator,M,26,Jaw dislocated & contusions from many blows on legs & body by shark fins rescued after 14 hours,FALSE
1943,,PACIFIC OCEAN,B-24 crashed during a search mission. Survivors in raft for 47 days ,Louis Zamperini  & Russell Phillips ,M,,Survived,FALSE
1943,Boating,AUSTRALIA,Fishing for cod,a dinghy occupant Neil Parker,M,18,No injury to occupant shark grabbed rudder and dragged the dinghy stern-first,FALSE
1943,,MEXICO,Swimming,Manuel Zamora a lawyer,M,68,No injury a shark made a threat display,FALSE
1943,Boating,PORTUGAL,Fishing for mackerel,rowboats attacked by sharks,,,No injury to occupants,FALSE
1943,Sea Disaster,ITALY,Flying Fortress bomber aircraft went down after daytime raid on Naples. He was swimming on the surface,Lieutenant Robert D. Kurz (U.S.) co-pilot,M,,Bitten on arms hands & feet while awaiting rescue,FALSE
1943,,USA,,Clyde Kelly Ormand Jr.,M,,Hand forearm leg and pelvis recovered from sharkís gut,FALSE
1943,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Swimming with board,Richard Richardson,M,,Right foot lacerated,FALSE
1944,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Surfing,Peter Weir,M,14,Both legs bitten one surgically amputated,FALSE
1944,Boating,AUSTRALIA,Fishing,14' dinghy 2 occupants,M,,No injury shark took day's catch & struck boat,FALSE
1944,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Treading water,Corporal N.S. LeBlanc,M,,Foot & ankle lacerated,FALSE
1944,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Treading water,Richard D. Field,M,16,Ankle severely lacerated,FALSE
1944,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Treading water,Gabriel Botha,M,18,Left thigh bitten,FALSE
1944,Unprovoked,SAMOA,,a male from the Second Seabee Battalion,,,Minor injury when shark tore off his boot,FALSE
1944,Unprovoked,USA,Bathing,Mary Ann Shands,F,15,Left calf bitten,FALSE
1944,,NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN,,Lt. Cmdr. Price,M,,When picked up by the USS Boyd DD 44 on 6/23/1944 his raft was "surrounded by sharks",FALSE
1944,Unprovoked,USA,Swimming,Philip Stanton,M,13,Laceration to right lower leg,FALSE
1944,Boating,AUSTRALIA,Fishing,dinghy,,,No injury to occupants; shark bit dinghy leaving tooth fragments in  its woodwork,FALSE
1944,Unprovoked,PHILIPPINES,Parachuted into Pacific,US Naval ensign,M,,Shark grazed leg leaving toothmarks,FALSE
1944,Provoked,USA,Fishing for mackerel,28' sea skiff occupants: Alan Moree and another fisherman,,,No injury to occupants. After being prodded with an oar shark struck bow and sank boat PROVOKED INCIDENT,FALSE
1944,Sea Disaster,PHILIPPINES,Swimming near life raft,Nicholas Nagurney,M,19,Arm bitten,FALSE
1945,Unprovoked,IRAQ,Swimming,male,M,15,Left foot bitten,FALSE
1945,Unprovoked,PANAMA,Bathing with her mother,Maria Asista,F,,Foot bitten,FALSE
1945,Unprovoked,JAMAICA,Diving,Albert Stewart,M,,Hand severed,FALSE
1945,Unprovoked,ISRAEL,Swimming,British constable,M,,Survived. R.A.F. pilot seeing commotion in the water dived his plane to investigate and scared off shark,FALSE
1945,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Walking,David Drummond,M,37,Right leg bitten knee to foot surgically amputated,FALSE
1945,Unprovoked,IRAN / IRAQ,,Abdol Karmi,M,,Lower left leg amputated,FALSE
1945,Unprovoked,IRAN,Swimming,Hamid,M,13,Right forearm injured mid-humeral amputation,FALSE
1945,Sea Disaster,OKINAWA,American minesweeper USS YMS-472 foundered in a typhoon - swimming to shore,Lowell J. Bemis,M,20,Laceration to arm,FALSE
1940,,SOUTH AFRICA,Swimming,,,,No details,
1943,Unprovoked,USA,,male,M,,Unprovoked but circumstances unknown,
1940,,SOUTH AFRICA,,Indian female,F,,FATAL,TRUE
1940,Unprovoked,NEW GUINEA,,small girl,F,,FATAL,TRUE
1940,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Swimming ,Frederick Aubrey Hooper,M,18,FATAL leg & thigh bitten  ,TRUE
1940,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Swimming,Maxwell Farrin,M,13,FATAL left leg severed  ,TRUE
1940,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Wading,John William Eke,M,55,FATAL injuries to both arms  ,TRUE
1940,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Swimming,Leslie Plummer Lund,M,17,FATAL left thigh & knee bitten ,TRUE
1940,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Treading water,Joe Lees,M,25,FATAL right thigh & calf bitten ,TRUE
1940,Unprovoked,PANAMA,Bathing,Roberto Menacho,M,18,FATAL,TRUE
1940,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Swimming,Desmond Chandley,M,17,FATAL multiple injuries to legs & buttocks ,TRUE
1940,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Standing on sandbank,Clarence Hammond,M,23,FATAL injuries to lower back ,TRUE
1941,Unprovoked,IRAN,Standing,I.S.A.C. Ambulance driver,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1941,Unprovoked,IRAN,Slipped off rocks and fell into the water,boy,M,6,FATAL both arms bitten ,TRUE
1941,Unprovoked,IRAN,,a local dignitary,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1941,Unprovoked,IRAN,Standing,a old fisherman,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1941,Sea Disaster,ATLANTIC OCEAN,Adrift on raft after their ship was sunk by an Axis raider ,a Scotsman & an Indian servant,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1941,Sea Disaster,PACIFIC OCEAN,Ditched aircraft 3 men in the water. Swam for 31 hours,Colonel B. & Sub-Lieutenant D.,M,,1 man survived & was rescued sharks took the corpses of the two men that perished,TRUE
1941,,AUSTRALIA,Swimming,Ronald Dickerson,M,,Shark involvement prior to death unconfirmed,TRUE
1941,Unprovoked,CARIBBEAN SEA,SS Ethel Skakel foundered in Central America Hurricane of 1941,Scotty,M,,Leg lacerated FATAL,TRUE
1941,Sea Disaster,SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN,British cruiser Dunedin torpedoed & sunk by the U-124,,,,418 perished only 67 survived some of the men were taken by sharks,TRUE
1941,Sea Disaster,SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN,Torpedoed & burning British  light cruiser with a crew of 450 men,,,,Only 170 survived many of the crew were said to have been taken by sharks,TRUE
1942,Unprovoked,PANAMA,Swimming,male,M,,FATAL body not recovered,TRUE
1942,Sea Disaster,,Jumped overboard from torpedoed Panamanian freighter,male,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1942,Unprovoked,PHILIPPINES,Sailing from Gingood Misamis Oriental to Sagay (normally a 2-day voyage) capsized with 6 on board three men were taken by sharks when they attempted to swim to shore.,Andong & 2 others,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1942,Sea Disaster,INDONESIA,Captured Allied soldiers were squeezed into 3' bamboo pig baskets & fed to waiting sharks,200 soldiers,M,,General Imamura Commander in Chief of Japanese forces in Java was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Australian Military Court for his role in the "Pig Basket Atrocities",TRUE
1942,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Swimming,Zita Steadman,F,28,FATAL bitten in two  ,TRUE
1942,,AUSTRALIA,,Ronald J. Bishop,M,18,Cause of death was drowning shark bites were post mortem,TRUE
1942,Sea Disaster,CUBA,Esso Bolivar was torpedoed & shelled by the German submarine U-126,A wounded member of Naval guncrew being towed by Charles Anderson toward a lifeboat & injured crew being towed by watertender Arthur Lauman,M,,Of her crew of 50 eight perished including the two injured men,TRUE
1942,,INDIAN OCEAN,H.M.S. Cornwall & H.M.S.Dorsetshire sunk by Japanese dive bombers. Officers & men in the water formed a circle with 60 of their dead in the center for 36 hours,,,,Sharks were numerous & took corpses but made no attempts to harm the survivors.,TRUE
1942,,BRAZIL,boat capsized during filming,Jacare,M,,Remains  recovered from shark but cause of death was probably drowning,TRUE
1942,Sea Disaster,BAY OF BENGAL,A 210-ton brig was sunk by a Japanese submarine. Some of the survivors were machine-gunned & some were taken by sharks,2 males,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1942,Sea Disaster,ATLANTIC OCEAN,The SS Potlach was torpedoed & sunk by the U-153 on 27-Jun-1942. ,John Martin Miller,M,32,FATAL Arm bitten,TRUE
1942,Sea Disaster,SOUTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN,Adrift on life raft,US Army fliers,M,,FATAL 2 of the 9 airmen killed by sharks,TRUE
1942,Sea Disaster,,Dutch merchant ship Zaandam torpedoed  by the U-174 amidships sank & dozens of survivors took to rafts & boats. One man Izzi who drifted 83 days on a raft related that sharks attacked many men in the water when the ship went down,,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1942,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Swimming ,Willem Johannes Bergh,M,18,FATAL body not recovered,TRUE
1942,Sea Disaster,SOLOMON ISLANDS,,Japanese seaman,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1942,Sea Disaster,SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU,Explosion & sinking of the USS Juneau after being torpedoed by the submarine  I-85,Because of a mistaken belief that there were no survivors and several other successive errors of the 100 to 150 men who survived the sinking only 11 were rescued. Four of the Sullivan brothers died in the initial blast. ,M,,Over a period of a week men in the water died of wounds thirst & sharks. George Sullivan the last of the Sullivan brothers survived for 5 days & then was killed by 3 sharks.,TRUE
1942,Sea Disaster,INDIAN OCEAN,On 6-Nov-1942 the German submarine U-68 sank the City of Cairo 5 days from Cape Town survivors took to lifeboats & rafts. On the 15th day a fireman jumped over the stern & was taken by sharks,male,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1942,Sea Disaster,SOUTH AFRICA,U-177 torpedoed & sank the troopship Nova Scotia,Sammy Levine & his pet parrot,M,,192 survived but 750 perished. Many were taken by sharks including Levine,TRUE
1942,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Dog paddling or standing,Denise Rosemary Burch,F,15,FATAL legs bitten ,TRUE
1943,Unprovoked,MEXICO,Swimming,a U.S. citizen,,,FATAL,TRUE
1943,Sea Disaster,PACIFIC OCEAN,The USS Wahoo torpedoes & sank the Japanese troop transport Buyo Maru,Japanese seamen,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1943,Sea Disaster,PAPUA NEW GUINEA,Known as The Battle of the Bismarck Sea :  8 Japanese destroyers guarding a convoy of 8 transports were attacked by 129 Allied fighters 207 bombers & 3 squadrons of the Royal Australian Air Force. ,,,,An estimated  3000 to 7000 Japanese troops perished some were taken by sharks,TRUE
1943,Sea Disaster,BRAZIL,The 3540-ton Alfonso Penna was torpedoed & sunk by the Italian submarine Barbarigo,,,,33 crew & 92 passengers were lost it was thought that some were killed by sharks  FATAL,TRUE
1943,Sea Disaster,SIERRA LEONE,The 21516-ton troopship Empress of Canada torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci,,,,Of the 1346 on board 392 perished including 90 women & 44 crew. 1 person known to have been fatally injured by a shark.,TRUE
1943,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Swimming,Eric Ridley,M,31,FATAL thigh lacerated both calves bitten  ,TRUE
1943,,USA,Small boat swamped 4  people swimming to shore but he fell behind the other 3 and vanished,Leonard Gant,M,,On 29-Apr-1943 his remains (right forearm & swim trunks) were found in sharkís gut,TRUE
1943,Sea Disaster,AUSTRALIA,Hospital Ship Centaur torpedoed & sunk by the Japanese submarine I-177,unknown,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1943,Sea Disaster,CENTRAL PACIFIC,S2N Navy scout plane went down E.H. Almond & Lieut A.G. Reading in water,E.H. Almond US Navy radioman,M,,FATAL right leg & left thigh bitten  ,TRUE
1943,Sea Disaster,USA,Treading water after survivng crash of the US Navy airship K-74 that was hit by the German submarine U-134,Petty Officer Isadore Stessel,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1943,Unprovoked,PANAMA,Dived overboard to check propeller of US Navy motor torpedo boat,sailor,M,20,FATAL left leg  & shoulder bitten  ,TRUE
1943,Sea Disaster,PACIFIC OCEAN,The 6711-ton American freighter & troop transport Cape San Juan was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-21,males,M,,Of the 1429 people on board only 448 survived. Sharks were attacking survivors as they were being rescued,TRUE
1943,Sea Disaster,USA,The Cuban freighter Libertad was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-129,Julio C. de Cabarrocas ,M,,Of the 18 crew who survived the sinking 10 were taken by sharks. Cabarrocas was bitten but survived,TRUE
1943,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Treading water,James Crawford Matthews,M,17,FATAL abdomen buttock & thigh lacerated  ,TRUE
1944,Unprovoked,NEW GUINEA,Fell overboard from USS Ward,sailor,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1944,Sea Disaster,ITALY,B-24 aircraft crashed  into the sea,male a member of the crew,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1944,Sea Disaster,SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN,Adrift on raft,Unknown he was Nabetari's companion,M,,FATAL            Arm severed,TRUE
1944,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Swimming,Ronald Joel Selby,M,26,FATAL leg bitten knee to ankle & posterior tibial artery severed; died of toxemia 2 days later ,TRUE
1944,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Body surfing,Anthony Bunn,M,22,FATAL right thigh lacerated femoral artery severed ,TRUE
1944,Unprovoked,INDIA,Bathing,male,M,12,FATAL,TRUE
1944,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Standing,Geoffrey Best,M,23,FATAL left thigh & calf bitten  ,TRUE
1944,Unprovoked,NICARAGUA,,multiple bathers,,,Some killed & others severely injured,TRUE
1944,Unprovoked,PANAMA,Washed overboard by swell,US Naval seaman  one of a crew on a Panama Sea Frontier Naval Patrol craft manned by Coast Guard,M,,FATAL. His back was bitten as he was being towed to ship by rescuer Lieut (j.g.) Stanley Kurta then the shark pulled him below the surface. ,TRUE
1944,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Swimming,Albert Schmidt,M,17,FATAL body not recovered,TRUE
1944,Unprovoked,SOUTH AFRICA,Swimming ,Dennis Nissen,M,19,FATAL body not recovered,TRUE
1944,Unprovoked,CARIBBEAN SEA,Fell overboard from US Navy PC boat,a sailor,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1944,Sea Disaster,,Japanese POW ship Arisan Maru with 1800 American prisoners of war on board bound for slave labor camps was torpedoed by an American submarine,,M,,Most of the men drowned & some were taken by sharks. Only only nine men survived,TRUE
1944,Sea Disaster,PHILIPPINES,USS Johnston DD 557 sunk on 10/24/1944 in the Battle off Samara. Crewmen were swimming beside a raft.,William Clinton Carter Jr. & 2 other men,M,,Clinton was bitten on his back 2 others did not survive,TRUE
1944,Sea Disaster, PHILIPPINES,USS Hoel DD 533 sunk on 10/24/1944 in the Battle off Samar. 2 crewmen were swimmng alongside a floater net &,2 men,M,,FATAL both were killed by sharks,TRUE
1944,Sea Disaster,PHILIPPINES,USS Gambier Bay CVE-73  shelled & sunk  at 09h57 on 10/24/1944 by Japanes fleet enroute to attack the Allied landing force at Leyte.,A. man floating next to Charles G. Heinl ,M,,When survivors werer rescued on 10/27/1944 by PC 623 there were many sharks in the area,TRUE
1944,,AUSTRALIA,Swimming,American sailor,M,,Probable drowning & scavenging,TRUE
1944,Sea Disaster,SIERRA LEONE,,Keith Meaden,M,18,FATAL,TRUE
1945,Unprovoked,CUBA,Playing on rock slipped & fell into the water,boy,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1945,Unprovoked,USA,Swimming,Navy seaman,M,,FATAL large gash to thigh,TRUE
1945,Unprovoked,AUSTRALIA,Swimming,E. J. McHugh,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1945,Sea Disaster,JAVA,90 European civilians many women & children were placed on the deck of a Japanese submarine that submerged when it was well offshore,Swimming,,,Sharks attacked the swimmers. The sole survivor lost his arm & foot & died of his injuries shortly after being picked up  by Javanese fishermen. The incident became known as the Cheribon Atrocity,TRUE
1945,Sea Disaster,PHILIPPINES,American cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed & sunk by the Japanese submarine I-58,,,,About 300  crew perished during the sinking the remainder abandoned ship. Many who survived the loss of the ship were taken by sharks. In all only 316 of her crew of 1196 survived.,TRUE
1945,Unprovoked,USA,,Kuenzler,,,FATAL,TRUE
1945,Sea Disaster,JAPAN,American minesweeper USS YMS-350 lost in a typhoon - swimming to shore,sailor,M,,FATAL,TRUE
1945,Unprovoked,HONG KONG,Bathing,Sargeant    H.W. Jackson,M,,FATAL,TRUE