Shark Attack Incident

Marsascala, MALTA

July 19, 1956

Fatal

Date20-Jul-1956

TypeUnprovoked

CountryMALTA

LocationMarsascala

ActivitySwimming

SpeciesWhite shark

InjuryFATAL

VictimJack Smedley, Male, 40 years old

SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), p.261; A. Xuereb; A. Buttigieg & C. Moore, GSAF

35.8629°, 14.5592°via nominatim