Date23-Oct-1926
TypeSea Disaster
CountryBERMUDA
Location18 miles southwest of Bermuda
ActivityBritish patrol boat 1250-ton HMS Valerian foundered in a hurricane
InjuryOf 104 people in the water, only 20 survived. 84 people were lost, many to sharks. Sharks 2 pulled crew off life rafts
Time01h30
SourceNew York Herald Tribune, 10/29/1926