DateOct-1960
TypeSea Disaster
CountryRED SEA / INDIAN OCEAN
ActivityCargo ship El Gamil entroute Suez to Yemen (Aden) when her cargo shifted and she sank. 19 Egyption sailors jumped into the water and swam for several hours before being bitten by sharks
InjurySharks attacked sailors in the water, several survivors picked up
VictimMale
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1962), p.260
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