Date03-Jul-1954
TypeUnprovoked
CountryBERMUDA
LocationElbow Beach
ActivitySwimming
Species2.4 m [8'] shark, possibly a dusky shark
InjuryLeft thigh bitten, chest lacerated & defense wounds on foot, fingers and hands
VictimSub-Lieut. Edwin Michael Marks, of H.M.S. Sheffield, Male, 22 years old
SourceE.M. Marks; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.155 & 257; Randall, p.353 in Sharks & Survival
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