DateMar-1953
TypeSea Disaster
CountryINDIAN OCEAN
LocationBetween Straits of Malacca and Sri Lanka
ActivityAdrift on a 4' raft for 32 days
InjurySharks attacked raft & consumed the body of Ericsson after he died
VictimEnsio Tiira & Fred Ericsson, deserters from the French Foreign Legion
SourceE. Tiira
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