Date05-Apr-1942
TypeInvalid
CountryINDIAN OCEAN
Location300 nm from shore
ActivityH.M.S. Cornwall & H.M.S.Dorsetshire sunk by Japanese dive bombers. Officers & men in the water formed a circle with 60 of their dead in the center for 36 hours
SpeciesInvalid
InjurySharks were numerous & took corpses but made no attempts to harm the survivors.
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1962), p.218
Shark Data Lab