Date14-Aug-1959
TypeSea Disaster
CountryPHILIPPINES
LocationBetween Unisan & Angadanan Islands
ActivityFishing boat capsized
Injury10 of the 15 people perished, bodies of some who drowned were scavenged by sharks
Victim15 shipwrecked passengers and crew were in the water
TimeAfternoon
SourceManila Chronicle, 8/18/1959; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.259; F. Dennis, p.20; SAF Case #590
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