Shark Attack Incident

ATLANTIC OCEAN

September 29, 1942

Non-fatal

Date30-Sep-1942

TypeSea Disaster

CountryATLANTIC OCEAN

ActivityThe 6015-ton British ship Empire Avocet was torpedoed by the German submarine U-125.

InjurySurvivors on life rafts were harassed by sharks

SourceV.M. Coppleson (1962), p.208

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