Date1758
TypeUnprovoked
CountryMEDITERRANEAN SEA
ActivityFell overboard from a frigate & was swallowed by a shark. The captain fired a gun at the shark, and "the creature cast the man out of his throat."
Species"The fish was harpooned, dried, and presented to the sailor, who went round Europe exhibiting it It was said to be 20 feet long.
Injury"He was taken up alive and but little injured."
Victimsailor, Male
SourceA.M. Hodgkin
Shark Data Lab