Date1749
TypeUnprovoked
CountryCUBA
LocationHavana Harbor
ActivitySwimming
InjuryRight leg severed at knee. In 1796 he became Lord Mayor of London. In 1778 he commissioned American artist, John Singleton Copley, to paint the incident: Watson and the Shark
VictimBrook Watson, Male, 14 years old
SourceGSAF
Shark Data Lab