Sierra Leone | Unspecified | Longitude: 35? 58' W

Incident Details:

year: 1943
location: Longitude: 35? 58' W
area: Unspecified
country: Sierra Leone
fatality: fatal
species: unknown
victim:
gender: b
age: unknown
injury: Of the 1346 on board 392 perished including 90 women & 44 crew. 1 person known to have been fatally injured by a shark.
time:
species detail:
source: Greatships.net
species: unknown shark
date: 14-Mar-43
activity: The 21 516-ton troopship Empress of Canada torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci

Reconstruction of the Shark Attack

In the year 1943 on the date reported as 14-Mar-43 - , a female aged unknown was The 21 516-ton troopship Empress of Canada torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci near Longitude: 35? 58' W. An unknown shark was reported to have attacked . The attack was fatal