North Sea | Unknown Treated At Wick Scotland | On board East German fishing trawler I Mai

Incident Details:

year: 1960
location: On board East German fishing trawler I Mai
area: Unknown Treated At Wick Scotland
country: North Sea
fatality: non-fatal
species: unknown
victim: Hans Yoachim Schapper
gender: M
age: 18
injury: Right arm bitten by shark taken onboard in net PROVOKED INCIDENT
time:
species detail: A small shark
source: Edinburg Evening News 7-6-1960 Dundee Evening Telegraph 7-6-1960 H.D. Baldridge p.14 Clark p.209
species: unknown shark
date: 27-Jun-60
activity: Fishing

Reconstruction of the Shark Attack

In the year 1960 on the date reported as 27-Jun-60 - Hans Yoachim Schapper, a male aged 18 was Fishing near On board East German fishing trawler I Mai. An unknown shark was reported to have attacked Hans Yoachim Schapper. The attack was non-fatal (Right arm bitten by shark taken onboard in net PROVOKED INCIDENT)