Here are the historical accounts of shark attacks that took place on December 12:
Date | Name | Sex | Age | Time | Country | Area | Location | Activity | Injury | Species | Sp_Length | |
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1 | 12-Dec-2009 | Life Saver Boat | 07h30 | AUSTRALIA | New South Wales | Hawks Nest Beach | Boating – Rowing | No Injury – Shark grabbed Boats oar. | White | |||
2 | 12-Dec-2000 | Michael Loxton | M | 47 | 14h30 | FIJI | Taveuni | Garden Island Resort | Swimming | Fatal – leg severed | 240 | |
3 | 12-Dec-1978 | Phillip ‘Flip’ Steenkamp | M | 23 | 16h45 | South Africa | KZN | Sodwana | Spearfishing | Fatal – legs bitten | White | 88 |
4 | 12-Dec-1974 | G. Allen | 32 | Australia | Western Australia | Geographe Bay | Survived | |||||
5 | 12-Dec-1958 | Sailor of tuna vessel No.12 Taiyo Marei | M | 22 | 11h00 | AMERICAN SAMOA | Tutuila Island | Van Camp wharf | Boat Repair | Fatal – left thigh & hip bitten | Tiger | |
6 | 12-Dec-1943 | James Crawford Matthews | M | 17 | 11h30 | South Africa | KZN | Inyoni Rocks Amazimtoti | Treading water | Fatal – abdomen buttock & thigh lacerated | ||
7 | 12-Dec-1936 | George Lundberg | M | 15 | 11h30 | Australia | New South Wales | Throsby Creek Newcastle | Swimming | Fatal – leg severed at knee | ||
8 | 12-Dec-1923 | Leo Wohill | M | AUSTRALIA | New South Wales | Murwillumbah, Tweed River | Swimming | Lacerations to leg | ||||
9 | 12-Dec-1877 | Male 1 | Australia | New South Wales | Near Sydney | Boating – Fell Overboard | Fatal – | |||||
10 | 12-Dec-1877 | Male 2 | M | Australia | New South Wales | Near Sydney | Boating – Fell Overboard | Fatal – |