Shark attack, 1942-11-21 (Sea Disaster)
Location: Bound from Cape Town for St. Helena, , INDIAN OCEAN
Activity: On 6-Nov-1942, the German submarine U-68 sank the City of Cairo 5 days from Cape Town, survivors took to lifeboats & rafts. On the 15th day, a fireman jumped over the stern & was taken by sharks
Victim: male (M, age )
Injury: FATAL
Fatal: Y
Source: Coppleson (1962), pp.207 & 258