Shark attack, 1942-09-12 (Sea Disaster)
Location: 360 miles north of Ascension Island, , ATLANTIC OCEAN
Activity: The Pacquebot Laconia, enroute to Liverpool with 600 Italian prisoners onboard, was torpedoed by the German submarine  U-156 and only 2 rafts were launched before the ship went down. Unable to board an overcrowded raft, he was swimming.
Victim: Michael Setti (M, age )
Injury: Calf lacerated. He was rescued by German submarine, which sunk. Rescued by Italian submarine, which sunk. Managed to reach Dakar
Fatal: N
Source: V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.258; Rohwer, pp.122 & 352