Shark attack, 26-Feb-1852 (Sea Disaster)
Location: Danger Point, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
Time: 01h50
Activity: Wreck of the steamship Birkenhead
Victim:  (M, age )
Injury: FATAL. All of the women & children on board survived, but many of the 445 men that perished were taken by sharks
Fatal: Y
Species: White sharks
Source: D. Davies, pp.182-184; M. Levine, GSAF