What is the largest shark attack ever recorded?

BRY2K

Likely one of these thre incidents: November 28, 1942, a troopship carrying 900+ men was torpedoed by a German submarine. Most of the men successfully abandoned ship only to be ravaged by sharks while they drifted helplessly in lifejackets. Only 192 men survived and many of the bodies recovered had their legs chewed off. November 11, 1943, a troopship carrying 1,429 men was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Only 448 survived while frenzied sharks climbed half out of the water onto life rafts to snatch survivors. July 30, 1945, the U.S. cruiser Indianapolis, the ship that delivered the nuclear warhead to the Philippines that eventually destroyed Hiroshima, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine 600 miles southwest of Guam. Although most of the 1,199 men aboard the ship succeeded in getting off the ship, only 316 survived. It took four days for rescue ships to reach the men and many of those who died were killed by sharks, "the blood spilling into the sea attracting wave after wave of these voracious killers." The recovered bodies were heavily mutilated and even some of the survivors carried home scars inflicted by sharks. The death toll of 883 men was the worst in American history. http://www.courseworld.com/ocean/shark.html Mar 20 10, 4:05 PM

Zbeckabee

Here's a helpful bit of info: The International Shark Attack File is a compilation of all known shark attacks that is administered by the the American Elasmobranch Society and the Florida Museum of Natural History. The American Elasmobranch Society is a professional organization comprised of international workers studying sharks, skates and rays. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/isaf/isafabout.htm Nice interview regarding the USS Indianapolis incident: http://www.fearbeneath.com/2008/10/uss-indianapolis-crewmember-recounts-harrowing-tale-of-survival/ Mar 20 10, 4:41 PM