Shark attack at Havana Harbor in Havana Province, Cuba
| GSAF Case # | 1749.00.00 |
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| Date | 01 Jan 1749 |
| Country | Cuba |
| Area | Havana Province |
| Location | Havana Harbor |
| Activity | Swimming |
| Name | Brook Watson |
| Sex | Male |
| Age | 14 |
| Injury | Right leg severed at knee. In 1796 he became Lord Mayor of London. In 1778 he commissioned American artist, John Singleton Copley, to paint the incident: Watson and the Shark |
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| Investigator or Source | GSAF |
| Fatal? | Not fatal |
| Incident Type | Unprovoked |