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Unspeakable Horror - The Deadliest Shark Attacks in Maritime History (Paperback)
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The story of the USS Indianapolis is well-known. After delivering
crucial components of the atomic bomb that would level Hiroshima in
1945, the Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine in the
South China Sea. Of the nearly 1,200 men aboard, 900 survived the
torpedoing, spilling into the sea. White tip sharks began attacking
the next morning and after four days only 300 sailors were alive to
rescue. Less famous are the many stories of ships sinking in
shark-infested waters with gruesome results. Such as the Cape San
Juan, a US troop transport ship that was torpedoed by a Japanese
submarine in the Pacific Ocean near the Fiji Islands; nearly 700 of
the survivors were killed by sharks. Or the HMS Birkenhead, which
sunk off Danger Point, South Africa, in 1852, resulting in 440
shark-related fatalities. In 1927, the luxury Italian cruise liner
Principessa Maldafa sank ninety miles off the coast of Albrohos
Island while heading to Porto Seguro, Brazil. Nearly 300 who
survived the wreck were killed by sharks. In 1909, the French
steamer La Seyne collided with British India Steamship Co. liner
Onda near Singapore, twenty-six miles from land. One hundred and
one people were eventually killed by sharks. In the water, human
intelligence is no match for a shark's brutal, destructive
instincts. Sharks are born to kill and eat: They detect distress,
smell blood and attack. Marine disasters such as those above result
in humans becoming prey, floating in inner space as shadowy sharks
swim below, ready to attack. Helpless to save yourself floating and
waiting, watching the malevolent creatures circle, knowing what
will happen . . . a sudden swirl of water, a cloud of blood, the
searing pain . . . until there is no more. This is unspeakable
horror
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