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Shark Caught
on Ship's Bow
For about 100 miles of the
voyage, that ended in Mel-
bourne on Saturday, the As-
turias carried the shark
shown above, firmly attached
to the bow by its gills.
It was no ordinary shark.
When measured at Aden it
was found to be 32 ft. long —
the biggest ever seen by any
one in the town or the ship.
It was supposed that the
shark was asleep when the
ship hit it, off Perim Island,
at the mouth of the Red Sea.
It quickly woke up, however,
and writhed and struggled to
free itself for hours before
it died, watched and photo-
graphed by hundreds of pas-
sengers. The above is one of
the passenger's photographs.
The ship's helm was put
hard over in an effort to
wash off the fish, but noth-
ing would free it until the
ship went astern as she
moored at Aden, when it
floated off.
The incident was reported
to the Aden police who, ac-
cording to the chief officer
(Mr. Edmund Littlewood) ,
were delighted to get the
shark and sell it for 120
rupees.
"I got into severe trouble
with the boatswain for let-
ting the police take it away,
though," said Mr. Littlewood.
"He wanted the jaws and
tail."
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