'You can't be – they're all dead': the miracle and tragedy of Tasmania's Blythe Star shipwreck | Tasmania
The capsizing of the vessel in 1973 led to a remarkable story of survival and changed Australian maritime laws
Source: theguardian.com
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The capsizing of the vessel in 1973 led to a remarkable story of survival and changed Australian maritime laws
Three crew members died in the days after the October 13, 1973, incident as the seven survivors waited nearly two weeks to be rescued from an inflatable raft.
The wreck of the Blythe Star is located almost 50 years after it sank off the Tasmanian coast, its crew believed dead — until, astonishingly, they appeared out of the bush far from where the ship sank.