A ship that disappeared near Tasmania nearly 50 years ago sparking the largest Australian maritime search ever at the time has finally been found.
The 144 foot MV Blythe Star was on its way from Hobart to King Island with 10 crew and a cargo of beer and fertilizer when it suddenly capsized on October 13, 1973.It would later be revealed the crew members had actually escaped into an inflatable life raft.
Three of them died before the group made it ashore a small beach on Tasmania and found help 12 days later.It is said the first words from the first person they met were: “Nah, you’re all dead.” While the community and country got answers about what happened to the crew, the ship was never found – until April 12 this year.
Researchers from the CSIRO and the University of Tasmania were on a 38-day voyage on-board RV Investigator to study an underwater landslide.During the voyage they went to investigate an unidentified shipwreck which had previously been pinpointed by fishing vessels.It was found about seven miles west of South West Cape, Tasmania and lies in 492 feet of water.The MV Blythe Star was found about seven miles west of South West Cape, Tasmania.
The government science agency said it hoped that the mapping and video footage researchers got off the shipwreck may help answer questions about what caused it to sink all those years ago.The cameras identified part of the vessel’s name on the ship’s bow.Share this article:
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