Push for an apology over Blythe Star shipwreck and rescue, 50 years on abc.net.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abc.net.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The sinking of the Blythe Star off Tasmania and the stories of its survivors abc.net.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abc.net.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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.