Wreckage of Australian “Blythe Star” discovered after 50 years

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Researchers have discovered the shipwreck of the “Blythe Star” off the coast of Tasmania and thus solved a 50-year mystery. The sinking of the freighter in 1973 triggered what was then the largest Australian search at sea. The story of the survivors is legendary to this day. SBS correspondent Barbara Barkhausen reports.


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Built in 1955, the freighter had a crew of ten seafarers.
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Die Forscher entdeckten das Schiff zufällig.

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