Back from the Dead - The Blythe Star Disaster

Blythe Star disaster documentary: A ship capsized in calm weather off Tasmania. The search ended while survivors were still alive. On October 13, 1973, the MV Blythe Star rolled and sank in less than ten minutes off Tasmania's South West Cape—in perfect weather. Ten men escaped in a life raft with no radio, no beacon, and no way to signal for help. For eight days, they drifted through the Southern Ocean. The largest air-sea search in Australian history looked for them in all the wrong places. On day eleven, authorities declared the search over. Memorial services were planned. Families began to mourn. One day later, three survivors walked out of the Tasmanian wilderness. This is the true story of the Blythe Star disaster—the shipwreck that vanished, the search that failed, and the men who came back from the dead. Based on survivor testimony, official inquiry records, and the 2023 discovery of the wreck on the ocean floor.