The Blythe Star Tragedy - How Indifference and Neglect Sank a Ship and Cost Three Men Their Lives
Author(s): Michael Stoddart
Transport/Maritime | Shipping & Boating
On Friday October 12th, 1973, Blythe Star left Hobart for King Island with a cargo of fertiliser and beer. Fourteen hours later it sank without warning. Its crew took to a life raft, destined to drift around southern Tasmania for eight days before beaching on the Forestier Peninsula. The Judge in the Court of Inquiry ruled the ship sank because the Chief Engineer had emptied a ballast-water tank, despite no evidence supporting the Judge's view. Three men's lives were lost through indifference and neglect on the part of those with a duty of care to the ship and its crew, who demonstrably failed both.
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- : Forty South Publishing
- : Forty South Publishing
- : 0.44
- : 01 January 2022
- : .9 Centimeters X 17.6 Centimeters X 25 Centimeters
- : books
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- : Michael Stoddart
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 176