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Researchers studying a submarine landslide uncover MV Blythe Star, which sank in 1973 while sailing from Hobart to King Island
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A CSIRO investigation has confirmed the location of the MV Blythe Star shipwreck, almost 50 years after it sank off the Tasmanian coast.
On the 13 October 1973 while making a routine trip from Hobart to King Island, the ship began developing a list to the starboard before taking on water and capsizing.
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