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Blythe Star (II) was a small freighter vessel of 371 gross tons, built by Ateliers Ducheans and Bossiere at Le Havre France in 1955, for owners Rederi A/S Orion of Drammen Norway. Originally called Tandik, the vessel was purchased by the Bass Strait Shipping Company in 1960 and renamed Blythe Star. [4] [5]
Doleman was among the seven crew who were found eleven days later on the Forestier Peninsula having escaped to the liferaft when ship suddenly capsized and sank off South West Cape, Tasmania; three lives were lost. He subsequently gave evidence at the Dunphy enquiry into the sinking of the Blythe Star into the ship's master's failure of duty.
Seven of the 10 crew were found 11 days later on the Tasman Peninsula, having escaped to the liferaft when she suddenly capsized and sank off South West Cape, Tasmania. One man died on the raft and two on land. The boat was located by a CSIRO research team nearly 50 years later, in April 2023, with just one survivor still alive at the time. [3] [4]
Personal flotation devices being worn on a navy transport . A personal flotation device (PFD; also referred to as a life jacket, life preserver, life belt, Mae West, life vest, life saver, cork jacket, buoyancy aid or flotation suit) is a flotation device in the form of a vest or suit that is worn by a user to prevent the wearer from drowning in a body of water.
When "Dirty Dancing" star Swayze was named the Sexiest Man Alive in 1991, his mom, Patsy Swayze, told the magazine that her son "knows he’s just an ordinary, down-home Texas kid."
In 2013, she was found alive in Yukon, Canada, having started a new family after her disappearance. [52] Found alive 52 years 1962–1963 Steven Crawford: 2 United States of America Toddler with Down syndrome whose body was found in a reservoir in Ashland, Oregon on July 11, 1963. He remained unidentified until October 2021, when his DNA was ...
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By Serge Stevens One of the most beloved TV shows of the 1960s was a sitcom about a couple living in New Rochelle, New York, The Dick Van Dyke Show. Van Dyke had already established himself as a ...