SS Iron Crown

SS Iron Crown was an Australian cargo steamship that was built in 1922 for the Commonwealth Line as Euroa, named after the town of Euroa in the state of Victoria. Broken Hill Proprietary acquired her in 1923, renamed her Iron Crown, and used her as an iron ore carrier. A Japanese submarine sank her in World War II.

History

built the ship for the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board's Commonwealth Line. She was launched on 27 January 1922 as Euroa, and registered in Melbourne. In December 1923 BHP acquired her, renamed her Iron Crown, and registered her in Sydney.
On 4 June 1942 Iron Crown, was en route from Whyalla in South Australia to Newcastle, New South Wales when sank her by torpedo south-southwest of Gabo Island. 38 of her 43 crew members were killed. rescued survivors.
George Fisher, the last survivor, was aged 18 when the ship sank, and died in 2012.

Wreckage discovery

In April 2019 it was announced that the wreck of Iron Crown had been located by marine archaeologists aboard CSIRO research vessel at a depth of, about off the coast of Victoria.

Official number and code letters

s were a forerunner to IMO Numbers. Iron Crowns UK official number was 151806. Her code letters were THSB until 1933. By 1930 her wireless telegraph call sign was VJDK.