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.

[2] In December 1923 BHP acquired her, renamed her Iron Crown,[3] and registered her in Sydney.

[4] On 4 June 1942 Iron Crown, was en route from Whyalla in South Australia to Newcastle, New South Wales when Japanese submarine I-27 sank her by torpedo 71 km (44 mi) south-southwest of Gabo Island.

[5] George Fisher, the last survivor, was aged 18 when the ship sank, and died in 2012.

[6] In April 2019 it was announced that the wreck of Iron Crown had been located by marine archaeologists aboard CSIRO research vessel RV Investigator at a depth of 700 metres (2,300 ft), about 100 kilometres (54 nmi) off the coast of Victoria.