Sunken freighter found at last

Shipwrecks

SS Iron Crown discovered off the Victorian coastline, 77 years after it was sunk in a deadly attack by a Japanese submarine. Source: CSIRO

The wreckage of an Australian freight ship, sunk by a Japanese torpedo during the second World War, has been found off the coast of Victoria. The SS Iron Crown sank in June 1942. Only five of the 43 crew on board, survived.



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