SS Iron Chieftain

History
Australia
Name	Iron Chieftain
Owner	Broken Hill Pty
Port of registry	Melbourne
Builder	Lithgows, Port Glasgow
Yard number	903
Launched	22 October 1937
Completed	December 1937
Identification	UK official number 159570; call sign VLDK; ;
Fate	Sunk by torpedo, 3 June 1942
General characteristics
Type	bulk carrier
Tonnage	4,812 GRT, 2,737 NRT, 8,130 DWT
Length	404.5 ft (123.3 m) registered
Beam	56.2 ft (17.1 m)
Draught	23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Depth	23.2 ft (7.1 m)
Decks	1
Installed power	553 NHP
Propulsion	1 × quadruple-expansion engine; 1 × exhaust steam turbine; 1 × screw;
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h)
Crew	49
Sensors and ; processing systems	echo sounding device
Armament	DEMS
Notes	sister ships: Iron Baron, Iron King, Iron Knight

SS Iron Chieftain was a bulk carrier that was built in Scotland in 1937 for the Australian Broken Hill Pty, Ltd (BHP) to carry iron ore. A Japanese submarine sank her by torpedo off the coast of New South Wales in 1942, killing 12 of her crew. Her wreck is protected by the Australian federal Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018.

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