just looked at up. At the time of launch it was the worlds biggest bulk cargo ship, not just australias. had a crew of eight. It was so big uncle rob would ride his bike each morning from the stern to bow
collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/16334
(, Thu 1 Oct 2020, 2:53, Reply)
but as an aside BHP also had a ship called Iron Knob
(, Thu 1 Oct 2020, 19:30, Reply)