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The wreck was slowly washed out to sea afterwards; and by 1937 only a triangle dorsal fin was visible above sea level.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27892749 Rutherford, R.L., "Hereward—Unpopular Wreck''. ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', (Saturday, 13 December 1947), p.12.]</ref> In 1950, Randwick Council feared the danger that the remains posed, especially to surfers and swimmers, and had the remains blasted; such that by 1967 it appeared that there was nothing left of the ship.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131645329 The Hereward is gone at last, ''The World's News'', (Saturday, 5 December 1953), p.20.]</ref>
In recent times, on various occasions, due to large swells and sweeping currents, large amounts of sand had moved off the sea floor and had exposed extensive portions of the ''Hereward'' which were once thought to be destroyed and lost forever. In March 2013 after large seas, extensive portions of the ship's metal hull, along with mast and engine pieces were exposed to a greater extent than they ever had been before.<ref>[http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/maritimeheritageapp/ViewSiteDetail.aspx?siteid=1284 Maritime Heritage Sites: Hereward, ''Office of Environment & Heritage, New South Wales''.]</ref><ref>[http://www.asha.org.au/pdf/newsletters/ASHANewsletter43-2_2013.pdf ''Hereward'' Cannon, ''Newsletter of the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology'', Vol.43, No.2, (June 2013), pp.16-18.]</ref><ref>[http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/news/maroubra-shipwreck-cannon-recovered Maroubra Shipwreck Cannon Recovered, ''Office of Environment & Heritage, New South Wales'', 27 March 2013.]</ref><ref>[http://www.maroubraseals.com.au/files/Seals_Sayings_Web_26_2_15.pdf Hereward Cannon, ''Seals Sayings'', ''Maroubra Seals Sports & Community Club'', No.2330, Thursday, 26 February 2015.]</ref><ref>[
Hereward Street in Maroubra is named after the event.
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