‘Hexham Bank’, 1978

The ‘Hexham Bank’ was one of the last colliers (colloquially known as ‘Sixty-milers’) that ran up the NSW coast. She was built 1953. In June 1978, while preparing to load blue metal at Bass Point, she caught fire. All her crew were rescued. Her engine room was destroyed and the ship was deemed a "constructive loss" and was scrapped. Her hulk was later sunk off Sydney Heads.