Hematite
 Official Number
18221

The Hematite was a small two-masted schooner, owned in Barrow. She was named after the type of iron ore that was mined in Furness and gave the region its wealth and its ships the bulk of their cargoes. The schooner was built at Dundee, Scotland, in 1856 and was originally owned by Bissett & Co., with James Fisher as the managing owner.

In Nov.1877 the Barrow Times shipping intelligence columns named the master as Croasdell.

Two vessels named Hematite were berthed at Milford Haven on Census night in April 1881. One was crewed by four Whitehaven men, and the other, crewed by Amlwch seaman, is more likely to be this vessel. The crew were :
 

Owen Owens  M  34  Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales Master
Hugh Owens  M 32  Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales Mate 
William Wilson U 19  Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales Ordinary Seaman
Owen Owens  U 16  Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales Cook

 The Hematite was sold by Fishers in 1893 and was wrecked at Watchet, Somerset, on the 28th December 1900.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Hematite
1856 
95
 
 
 
2 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Research by Derek Blackhurst
  2. 1881 Census details from Bob Sanders, Ships in Port 1881 website
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