The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-28


The undersigned begs to call the attention
of steamship companies and others inter
ested to the following list of steam launches,
tugs and other steamboats, offered for sale
by one of his correspondents in Liverpool
with the prices attached, and which on &C
count of the remarkably depressed state of
the shipping business will be seen to be ex-
tremely low.
Launches, tugs and small boats that can
be brought on deck of large steamer or
sailing vessel:
New steel screw tug 4S feet 10 feet 5
feet in. wish 10 horse power engines nOmi-
nal, surface condensers, donkey pump, etc.
Speed, II miles an hour. Price in Liver
pool, FL $50 or So, $50.
S4,13O. Wood Screw Passenger and Cargo
Launch, built in 1885, pair of in. cylinders,
8 in. stroke, speed about 10 miles; extra
strong oak frames, pitch pine plank:ng, cop
per fastened, Dimensions 45 .6x9. Gx4 IL, draft
of water aft feet. Price, f37j.
1904. Steel Twin-Screw Steam Yacht,
built in 1884 pairs of yertiealD H
P engines of 16 III. P, four Gin. cylinders,
Sin. stroke, iced knots on consumption
Of cWt. per hour, bunkers contain tons.
She has II sleeping berths; was built to go
up the Nile; dimensions 65.2x12.7x6.7 Price,
81, $50.
2,309. A New Wood Screw Steam Launch,
copper fastened compound @ engines
lar boiler, teak Jagged, of 80 lbs. working
pressure, dimensions 40.0x8. 0x4.4. Price,
f650.
2,301. An Iron Twin-Screw Steamer,
built in 1879, for river passenger traffic,
hull, engine and boiler lately overhauled at
cost Of f167, speed IL knots on consump-
ton Of about 4 tons per day, bunkers con-
tain ~ tons, dimensions 6S.Ox12.1x4.O.
Price, 84SO.
84,134 Steel Screw Tug, built in 1885,
engines @ 8 @ % H. P. N. lin. and
tubular boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure,
boiler Jagged, cylinders Jagged with felt and
mahogany, dimensions 7Ox12.Sx6.2. Draft
of water, AZ feet and feet. Price, $50.
LARGER VESSELS.
1888. An Iron Screw Steamer, now
building, and classed 100 Al at Lloyd's, to
carry $50 tons on GO draft, bunkers contain
20 tons, speed knots on a consumption OF
3 tons per day, compound ID A engines of
40 Fl. P, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, boiler
of so lbs. working pressure, donkey engine
aud steam winch, dimensions 120.Ox21.Ox
1915. Price, $4,000.
2,311. An Iron Screw Tug, built in 1885,
classed Al at Lloyd's for towing purposes,
Fl. P, 16-in. and 30-in, cylinders, % stroke,
speed 10 to II knots, Dimensions 79.3x15.9x
9.3. Price, $500.
2,SO8. An Iron Screw Steamer, built in
1885, and classed 100 Al, sos tons register,
and carries 1920 tons d. w. on $50 draft
common D A C engines of 80 II. P,
25lS in. and 49-in. cylinders, 33-in. stroke,
cylindrical multitubular boiler of so lbs
working pressure, bunkers contain 1872 tons,
consumption tons per day, donkey engine
and boiler, also steam winches, dimen-
siOns 203. 0x90. 0x15.10. Price, f12, 600.
1924 An Iron Screw Steamer, built in
1885, and cIassed 100 Al at Lloyd's, 81 tons
register, carries $50 tons on 1915 draft
bunkers contain so tons, speed 13lS to 141S
knots on consumption of tons per day,
compound S engines of so H. P, 81 Il
in, and 42-in. cylinders, 30-in. stroke, steel
tubular boiler of 95 lbs, working pressure,
donkey engine and 2 steam winches, dimen-
sions 145.0x23. 1x10.6. Price, $500.
The above are only few of the steam
vessels that are offered at sale in Great
Britain at the present time. Almost any de-
scription of steamer, and of any size de-
sired, can now be purchased at very favora-
BILE rates. 1t is of course necessary that
some responsible party in England should
examine the condition of the steamers Of
fered for sale before purchasing.
369H W. l.. GREEN.