The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-23

The undersigned begs to call the attention
Of steamship companies and others inter
ested to the following list of steam launches,
tugs and other boats offered for sale
by one of his correspondents in Liverpool
with the prices attached, and which on
count of the remarkably depressed state of
the shipping business will be seen to be OK
tremely low.
Launches, tugs and small boats that can
be brought on deck of large steamer or
sailing vessel:
New steel screw tug 48 feet 10 feet 5
feet in. with 10 horse power engines nomi-
nal, surface condensers, donkey pump, etc.
Speed, II miles an hour. Price in Liver
pool, FL $50 or $5,25
S413O. 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:nS, cop
per fastened, dimensions Is .6x9 .6x4.1l, draft
of water aft 3 feet. Price, fj75.
2,314.. A Steel Twin-Screw Steam Yacht,
brilt in 1884, pairs of vertical d A IL
engines of 16 II. P, four Gin. cylinders,
Gin. stroke, speed 8 knots on consumption
Of 3 cwt. per hour, bunkers contain tons.
She has IL sleeping berths; was built to go
up the Nile; dimensions 65.2X12.7X6.7 Price,
1850.
2,3O9. A New Wood Screw Steam Launch,
copper fastened, compound S G engines
Gin. and 12-in. Tin stroke, large multitubu-
lar boiler, teak Jagged, of 80 lbs. working
pressure, dimensions 40.0xS.0x4.4. Price,
1850.
1901. An Iron Twin-Screw Steamer,
built in 1879, for river passenger traffic,
hull, engine and boiler lately. overhauled at
cost of 2167, speed IL knots on a consump-
ton of about 4 tons per day. bunkers con
tain II tons, dimensions 68.0xl2. 1x4.O.
Price, E480.
"a, 134. Steel Screw Tug, built in 1885,
engines S % H. p. n. lin. and
tubular boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure,
boiler Jagged, cylinders Jagged with felt and
mahogony, dimensions 70x12.8x6. Draft
Of water, he feet aud feet. Price, $50.
LARGER VESSELS.
1928. 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 consumption OF
y tons per day, compound D A engines of
40 III. p, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, boiler
of 80 lbs. working pressure, donkey engine
aud steam winch, dimensions 120.Ox21.Ox
1916. Price, 1900.
2,3f1 An Iron Screw Tug, built in 1885,
classed Al at Lloyd's for towing purposes,
two compound S C D A engines of 40
II. p, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, % stroke,
speed 10 to u knots, Dimensions 79.3x15.9x
9.S, Price, $500.
2,SO8 An Iron Screw Steamer, built in
1885, and ciaSSed IUO AL 900 tons register
and carries 1920 tons D. w. on 1870 draft,
common A S G engines of 80 II. P,
25s< in. and 48-in. cylinders, 33-in. stroke,
cylindrical multitubular boiler of 80 lbs.
working pressure, bunkers contain 1872 tons,
consumption tons per day, donkey engine
and boiler, also 3 steam winches, dimen-
sions 203.0x30.Ox15.10. Price, f12,6 600.
1924 An Iron Screw Steamer, built in
1885, and classed 100 Al at Lloyd's, 81 tons
register, carries $50 tons on 10.6 draft,
burikers contain so tons, speed 13]6 to 141E
knots on consumption of tons per day,
compound s C engines of 80 Il. P, 81 IL
in. and 42-in. cylinders, S0-in. stroke, steel
tubular boiler of 90 lbs, working pressure,
donkey engine and steam winches, dimen-
sions us. Ox23. 1x10.6. Price, $500.
The above are only a few of the steam
vessels that are offered at sale in Great
Britain at the present time. Almost any de-
seription of steamer, and of any size de-
sired, can now be purchased at very tavora-
BILE rates. 1t is of course necessary that
some responsible party in England should
examine the condition of the steamers Oh
fered'for sale before purchasing.
S69f W. L. GREEN.