The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-17
Advertisements.
Steamers for Sale.

Inc undersigned pegs 10 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 ac
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 OF deck of large steamer or
sailing vessel:
New steel screw tug 48 feet 10 feet
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 S5,250.
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 45.6x9.6x4.11, draft
of water aft 3 feet. Price, f275
1904 A Steel Twin-Screw Steam Yacht,
built in 1884, pairs of vertical d A H
p engines of 16 II. p, four Gin. cylinders,
Sin. stroke, speed 8 knots on consumption
of cwt. per hour bunkers con tain tons.
She has IL sleeping berths; was built to go
up the Nile; dimensions 65.2x12.7A6.7 Price,
FL $50.
1900. New Wood Screw Steam Launch,
copper fastened, compound s engines
Gin. and 12-in. Tin stroke, large multitubu-
lar boiler, teak Jagged, of so lbs. working
pressure, dimensions 40.0x6.0x4.4. Price,
1850
2,301. An Iron Twin-Screw Steamer,
built in 1879, for river passenger traffic,
hull, engine and boiler lately overhauled at
a cost of f167, speed IL knots on a consump-
ton of about 4 tons per day, bunkers con
tain - tons, dimensions 6S.Ox12.1x4.O.
Price, f480.
84,f94. Steel Screw Tug, built in 1885,
n II Lin
tubular boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure,
boiler Jagged, cylinders Jagged with felt and
mahogany, dimensions 70Xl2 Sx6.2 Draft
of water, A feet and feet. Price, FL $50.
LARGER VESSELS.
2,2s3. An Iron Screw Steamer, now
building, and cIassed 100 Al at Lloyd's, to
carry $50 tons on 90 draft, bunkers contain
20 tons, speed 8 knots on 4 consumption of
8 tons per day, compound ID engines OF
40 H. P, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, boiler
of 80 lbs. working pressure, donkey engine
and steam winch, dimensions 12O.Ox2l.Ox
1916. Price, $4,000.
2,311 An Iron Screw Tug, built in 1885,
classed Al at Lloyd's for towing purposes,
two compound s G D engines OF 40
II. P, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, % stroke,
speed 10 to II knots, Dimensions 79.3x15.9x
90. Price, f3,500.
2,3Os. An Iron Screw Steamer, built in
and carries 1920 tons d. W. on $50 draft,
2 common D A S G engines of 80 H. P,
251s in. and 48-in. cylinders, 33-in. stroke,
cylindrical multitubular boiler of 80 lbs.
working pressure, bunkers contain 1852 tons,
consumption tons per day, donkey engine
and boiler, also steam winches, dimen-
siOns 2o3.0x30. 0x15.10. Price, f12, 600.
1924. An Iron Screw Steamer, built in
1885, and classed 100 Al at LlOyds, 81 tons
register, carries $50 tons on 1915 draft,
bunkers contain so tons, speed 131S to 141z
knots on consumption of tons per day,
compound engines of 80 Fl. P, 81 "a
in, and 42-in. cylinders, 30-in. stroke, steel
tubular boiler of 95 lbs, working pressure,
donkey engine and 2 steam winches, dimen-
sions AS. Ox23. 1x10.6. Price, Is, 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.
scott w. L. GREEN.