The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-18
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Steamers for Sale.

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 48 feet 10 feet 5
feet in. with 10 horse power engines nOmi-
nal, surface condensers, donkey pump, etc.
Speed, II miles hour. Price in Liver
pool, FL $50 or S5,250.
84,13O. 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 IL, draft
of water aft feet. Price, f975.
1904. Steel Twin-Screw Steam Yacht,
built in 1884, pairs of vertical A Fl
engines of 16 II. P, four Gin. cylinders,
Sin. stroke, speed Q knots on consumption
of cwt. per hour, bunkers contain tons.
She has IL sleeping berths; was bdilt to go
up the Nile; dimensions 65.2x12.TN6.7 Price,
Fl, $50.
1900. A New Wood Screw Steam Launch,
copper fastened compound 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,
f65O.
2,3O1. An Iron Twin-Screw Steamer,
built in 1879, for river passenger traffic,
hull, engine and boiler lately overhauled at
q cost of f167, speed II knots on a consump
tion of about tons per day, bunkers con-
tain II tons, dimensions 68.Ox121x4O.
Price, 9490.
S4,134 Steel Screw Tug, built in 1885,
engines @ S c. 25 III. 2. n. lin. and
tubular boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure,
boiler Jagged, cylinders Jagged with felt and
mahogany, dimensions 70x12.6xG.2. Draft
of water, \ feet and feet. Price, Fl, $50.
LARGER VESSELS.
1928 An Iron Screw Steamer, now
building, and classed 100 Al at Lloyd's, to
carry $50 tons on 90 draft, bunl1ers con tain
20 tons, speed knots on a consumption of
) tons per day, compound d A engines of
40 III. p, 1G-in. and 30-in. cylinders, boiler
of 80 lbs. working pressure, donkey engine
and steam winch, dimensions 120.Ox2l.Ox
1916. Price, $4,000.
2,3II. An Iron Screw Tug, built in 1885,
classed Al at Lloyd's for towing purposes,
two compound S C d A engines of 45
II. p, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, p stroke,
speed 10 to II knots, dimensions 79.3x15.9x
9.3. Price, $500.
1905 An Iron Screw Steamer, built in
1889, and claSSeQ lUU AL 900 tons register,
and carries l, 120 tons D. w. on $50 draft,
2 common D A S G engines of 80 II. P,
251E in. and 48-in. cylinders, 33-in. stroke,
cylindrical multitubular boiler of 80 lbs.
working pressure, bunkers contain 162 tons,
consumption 8 tons per day, donkey engine
and boiler, also steam winches, dimen-
siOns 203.0x30. 0x15.10. Price, f12, 600.
1924. An Iron Screw Steamer, built in
1885, and classed 100 Al at Lloyd's, 81 tons
register, carries $50 tons on 1915 draft,
bunkers contain 80 tons, speed 131s to 144s
knots on consumption of s tons per day,
compound C engines of so II. P, 81 y
in and 42-in. cylinders, 30-in. stroke, steel
tubular boiler of 50 lbs, working pressure,
donkey engine and 2 steam winches, dimen-
sions las. 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.
S69h w. L. GREEN.