The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-14
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Steamers for Sale.

The undersigned begs to call the attentjo
s of steamship companies and others inter
ested to the following list Of steam launches
tugs and other steam boats offered for 80 I
Sby one Of his correspondents in Liverpoo
with the prices attached, and which on 90
ecount Of the remarkably depressed state O
the shipping business will be seen to be ox
6 tremely low.
Launches, tugs and small boats that cal
be brought on deck Of a large steamer o.
s sailing vessel:
New steel screw tug IS feet 10 feet
feet in. with 10 horse power engines nOmi
s nal, surface condensers, donkey pump, etc
Speed II miles an hour. Price in Liver
; pool, fl $50 OF 50, $50.
: 81, 100. Wood Screw Passenger and Carg,
: launch, built in 1855, pair of in. cylinders
) in. stroke, speed about 10 miles; extra
strong oak frames pitch pine plank:ng, cop
per fas Stoned, dimensions Is. Gx0. 6x4.lG, draft
: of wa ter aft feet. Price, 1915.
2 3Oi \ Steel Twin-Screw Steam Yacht
: built in 1891, pairs Of vertical d A II
81 engines Of 10 H. P, four Gin cylinders,
sin. stroke, speed 9 knots on consumption
! Of cwt per hour, bunkers contain toas.
/ She has II sleeping berths; was built to so
: up the Nile; dimensions 65.2X12.7X6.7 Prize,
5 81, $50.
2,3O9. A New Wood Screw Steam Launch,
cooper fastened, compound S c engines
sG-in. and l2-in. Tin stroke, large multitubu-
lar boiler, teak Jagged, of 80 lbs. working
4 pressure, dimensions 40.0xS.0x4.4. Price,
1880.
2,301. Al Iron Twin-Screw Steamer,
i built in 1879, for river passenger traffic,
5hull, engine and boiler lately overhauled at
cost Of f167, speed II knots on a consumpI
stion of about tons per day, bunkers con-
tain II tons, dimensions 6S.0x12.1xt0I
Price, $3.50.
84,134. Steel Screw Tug, built in 1885
engines C S c % II. p. n. 11-in. and
tubular boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure /
boiler Jagged, cylinders Jagged with felt and
imahoGOny, dimensions 7Ox12.Sx6.2. Draft
lof water, "A feet and feet. Price, 81, 850I
LARGER VESSELS.
1928. An Iron Screw Steamer, now
building, and classed 100 Al at LIoyd's, tol
|carry $50 tons on 90 draft, bunkers contain
20 tons, speed knots ON a consumption oil
p tons per day, compound D A engines of
40 II. p, lG-in. and 30-in. cylinders, boilerI
of 80 lbs. working pressure, donkey engineI
land steam winch, dimensions 120.0x21 Ok!
Hoo. Price, g. 600.
2,311. an Iron Screw Tug, built in 1885,
classed Al at Lloyd's for towing purposes,
two compound S G d A engines Of Isl
III. P, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, % stroke,
speed 10 to II knots, dimensions 79.3x15.9xs
9.3. Price, $500.
2,308. An Iron Screw Steamer, built mi
8S5, and classed 100 Al, 565 tons register,
and carries 1920 tons D. w. on $50 draft,
2 common ID A S c engines of 80 H. P,
20 < in. and 49-in. cylinders, 33-in. stroke,
cylindrical multitubular boiler of so lbs.
working pressure, bunkers contain 1862 tons,
consumption tons per day, donkey engines
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 a Lloyd's, 81 tons
register, carries $50 tons on 1916 draft +
bunkers contain so tons, speed 13lz to Il 4
knots on consumption of s tons per day (
$ G engines Of so Ii. P, d /
in, and 42-in. cylinders, 30-in. stroke, steel
tubular boiler of 90 lbs, working pressure
donkey engine and steam winches, dimen-
sions 145. 0x23 1x10.6. Price, e. 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-
5criptiOn Of steamer, and Of any size de {
sired, can now be purchased at very favora-
bic rates. 1t is of course necessary that
some responsible party in England should :
examine the condition of the steamers Of s
tered for sale before purchasing.
SOFT w. /. GREEN.