The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-21
A00rrtis
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 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 on deck of large steamer or
sailing vessel:
New steel screw tug 4s feet 10 feet 5
feet 8 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 $3.50.
4,I3O. 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 As .6X9. 6X4.11, draft
of water aft 8 feet. Price, ISIS.
1884. A Steel Twin Screw Steam Yacht,
built in 1884, 2 pairs of vertical d A IL
p engines of 16 IL. p, four Gin. cylinders,
Gin. stroke, speed knots on consumption
Of cwt. per hour, bunkers contain tons.
She has IL sleeping berths; was built to go
up the Nile; dimensions 65.2x127A6.7 Price,
FL $50.
2,S09. 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 40.0x8.0x4.4. Price,
1850.
2,3O1. An Iron Twin-Screw Steamer,
built in 1879, for river passenger traffic,
hull, engine and boiler lately Overhauled at
= cost of E167, speed II knots on consump-
ton of about 4 tons per day. bunkers con
tain II tons, dimensions 68.Ox12. 1x4.O.
Price, f480.
s4,I34 Steel Screw Tug, built in 1885,
engines G s C 25 H. 2. n. lin. and
tubular boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure,
boiler Jagged, cylinders Jagged with felt and
nahogony, dimensions 70x12.6x6.2. Draft
of water, II feet and feet. Price, f1,S $50
LARGER VESSELS.
1923. 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
tons per day, compound ID engines OF
40 H. p, 1e-in. and 30-in. cylinders, boiler
of 30 lbs. working pressure, donkey engine
and steam winch, dimensions l2O.Ox2l.O Ok
1916. Price, $4,000.
2,3I1. An Iron Screw Tug, built in 1885,
classed Al at Lloyd's for towing purposes,
two compound S G d A engines Of 40
H. p, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, % stroke,
speed 10 to IL knots, dimensions 79.3x15.9x
SO. Price, $500.
2,3OS An Iron Screw Steamer, built in
1885, and claSSed 1OO Al, 060 tons regis ter,
and carries 1,120 tons d. W. on $50 draft,
2 common D A S C engines of 80 II. p,
25h in. and 4S-in. cylinders, 33-in. stroke,
cylindrical multitubular boiler of so lbs.
working pressure, bunkers contain 1862 tons,
consumption tons per day, donkey engine
and boiler, also 3 steam winches, dimen-
siOns 2O3.0x30. 0x15.1O. 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 so tons, speed 13k to 14@s
Knots on consumption of tons per day,
compound c engines of so II. P, 81 h
in, and 42-in. cylinders, 30-in. stroke, steel
tubular boiler of 90 lbs, working pressure,
donkey engine and steam Winches, dimen-
sious i45. 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.