The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-29
Embellishments.
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-
tFemely 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 in. with 10 horse power engines nomi-
mai, surface condense=s, donkey pump, etc.
Speed, II miles All hour. Price il Liver
pool, FL, $50 or $3.50.
$3.50. Wood Screw Passenger and Cargo
Launch, built in 1885, pair of in. cylinders,
in. stroke, speed about 10 miles; extra
strong oak frames, pitch pine plank:ng, cop
per fastened, dimen<ions 40. 6x9. 6x4.11, draft
of water aft feet. Price, 1915.
1884 A Steel Twin-Screw Steam Yacht
built in 1884, pairs of vertical D A II
p engines of Is H. P, four Gin. cylinders,
Sin. stroke, speed knots on consumption
of cwt.sper hour, bunkers contain tons.
She has IL sleeping berths; was built to go
up the Nile; dimensions 65.2x12.7x6.7 Price,
FL 1850.
2,3o9. a New Wood Screw Steam Launch,
copper fastened, compound s @ engines
Gin. and 12-in. Tin stroke, large multitnbu-
lar boiler, teak Jagged, of so lbs. working
pressure, dimensions 40.0x8.0x4.4. Price,
$3.50.
2,3o1. An Iron Twin-Screw Steamer,
built in 1872 for river passenger traffic,
hull, engine and boiler lately overhauled at
y cost of &I67, speed IL knots on consump-
ton of about tons per day, bunkers con-
tain u tons, dimensions 6S.Oxl2.1x4.O.
Price, f4s0.
in
engines @ % a. p. N. lin. and
tubular boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure,
boiler Jagged, cylinders Jagged with felt and
mahogony, dimensions 70x12.Sy6.2. Draft
Of water, 4 4 feet and feet. Price, f1,85O.
LARGER VESSELS.
1928. An Iron Screw Steamer, now
building, and cIassed 100 Al at Lloyd's s, to
carry 280-tons on 90 draft, bunkers contain
20 tons, speed knots on a consumption OF
8 tons per day, compound ID A engines OF
40 II. P, 1e-in. and 30-in. cylinders, boiler
of so lbs. working pressure, donkey engine
and steam winch, dimensions l2O.Ox2I.Ox
1915. Price, $4,000.
ASH. An Iron Screw Tug, built in 1885,
cIassed Al at LIoyd's for towing purposes,
two compound D A engines of As
H. p, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, % stroke,
speed 10 to u knots, dimensions 79.3xl5.9x
9.3 Price, $500.
AsOO
1885, and classed 100 Al, SOS tons register,
and carries 1 100 tons d. w. on $50 draft,
2 common D a S G engines of 80 ID. P,
251s lin. and 49-in. cylinders, 33-in. stroke,
cylindrical multitubular boiler of so lbs.
working pressure, bunkers contain 1852 tons,
consumption tons per day, donkey engine
and boiler, also steam winches, dimen-
sions 203.0x30 .Ox15.1O. Price, 912,600.
2,294 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 14ls
knots on consumption of tons per day,
compound engines of so ii. p, Fl 4 :
in, and 42-in. cylinders, 30-in. stroke, steel
tubular boiler of 50 lbs, working pressure,
donkey engine and 2 steam winehes, dimen-
sions i45. Ox23. 1x10.6. Price, fS, 800.
The above are only Z 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 thai
some responsible party in England should
examine the condition of the steamers Of
fered for sale before purchasing.
scott w. L. GREEN.