The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-19
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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 a large steamer or
sailing vessel:
New steel screw ting 4S feet 10 feet 5
feet in. with 10 horse power engines nOmi-
nal, surface eondensers, donkey pump, etc.
Speed, II miles an hour. Price in Liver
pool, Fl, $50 or $5,250.
"a, 130. 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 40. 6y9. 6x4. II, draft
OF water aft feet, Price, 1915.
1904. Steel Twin-Screw Steam Yacht,
built in 1884, pairs of vertical ID A II
2 engines of 16 II. P, four Gin. cylinders,
Gin. 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 65.2x12.7x6.7 Price,
81 $50.
1900. A New Wood Screw Steam Launch,
copper fastened, compound 5 @ engines
Gin. and 12-in. Tin stroke, large multitubu-
lar boiler, teak Jagged, of 80 lbs working
pressure, dimensions 40.0x8.0x4.4. Price,
ESQ.
1901. An Iron Twin-Screw Steamer,
built in 1879, for river passenger traffic,
hull, engine and boiler lately overhauled at
= cost of s167, speed IL knots on a consump-
ton of about 4 tons per day, bunkers con-
tain IL tons, dimensions 68.Ox121x4O.
Price, s48O.
s4,1S4. Steel Screw Tug, built in 1885,
engines G s G % II. p. n. lin. and
tubular boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure,
boiler Jagged, cylinders Jagged with felt and
mahogony, dimensions 7Ox12.8x6.2. Draft
Of water, A feet and feet. Price, f1,85O.
LARGER VESSELS.
2,293. An Iron Screw Steamer now
building, and classed 100 Al at Lloyd's, to
carry $50 tons on 90 draft, bunkers contain
20 tons, speed knots on consumption OF
3 tons per day, compound d engines of
40 II. p, 1G-in. and 30-in. cylinders, boiler
of 80 lbs. working pressure, donkey engine
and steam winch, dimensions 12O.0x2l.O OK
1916. Price, "a, 600.
2,311. An Iron Screw Tug, built in 1885,
claSsed Al at Lloyds for towing purposes,
II. P, I6-in. and 30-in. cylinders, % stroke,
speed 10 to IL knots, Dimensions 79.3x15.9x
9.3. Price, $500.
2,30s An Iron Screw Steamer, built in
1885, and classed 100 Al, 500 tons register,
and carries 1920 tons D. w. on $50 draft,
common D A S G engines of 80 H. p,
25h in. and 4S-in. cylinders, 33-in. stroke,
cylindrical multitubular boiler of 80 lbs.
working pressure, bunkers contain 1872 tons,
consumption tons per day, donkey engine
and boiler, also steam winches, dimen-
siOns 203.0130. 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 131k to 141s
knots on consumption of tons per day,
compound S C engines of so II. P, 81 4
in and 42-in. cylinders, 30-in. stroke, steel
tubular boiler of % lbs, working pressure.
donkey engine and 2 steam winches, dimen-
sions I45. Ox23. 1x10.6. Price, fS, 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'
bic 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.