The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-30
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The undersigned begs to call the attention
of steamship companies and otA :. inter-
ested to the following list of steam launches,
tugs and other steam boats 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 tug 48 feet 10 feet 8
feet in. with 10 horse power engines noml-
nal, surface condensers, donkey pump, etc.
Speed, II miles an hour. Price in Liver
POOL, FL $50 or So, $50.
s4,13O. 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. 6x4.11, draft
of water aft feet. Price, f375.
1904 A Steel Twin-Screw Steam Yacht,
built in 1884, 2 pairs of vertical ID A H
p engines of 16 II. P, four Gin. cylinders,
Gin. stroke, speed Q knots on consumption
of cwt. per hour, bunkers contain tons.
She has IL sleeping berths; was built to go
mp the Nile; dimensions 65.2x12.7x6.7 Price,
1850.
1850. A New Wood Screw Steam Launch,
copper fastened, compound S @ engines
Gin. and 12-in. Tin stroke, large multitnbu-
lar boiler, teak Jagged, of 80 lbs. workln &
pressure, dimensions 4O.0xS.0x4.4. Price,
1850.
1901. Al Iron Twin-Screw Steamer,
built in 1879, for river passenger traffic,
hull, engine and boiler lately overhauled at
a cost of 9167, speed IL knots on consump-
ton Of about 4 tons per day, bunkers CON
tain II tons, dimensions 6S.Ox12.1x4.O.
Price, f4S0.
4,134. Steel Screw Tug, built in 1885,
engines @ S IS H. P. N. lin. and
tubular boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure,
boiler Jagged, cylinders Jagged with felt and
mahogony, dimensions 70x12.9x6.2. Draft
Of water, Al feet and feet. Price, f1,850.
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 9 knots on consumption OF
tons per day, compound engines OF
40 II. P, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, boiler
of SO lbs. working pressure, donkey engine
and steam winch, dimensions 12O.Ox2l.Ox
1915. Price, $4,000.
2311. An Iron Screw Tug, built in 1885,
cIassed Al at LlOyd's for towing purposes,
two compound S D A engines OF As
H. P, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, % stroke,
speed 10 to II knots, dimensions 79.3x15.9x
SO. Price, f3, 500.
1885, and classed 100 Al, 565 tons register,
and carries 1,120 tons d. w. on $50 draft,
common D a s G engines of 80 H. P,
2516-in. and 4s-in. cylinders, 33-in. stroke,
cylindrical multitubular boiler of 80 lbs.
working pressure, bunkers contain 1872 tons,
consumption 8 tons per day, donkey engine
and boiler, also 3 steam winches, dimen-
siOns 203.Ox30. 0x15.10. Price, &12, 600.
1924. IN 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 1915 to 143s
knots on consumption of S tons per day,
compound engines of 80 III. P, 81 4
in, and 42-in. cylinders, 30-in. stroke, steel
tubular boiler of 50 lbs, working pressure
donkey engine and 2 steam winches, dimen'
sions l45. Ox23. 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 he purchased at very favora
BILE rates. 1t is Of course necessary tina
some responsible party in England should
examine the condition of the steamers of
fered for sale before purchasing.
S69H W. L. GREEN.