The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-01-11
AArertisementg.
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 &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 5
feet in. with 10 horse power engines nOmi-
nal surface condensers, donkey pump, etc.
Speed, IL miles an hour. Price in 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, dimensions 45. .6x4.11, draft
of water aft feet. Price, f375.
2,3o4. A Steel Twin-Screw Steam Yacht,
built in 1884, 2 pairs of vertical d A H
p engines Of 16 II. P, four Gin. cylinders,
Gin. stroke, speed knots on consumption
of 3 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,
91,550.
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,
E65O.
2,3o1. An Iron Twin-Screw Steamer,
built in 1879, for river passenger traffic,
hull, engine and boiler lately overhauled at
= cost of f167, speed IL knots on a consump-
ton of about tons per day, bunkers con-
tain IL tons, dimensions 68.0x12. 1x4.0.
Price, f4S0.
s4.1s4. Steel Screw Tug, built in 1885,
engines G s G 25 II. P. n. lin. and
tubular boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure,
boiler Jagged, cylinders Jagged with felt and
mahogony, dimensions 70x12.Sx6.2. Draft
Of water, II feet and feet. Price, FL, $50.
LARGER VESSELS.
1928. 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 a consumption Of
3 tons per day, compound d A engines Of
40 H. p, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, boiler
of 80 lbs. working pressure, donkey engine
and steam winch, dimensions 20.0x21 OK
Z0.6. Price, "a, 600.
2,S11. An Iron Screw Tug, built in 1885,
elassed Al at Lloyd's for towing purposes,
no compound s G ID A engines of As
H. P, 16-in. and 30-in. cylinders, % stroke,
speed 10 to II knots, dimensions 79.3x15.9x
S.S. Price, $500.
2,30S. An Iron Screw Steamer, built in
1000 AuQ ClhSoc0 1UU AL OOO EOuS TSSISVeIJ
and carries 1,120 tons d. w. on 1910 draft,
2 common D s c engines of 80 II. P,
256 in. and 48-in. cylinders, 3S-in. stroke,
cylindrical multitubular boiler of so lbs.
working pressure, bunkers contain 1872 tons,
consumption 8 tons per day, donkey engine
and boiler, also 3 steam winches, dimen-
siOns 203.0x30. 0x15.10. Price, f12, 600.
1894. 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 49, to IAN
knots on consumption of tons per day,
compound s c engines of 80 H. P, 81 X
in. and 42-in. cylinders, 30-in. stroke, steel
tubular boiler of 95 lbs, working pressure
donkey engine and 2 steam winches, dimen-
sions 5.0x23 .Ix10.6. Price, 80, 500.
The above only few of the steam
vessels that 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 that
some responsible party in England should
examine the condition of the steamers Of
fered for sale before purchasing.
S69h W. L. GREEN.