page_title: Birkdale (ship)
section_title: Later career and fate
hierarchical_section_title: Birkdale (ship) / Later career and fate
caption_attribution_description: English: SS Ragnhild Bryde, 1923 ~ 1925 Norwegian registered by L. Bryde, Kritiania. Built as "War Yukon" (1918)
context_page_description: Birkdale, a steel, steam-powered barque, is best known for being the inspiration behind many paintings by John Everett. Everett joined the barque Birkdale in 1920 and on a short voyage drew and painted many drawings and paintings, most of which are hung in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. She was the last barque to fly the red ensign, and she spent almost all her working life carrying nitrate from Chile. In June 1927, Birkdale ran aground and wrecked after catching fire in the Nelson Strait while en route to Peru.
context_section_description: Helenslea sold her in 1924, and from 1924 to 1927 she was with G. Ronald, at Callao, Peru.
  On 19 February 1927, she left Hull, and the Humber River in England with a cargo of coal for Callao, Peru. On 24 June 1927, a fire broke out west of and near Cambridge Island, Chile. The ship adrift ran aground on the island Islas Lobos, in the Nelson Strait on 27 June 1927. The crew took to a lifeboat, six sailors disappeared over the side, the captain and the rest of the crew were rescued by a Chilean ship, registered in Norway, Porvenir (1918) and landed in Punta Arenas.
caption: SS Porvenir, circa 1925
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