Beyond the Breakers

This week we discuss the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.

Recommended reading:

Schumacher, Michael. November's Fury: The Deadly Great Lakes Hurricane of 1913. (2013)


*Originally released 9/26/21; edited and …

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This week is actually a discussion of several incidents involving DUKWs, commonly known as "duck boats," with a focus on the 199…

This week we discuss the 2015 sinking of the Russian freezer trawler Dalniy Vostok [Дальний Восток] in the Sea of Okhotsk.

*Originally released 9/6/21; edited and re-uploaded 3/16/22 

Sources referred…

This week we discuss the deadliest incident for the US Navy of the post-WWII era, a fire aboard the carrier USS Forrestal  in July of 1967. 

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This week we discuss the sinking of the Royal Navy troop ship HMS Birkenhead off of the Cape Colony in 1852.

*Originally released 8/22/21; edited and re-uploaded 3/16/22  

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This week we discuss the sinking of RMS Lancastria during allied evacuation operations near St. Nazaire in 1940. 

*Originally released 8/15/21; edited and re-uploaded 3/9/22

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This week we discuss the sinking of the fishing vessel Scandies Rose off of Alaska's Sutwik Island on New Year's Eve 2019.

Full public docket from the NTSB investigation

News report featuring an inter…

In this episode we discuss a 2006 accident involving the Canadian RO/RO ferry Queen of the North.


Link to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada report on this accident. 

*Originally released 8/2/2…

Here is our bonus episode from the month of June, now unlocked for everyone! Tanner is joined by Katie to discuss the movie (and book) The Perfect Storm. This is a good chance to revisit a pretty sol…

This week we discuss the deadliest peacetime incident in the history of Australia's armed forces - the collision between HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne. 


https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-voyager-ii

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In this episode we cover the tragic tale of the paddle steamer General Slocum, which caught fire in New York's East River in 1904, leading to the deaths of at least 1,000 people - many of whom were c…

In this week's explosive episode we discuss the maritime disaster of the cargo ship Cason , which caught fire off Cape Finisterre in 1987, killing 23 crew and causing a months-long  potential ecologi…

Do you like gold? Hurricanes? Treasure hunting? Swindling and betrayal? We have a story for you.

In this episode, we discuss the 1857 sinking of the SS Central America - known as the "Ship of Gold" -…

This week we discuss the sinking of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS  Thresher during deep-dive trials in 1963. The loss of the Thresher with all hands constitutes the deadliest submarine acc…

This week we discuss the history of one of the most unique  type of vessels in maritime history - the whaleback.

The focus of the episode is on the SS City of Everett, but to tell that story we have …

This week, we discuss the sinking of the SS Cedarville, which went down in the Straits of Mackinac in May of 1965.

*Originally released 6/13/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/17/22

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Straits of…

This week we answer listener submitted questions and share some of our thoughts about the show. 

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This week we visit the continent of Africa for the first time on the show. We discuss the loss of the MV Bukoba,  a Tanzanian RO/RO  ferry that went down in Lake Victoria.

Irish Times - May 23, 1996

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This week we discuss the loss of Titanic's sister ship HMHS Britannic.


Link to Documentary about Britannic

*Originally released 5/23/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/14/22

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This week we venture to South America to discuss the 2nd worst disaster in Chilean maritime history.

http://chile-catastrofes-tragedias.blogspot.com/2012/07/naufragio-transporte-angamos-6-de-julio.ht…