Beyond the Breakers

No new episode this week since I'm a little under the weather. Instead we will release last month's bonus episode! Hope you enjoy!

Link to Stan Roger's Northwest Passage
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This week we explore the Battle for the Atlantic in World War Two. More specifically we look at the story of the SS Atlas how it represents an experience lived by thousands of brave sailors in the ea…

This week we discuss the loss of the Korean vessel MV Sewol.

***We are aware of a audio issues with this one. We were trying a different recording method, but will be going to the traditional way we w…

This week we discuss the loss of the PS Lady Elgin.

Excellent Chicago Tribune article about the Lady Elgin. 

*originally released 4/19/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/11/22

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Today we discuss the 1958 loss of the Carl. D Bradley.

Link to the Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum's page about the Carl D. Bradley. The museum is located in Rogers City, Mi homeport of the Bradley.

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Hello Everyone! From time to time we will be doing mini-episodes when we haven an announcement or other news about the pod. We wanted to let you know we will be shifting our release schedule slightly…

In this episode, Tanner drags us deep into the vaults of history to discuss the sinking of the Tudor-era warship Mary Rose in 1545.

*Originally released 4/2/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/11/22

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Hey everybody, we have something a little different for you this week. We are taking a little time off but we wanted to share a preview of the bonus content you can expect if you support us on Patreo…

In this week's episode, we discuss the 1914 sinking of the Empress of Ireland, Canada's deadliest peacetime disaster at sea.

**Note**
Several times during the episode, we mistakenly refer to the capta…

This week we discuss the worst peace time accident in US Coast Guard history. The USCGC was a sea going buoy tender which met a tragic fate in Tampa Bay. Join us as we explore the accident and give o…

This week, we discuss the F/V Katmai, which sank off of Alaska in 2008.

Link to US Coast Guard report. 

*originally released 3/4/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/5/22.

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- At one point in the episode…

In this episode, we discuss the wreck of the SS Admella, one of the worst maritime disasters in Australian history.

*Originally released 2/25/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/5/22

Milwaukee's Harbor Seagu…

In this episode, we discuss the deadliest maritime accident in US history - the riverboat Sultana, which sank in April 1865 transporting recently liberated Union POWs north at the end of the American…

In this episode we will discuss the loss of the SS Milwaukee, a railcar ferry that was lost with all hands in a 1929 October gale in Lake Michigan.


Wisconsin Shipwrecks website with excellent photos …

The debut episode of Beyond the Breakers covers the story of the SS El Faro, a cargo ship that went down during Hurricane Joaquin in the year 2015.

Here is a link for the NTSB Illustrated Digest refe…