Beyond the Breakers

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. *Originally released 4/12/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/10/22 Support the show

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. We will probably be releasing on Patreon on Sundays, and Monday for everyone else. Additionally I wanted to do a short story that may not have enough information for a full episode, but is still some...

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 **Tanner also mistakenly refers to the USS Monitor’s sloped sides; he intended to refer to the CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack)** https://web.archive.org/web/20110725170212/http://userweb.port.ac.uk/...

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 Patreon. We will be producing one bonus episode a month.  This month we will be discussing the tragic 1972 loss of the passenger liner SS Poseidon after an earthquake off of Crete.  *Originally released 3/12...

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 captain of the Empress of Ireland as "Captain Kembell." The captain of the vessel was in fact Henry George Kendall . We apologize for the error. Video illustrating the Empress of Irela...

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 our thoughts on this tragic loss. *Originally released 3/12/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/6/22 William Flores , hero of the USCGC Blackthorn Coast Guard Report Recommended Reading: Wilfred Owen Arms and...

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. **Note** - At one point in the episode, the year 2009 is referenced in regard to the sinking of the Katmai; this should be "2008". Support the show

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 Seagull sinking - https://www.wisn.com/article/crane-on-barge-raises-sunken-harbor-seagull-from-kinnickinnic-river/35604251 23 March 1944, Portland Guardian https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article...

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 Civil War. *originally released 2/18/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/4/22 For detailed reference: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2009/august/death-river We now have a Patreon, ple...

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 of the Milwaukee: https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/435?region=Index Historical Marker Database: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=42299 Support the show

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 referenced during the show. SS El Faro transcript Support the show