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Beyond the Breakers

Taylor and Tanner

Beyond The Breakers is a podcast about shipwrecks, loss, and lessons learned from maritime disasters.

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**bonus preview** "To Defeat Such Unreasonable...

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/10/31

This is a short preview of our most recent $3 bonus episode - sign up on Patreon at the $3 Able Seaperson tier for an extra episode each month, or the $5 2nd Mate tier for two extra episodes. Patrons also get main episodes a few days early, plus occasional bits of the main episode that are edited out on the main feed release. Support the show

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Episode 158 - SS Pacific

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/10/23

We're back to discuss the career of the SS Pacific (not that one, the other one!) We'll even throw in a rail disaster for free. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20091215121426/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsP-Q.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100120135812/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/collins.html https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep062/usrep062372/usrep062372.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20141024184337/http://www.ba...

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Episode 157.4 - "We're Living Now, Aren't We?": HMCS...

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/09/20

Here we have the long-awaited conclusion to our epic series on the saga of HMCS Karluk Don't forget that there is a bonus Part V available for patrons, covering Stefansson's later ill-fated attempt at colonizing Wrangel Island Major thanks to Jess (@jesslovesboats) for guiding us through this story! gazafunds.com Sources: Cavell, Janice. “The Karluk’s Lost Men: The Alexander Anderson and Alister Forbes Mackay Parties, 1914.” The Journal of the Hakluyt Society, March 2025, pp. 1 - ...

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112:49

Episode 157.3 - "I Don't Know How This Will End":...

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/09/09

Jess (@jesslovesboats) is back to navigate us through Part Three (of Four) in the saga of the Karluk! gazafunds.com Sources for Part II: Cavell, Janice. "The Karluk's Lost Men: The Alexander Anderson and Alister Forbes Mackay Parties, 1914." The Journal of the Hakluyt Society, March 2025, pp. 1 - 31. Diubaldo, Richard J. Stefansson and the Canadian Arctic. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1978. Levere, Trevor H. “Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Continental Shelf, and a New Arctic Continent.”...

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Episode 157.2 - "A Nice Mess": HMCS Karluk, Pt. II...

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/09/01

Jess is back as we get further into the saga of the Karluk (emphasis on the second syllable). If you've been waiting for the shipwreck, wait no more! Sources for Part II: Cavell, Janice. "The Karluk's Lost Men: The Alexander Anderson and Alister Forbes Mackay Parties, 1914." The Journal of the Hakluyt Society, March 2025, pp. 1 - 31. Diubaldo, Richard J. Stefansson and the Canadian Arctic. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1978. Levere, Trevor H. “Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Continental S...

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113:11

Episode 157.1 - “Like Small Black Specks Against The...

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/08/25

We're joined by longtime listener and longer time polar exploration enthusiast Jessica (@jesslovesboats) for a tale that would be a certified goofball comedy if not for the overwhelming tragedy of it - it's the story of the Karluk, the Canadian Arctic Expedition, and the men, women, and (yes!) children who fought to survive in some of the cruelest conditions that Planet Earth has to offer. *This is Part One of a four-part series; there will also be an Able Seaperson-tier bonus episode related...

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Episode 156 - USS Oklahoma

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/08/19

This week it's the story of a battleship so famous that they made an entire musical about her. gazafunds.com Don't forget to check out our guest appearance on We Always Lie to Strangers where we are introduced to the 1953 Springfield Missouri Cobra Scare. Sources: Evans, David C. The Japanese Navy in World War II: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers, 2nd Edition. Naval Institute Press, 2017. Toll, Ian W. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941 - 19...

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92:17

Episode 155 - Drum Major

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/07/13

This week it is the story of the narrowboat Drum Major and her 1998 foundering on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal that resulted in multiple deaths. *there is about 19 minutes of intro in this one so skip accordingly if you want to get into things right away gazafunds.com Sources: Clarke, Mike. The Leeds & Liverpool Canal: A History and Guide. Carnegie Publishing, 1994. Farrington, J.H. “The Leeds and Liverpool Canal: A Study in Route Selection.” Area, vol. 1, no. 1, 1969, pp. ...

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Episode 154 - R.J. Hackett ft. Kaylee Matuszak

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/06/24

Honorary third host of the podcast Kaylee is back this week to join us in discussing the R.J. Hackett, a vessel that changed the way bulk cargo was transported on the Great Lakes and laid the groundwork for the designs we still see today. gazafunds.com Sources: Baker, Newton D. “Transportation on the Great Lakes.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 171, Jan 1934, pp. 204 - 210. Bowlus, Bruce. “Bold Experiments: The Evolution of the Great...

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Episode 153 - The I-40 Bridge Disaster ft. We Always...

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/05/26

We are joined by the baddest boys in the Ozarks - We Always Lie To Strangers - to discuss the I-40 Bridge Disaster, which saw the towboat Robert Y. Love impact a bridge over the Arkansas river near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, on May 26 2002. (Wish we could claim the foresight to have scheduled this for the anniversary but that is entirely 100% coincidental) You can find everything WALTS-related here gazafunds.com Sources: "5NEWS Vault | I-40 Bridge Collapse in Webbers Falls (Part 2)." 5NEW...

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**Bonus Preview** "Weep Long and Bitterly": The Globe...

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/05/19

This is a short preview of a bonus episode available at the Able Seaperson ($3) and 2nd Mate ($5) tiers Support the show

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77:52

Episode 152.2 - "An Innocent Child of Nature": The...

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/05/12

Here we conclude the main story of the mutiny on the whaleship Globe where everyone lives happily ever after in a tropical paradise. Or something like that. *meant to cut in a minor edit for this episode - George Comstock was 15 by the time the Globe sailed, and Samuel was 20 gazafunds.com Sources: Couper, Alastair. “Dangers, Mutinies, and the Law.” Sailors and Traders: A Maritime History of the Pacific Peoples.” University of Hawai’i Press Gibson, Gregory. Demon of the Waters: Th...

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88:19

Episode 152.1 - "Provisions for the Kingdom-To-Be":...

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/04/26

Following up on our Battleship Potemkin bonus, we are staying in the mutinous mood with this two-part series on the whaleship Globe, and the enigmatic boatsteerer Samuel Comstock who would cast her into infamy. gazafunds.com Sources: Couper, Alastair. “Dangers, Mutinies, and the Law.” Sailors and Traders: A Maritime History of the Pacific Peoples.” University of Hawai’i Press Gibson, Gregory. Demon of the Waters: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Whaleship Globe. Little, Brown, and Co...

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Battleship Potemkin - The Easter Cut (Bonus Episode...

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/04/20

ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕСЕ! **this is a short preview of a much longer bonus episode we did on Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, available for $3 and $5 patrons** Religious symbolism plays a major role in the works of Sergei Eisenstein, so we found ourselves discussing it quite a bit during our episode on Battleship Potemkin. For Easter, we've cut those sections of the episode together in one concentrated mini-episode. Support the show

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Episode 151 - USS Turner

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/04/13

This week we discuss the loss of the USS Turner, a Gleaves-class destroyer that sank off of New York City in January 1944. **Jump to around 13:30 to get right into the action** Sources: "Gleaves class destroyers (1940)." https://naval-encyclopedia.com/ww2/us/gleaves-class-destroyers.php Naczi, Robert F. "Special: Tragedy Strikes in New York Harbor." U.S. Naval Institute, December 1995, https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1995/december/special-tragedy-strikes-new-york-harbor...

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Episode 150 - The Drowning of Númenor

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/04/01

In this episode we go deep into the history books to discuss the deadliest maritime disaster we've covered up to this point. Sources: Elendil the Tall. Akallabêth. Barahir Books, 3321 SA. Tolkien, J.R.R.The Fall of Númenor. Edited by Brian Sibley, William Morrow, 2024. Tolkien, J.R.R. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien, Mariner Books, 1980. Tyler, J.E.A. The Complete Tolkien Companion. Thomas Dunne Books, 1976. Support the show

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**Bonus Preview** 'The Ignoble Means by Which That...

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/03/29

Here is a short clip from our most recent 2nd Mate Tier bonus episode: 'The Ignoble Means by Which That Wealth Was Accumulated' - The Slaving Brig Henriqueta and the Illicit Slave Trade to Brazil *(the full episode is about 1:18:00 in length) If you enjoy the show, there is much more of it for you to check out on Patreon - join as an Able Seaperson ($3) for an extra bonus episode each month or as a 2nd Mate ($5) for two bonus episodes. Joining as a patron also gets you (slig...

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Episode 149 - Jackup Rig Kolskaya (СПБУ Кольская)

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/03/15

This week we have the story of the jackup rig Kolskaya, lost in the Sea of Okhotsk in December 2011. Sources: "Буровая платформа Кольская - трагедия и надежда." www.kolskaya.com "How do jackup rigs work?" https://www.rigzone.com/training/insight?insight_id=339&c_id=24 История крушения Кольской нефтяной платформы. Обо всем из жизни, 27 Dec 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzv_O3ZIU8Q Kostanov, Yuri. “Платформа 'Кольская': кто и когда ответит за это трагедию?” Морские вести...

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Episode 148 - HMS Prince of Wales

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/02/21

This week we are discussing a smashingly successful air attack conducted by the Empire of Japan in December 1941 (but not that one). Jump to around 14:30 to get right to the action Sources: Bell, Christopher M. “The ‘Singapore Strategy’ and the Deterrence of Japan: Winston Churchill, the Admiralty and the Dispatch of Force Z.” The English Historical Review, vol. 116, no. 467, Jun 2001, pp. 604 - 634. Garzke, William H., Robert O. Dulin, and Kevin V. Denlay. "Death of a Battleship: The Loss of...

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Episode 147 - Empire of Troy

Beyond the Breakers ·

2025/02/06

It's all regional rivalries and riverine wrecks this week as we discuss the sidewheel steamer Empire of Troy (1843 - 1853). *jump to around [13:00] if you want to dive right in to the main part of the episode Sources: Allison, J. Thomas. Hudson River Steamboat Catastrophes: Contests & Collisions. The History Press, 2013. Ellis, David Maldwyn. “Albany and Troy - Commercial Rivals.” New York History, vol. 24, no. 4, October 1943, pp. 484 - 511. Ellis, David Maldwyn. “Rise of the...

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