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Beyond The Breakers is a podcast about shipwrecks, loss, and lessons learned from maritime disasters.
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S6E2 Episode 162 - Zhe Ling Yu Yun 135
In this episode we discuss a maritime incident from March 2011 that saw the container ship COSCO Hong Kong collide with fishing transportation vessel Zhe Ling Yu Yun 135 off the coast of Zhejiang…
S6E1 Episode 161 - The Rodney Disaster
The first episode of Season 6 (!) takes us to Sydney Harbor for the story of the ferry Rodney. [The main story starts at 11:39] This episode ends with a trailer for the Season 6 Patreon (intro music…
S5E20 Episode 160.2 - Tirpitz, Pt. II
This episode is part two(of two) on the life and times of the German battleship Tirpitz. *This is also the final episode of Season 5 - thanks for listening and we will be back with a new season…
S5E19 Episode 160.1 - Tirpitz, Pt. I
This episode is part one (of two) on the life and times of the German battleship Tirpitz. The Sameer Project Gaza FundsSources:Hansen, Kenneth P. “Raeder Versus Wegener: Conflict in German Naval…
S5E18 Episode 159 - Padre Eterno
This week it's the tale of the Portuguese galleon Padre Eterno, launched in the Bay of Guanabara in 1663. More the story of a ship that did wreck at some point and the world she inhabited rather than…
**unlocked** 'The Ignoble Means by Which That Wealth Was Accumulated' - The Slaving Brig Henriqueta and the Illicit Slave Trade to Brazil (March 2025 2nd Mate Bonus)
We've unlocked a bonus episode for everyone, since there's some useful information here for an upcoming main episode dealing with Portugal/Brazil. Sources:Blackburn, Robin. The Making of New World…
**bonus preview** "To Defeat Such Unreasonable Purposes": Lord Dunmore's Floating Town - A Maritime Misadventure of the American Rebellion
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…
S5E18 Episode 158 - SS Pacific
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…
S5E17 Episode 157.4 - "We're Living Now, Aren't We?": HMCS Karluk, Pt. IV ft. Jessica Watkins
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…
S5E16 Episode 157.3 - "I Don't Know How This Will End": HMCS Karluk, Pt. III ft. Jessica Watkins
Jess (@jesslovesboats) is back to navigate us through Part Three (of Four) in the saga of the Karluk!gazafunds.comSources for Part II:Cavell, Janice. "The Karluk's Lost Men: The Alexander Anderson…
S5E14 Episode 157.2 - "A Nice Mess": HMCS Karluk, Pt. II ft. Jessica Watkins
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…
S5E13 Episode 157.1 - “Like Small Black Specks Against The Everlasting White”: HMCS Karluk, Pt. I ft. Jessica Watkins
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…
S5E12 Episode 156 - USS Oklahoma
This week it's the story of a battleship so famous that they made an entire musical about her. gazafunds.comDon't forget to check out our guest appearance on We Always Lie to Strangers where we are…
S5E11 Episode 155 - Drum Major
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…
S5E10 Episode 154 - R.J. Hackett ft. Kaylee Matuszak
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…
S5E9 Episode 153 - The I-40 Bridge Disaster ft. We Always Lie To Strangers
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…
**Bonus Preview** "Weep Long and Bitterly": The Globe Mutiny, Part III
This is a short preview of a bonus episode available at the Able Seaperson ($3) and 2nd Mate ($5) tiers Support the show
S5E8 Episode 152.2 - "An Innocent Child of Nature": The Globe Mutiny, Part II
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…
S5E7 Episode 152.1 - "Provisions for the Kingdom-To-Be": The Globe Mutiny, Part I
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…
Battleship Potemkin - The Easter Cut (Bonus Episode Preview)
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…
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Beyond the Breakers has published 224 episodes since February 2021, covering topics in Documentary, History.
Beyond the Breakers is currently active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 54m.
