
Beyond the Breakers
Beyond The Breakers is a podcast about shipwrecks, loss, and lessons learned from maritime disasters.
Episodes
205 episodes
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 in the works of Se...
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Episode 151 - USS Turner
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**gazafun...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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57:15

Episode 150 - The Drowning of Númenor (April Fool's 2025)
In this episode we go deep into the history books to discuss the deadliest maritime disaster we've covered up to this point. gazafunds.comSources: Elendil the Tall. Akallab...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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1:13:51

**Bonus Preview** '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)
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 abou...
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Episode 149 - Jackup Rig Kolskaya (СПБУ Кольская)
This week we have the story of the jackup rig Kolskaya, lost in the Sea of Okhotsk in December 2011. gazafunds.comSources: "Буровая платформа Кольская - трагеди...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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1:19:11

Episode 148 - HMS Prince of Wales
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 actiongazafunds...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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1:26:08

Episode 147 - Empire of Troy
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
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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1:21:23

Episode 146 - SS Francisco Morazan
We kick off Season 5 by getting back to the Great Lakes for the story of the SS Francisco Morazan*Taylor's new mic sounds great but we are still getting Tanner's audio situation resolvedg...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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56:03

Episode 145.3 - "Bombs Away": SS Torrey Canyon, Pt. III
In this final episode of Season 4, we conclude the tale of the oil tanker SS Torrey Canyon.gazafunds.com Sources:Green, Anna and Timothy Cooper. “Community and Ex...
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Season 4
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Episode 28
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1:14:11

Episode 145.2 - "That's The End Of Her": SS Torrey Canyon, Pt. II
In Part II we get into the wreck itself and some of the initial attempts at salvage and containmentgazafunds.comSources:Green, Anna and Timothy Cooper. “Community and Exclusion: The
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Season 4
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Episode 27
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1:10:41

Episode 145.1 - "The Ocean Will Take Care of the Oil": SS Torrey Canyon, Pt. I
This week we begin the story of the SS Torrey Canyon, the first major oil tanker spill in history. This part of the episode has us looking into the background of the vessel itself and her captain, Pastrengo Rugiati.
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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1:00:10

**unlocked** November 2022 Bonus - The Finest Hours
This is an old bonus episode that we are unlocking to hopefully poach some listens off of a certain very popular podcast about engineering disasters (with slides), which just released an episode about the true story of the Pendleton
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Episode 144 - Breakerween 2024 ft. Kaylee Matuszak
Kaylee is back with us for Breakerween 2024 - this year we've got spooky tales of a haunted U-boat, fishing for Oldsmobiles, and a veritable fleet of ultrabuoyant American-made caskets. gazafunds.com...
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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1:01:27

Episode 143 - SS Robert E. Lee
This week we have another U-boat episode, but this time we're down in the Gulf of Mexico to talk about the SS Robert E. Lee (booooo)gazafunds.com Sources:"The Panic of 1907 an...
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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50:09

Episode 142 - HMS Speedy ft. Kelly (Born Under Punchs)
This week we have wrangled a real live Canadian to discuss the October 1804 sinking of His Majesty's Armed Vessel Speedy and the impact of her loss on the province of Upper Canada.**one of our upcoming bonus episodes will look ...
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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1:59:56

Episode 141 - Pan Am Flight 6
They were rescued by the Coast Guard, it counts.gazafunds.com Sources:Civil Aeronautics Board - Accident Investigation Report. https:...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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46:37

Episode 140 - Scioto
This week we have a steamboat tale to tell, specifically the story of the Ohio River steamer Scioto and her deadly collision with the John Lomas in 1882.gazafunds.comSources: ...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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1:07:56

Episode 139 - Lady D (Baltimore Water Taxi)
This week we are in the city of Baltimore to discuss the 2004 sinking of the water taxi Lady D. A big thanks to our listener Josh for suggesting this as a topic for the show!gazafund...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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57:07

Episode 138 - USS Liscome Bay
Here is Episode 138 on the US Navy escort carrier Liscome Bay, sunk off of Makin Atoll by Japanese submarine I-175 during Operation Galvanic in November 1943.gazafunds.comSou...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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1:00:13

Nazi Salute for the Alamo Dead; or, Electric Uncle-Land (*Unlocked* July 2023 Bonus)
This bonus episode was recorded for July 2023. After a year marinating in the patrons-only vault, we think it's time you hear it on the main feed!In this episode we discuss the publicity tours of the German cruiser Karlsruhe du...
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51:08

Episode 137.2 - SS Daniel J. Morrell, Part II
Story picks back up around 11:20 if you want to get right down to brittle steel tacksgazafunds.com Sources:Boyer, Dwight. Ships and Men of the Great Lakes. Freshwater Press, 1...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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1:14:24

Episode 137.1 - SS Daniel J. Morrell, Part I
Part One (of two, we promise) on the sinking of the lake freighter Daniel J. Morrell in 1966.**GFM Campaign**Help us get Muhammad Al-Bardini and his family out of Gaza - Muhammad is a hospital volunteer at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital a...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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57:39

Episode 136 - SS Mataafa ft. Kaylee Matuszak
This week we finally take down a ship that has been referenced a few times here and there but never actually been the star of her own show - SS Mataafa (yes the one from the storm) We're joined once again by Kaylee (@kayleefabu...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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48:11

Episode 135 - Star of the West
This week we have another tale from the American Civil War - it's the sidewheel steamer Star of the West, focusing on her abortive attempt to relieve Fort Sumter in early 1861 and her service on the Confederate side at the Siege of Vic...
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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47:56
