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Beyond The Breakers is a podcast about shipwrecks, loss, and lessons learned from maritime disasters.
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This episode is part one (of two) on the life and times of the German battleship Tirpitz. The Sameer Project Gaza Funds Sources: Hansen, Kenneth P. “Raeder Versus Wegener: Conflict in German Naval Strategy.” The Naval War College Review, vol. 58, no. 4, Autumn 2005. Knowles, Daniel.Tirpitz: The Life and Death of Germany's Last Great Battleship. Fonthill Media, 2018. Steinberg, Jonathan. Yesterday’s Deterrent: Tirpitz and the Birth of the German Battle Fleet. Macmillan,...
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 a nuts-and-bolts 'shipwreck' yarn. The Sameer Project Sources: Blackburn, Robin. The Making of New World Slavery: From the Baroque to the Modern, 1492 - 1800. Verso, 1998. Camenietzki, Carlos Ziller. “O galeão Padre Eterno.” BN Digital Brasil. https://bndigital.bn.gov.br/d...
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...
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 - ...
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.”...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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** gazafunds.com 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-n...
In this episode we go deep into the history books to discuss the deadliest maritime disaster we've covered up to this point. gazafunds.com Thank you to our lovely advertisers! Kelly (Radway's Medicated Soap) Nick (Sulfur Bitters) Jas (Dr. Keeler's Celebrated Family Medicines [various]) Kaylee (Father Koening's Nerve Tonic) Sharp (Allan's Lung Balsam) Taylor (Hood's Sarsaparilla) Katie (Dr. Butts' Marriage Guide) Sources: Elendil the Tall. ...
This week we have the story of the jackup rig Kolskaya, lost in the Sea of Okhotsk in December 2011. gazafunds.com 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?”...
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 gazafunds.com 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 Battleshi...
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 gazafunds.com 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...
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 resolved gazafunds.com Sources: "Francisco Morazan." National Park Service, 2024. https://www.nps.gov/slbe/learn/historyculture/shipwreckmorazan.htm "Personaje Histórico Francisco Morazan." Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/honduras_francisco_morazan/ Warner, Gene...
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 Exclusion: The Torrey Canyon Disaster of 1967.” The Journal of Social History, vol. 48, no. 4, 2015, pp. 892 - 909. Gundlach, Erich. R. “Oil Tanker Disasters.” Environment, vol. 19, no. 9, December 1977, pp. 16 - 27. Petrow, Richard. In the Wake of Torrey Canyon: The Great Oil Disaster - Its Causes, Consequence...
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and for the record, the world's first purpose built aircraft carrier was British - HMS Hermes
you two are SO fucking ignorant about what we think about Lend Lease. Every British person interested in WW2 knows about it and is most grateful for it. In terms of BIG mouths, nobody can compete with self-obsessed and self-absorbed septic tanks with a superiority complex. Perhaps you should talk more about US failures; there are plenty of them, just as all nations have. While you're at it look up Lloyd Fredendall and be embarrassed and ashamed.
Try telling people from Northern Ireland that they are not proper Irish and see what happens. Ask them who they 'belong' to..... Unfollowed.
WE ARE NOT SPICE AVERSE !!!
just a few pronunciation corrections guys from an Aussie.. Waratah - Worratah Geelong - Jillong.. yeah we're weird.. lol
Love the show. Episode 114 has really weird background noise periodically.
the USAF museum is PHENOMENAL ! I'm British and have been twice. I will be back. Not to be missed !!! Great pod, guys ! PS - The Honda Point Incident would be interesting.
fantastic episode !