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/~fontanad/maryrose/
- This page features detailed pictures, charts, and maps related to the sinking of the Mary Rose and the battle of the Solent in 1545

https://maryrose.org/ - Official website for the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth, England

http://www.3hconsulting.com/sites/SitesMaryRoseMain.html - details on the process of excavating the Mary Rose

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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 3/12/21; edited and re-uploaded 2/10/22

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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 Ireland's sinking in real time. 

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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 the Boy

Joe Kassabian
The Hooligans of Kandahar 

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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".

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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/64388815

September 23 1893, South Australia Register - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53616242

Suggested reading:
From the Wreck - Jane Rawson (2017)
"Kaleidoscope" - Ray Bradbury

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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

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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

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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

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