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Capsized!

All songs on Capsized! were written and performed by Robert Pollard, Todd Tobias, and Tim Tobias.


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1863 Atlantic hurricane season

The US brig Bainbridge capsized in the storm off Hatteras early on August 21 with the loss of eighty lives.

1903 New Jersey hurricane

Rough surf and moderate winds from the hurricane capsized several ships along the East Coast of the United States; 30 people were left missing and presumed killed from a shipwreck in Chincoteague, Virginia.

1947 Ramdas Ship Disaster

The Indian passenger ship Ramdas bound for Rewas in Maharashta on July 17, 1947 capsized near Gull Island, ten miles from the Colaba Point at Mumbai killing 625 people on board.

2012 in Italy

13 January - Costa Concordia disaster - a cruise liner capsized, killing at least 13 people on board.

Abu al-Salt

His service continued until 1108, when, according to Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿa, his attempt to retrieve a very large Felucca laden with copper, that had capsized in the Nile River, ended in failure.

Astor Expedition

After losing a man and two capsized canoes below present-day Milner Dam, they discovered that the route was unnavigable.

Chicago to Mackinac Boat Race

Two sailors died in the 2011 race when WingNuts, a high performance keeled Sportsboat Kiwi 35, (berthed in Saginaw, Michigan) capsized and turtled in 75 mile per hour winds.

Claes Uggla

On 1 June 1676, during the Battle of Öland, against the allied Danish and Dutch fleets under Niels Juel and Cornelis Tromp, Creutz's flagship Kronan capsized, as a result of intemperately turning hard south, even though under full sail with open cannon ports.

Concordia-class cruise ship

Costa Concordia capsized on January 13, 2012, after running aground shortly off the coast of Tuscany.

Corona del Mar State Beach

Surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku is credited with the first use of a surfboard for rescue purposes at Corona del Mar beach in 1925, when a charted fishing vessel capsized in heavy surf and Kahanamoku rescued people via surfboard.

De Havilland DH.51

The first aircraft was exported to Australia in 1927, as a floatplane it capsized in Sydney Harbour in January 1931.

Ethel Hall

Ethel Hall (1898 - 1927) was an American silent film actress who died at the age of 29 on June 29, 1927 when her boat capsized in the rapids of the Merced River near the town of Merced in the San Joaquin Valley.

FV Pelican

The FV Pelican was a party boat, or head boat, operating out of Montauk, New York, which capsized on September 1, 1951, killing 45 passengers, including the captain Eddie Carroll.

King Edward VII-class battleship

On 6 January 1916 she struck a mine off Cape Wrath; her engine rooms flooded and she capsized nine hours later and sank without loss of life.

Lockheed Model 8 Sirius

The aircraft was damaged in Hankou, China when it accidentally capsized while being lowered off the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes, and had to be sent back to Lockheed to be repaired.

Michael Deneef

On the morning of December 1, 1875, Swatara was anchored in a harbor of Pará, Brazil, when the ship's dinghy capsized.

Mighty Servant 2

The ship was built in 1983 by Oshima Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Ōshima, Japan, for Dutch shipping firm Wijsmuller Transport, which merged in 1993 with Dock Express Shipping to become Breda-based offshore heavy lifting group Dockwise Shipping B.V. The vessel capsized in 1999 and was scrapped in 2000.

MV Demas Victory

It capsized 10 nautical miles off the coast of the Qatari capital city of Doha on Tuesday 30 June 2009 at 6:30 a.m. local time.

MV Shariatpur 1

The MV Shariatpur 1 was a double deck ferry that capsized in March 2012 after colliding with a cargo ship on the Meghna River.

Operation Caravan

Captain Timpson's jeep had rushed up a razor-back sand-dune and capsized over the top, forcing the evacuation of Timpson and his driver, Guardsman Thomas Wann, by a Lockheed Hudson.

Panel Histoire de Paris

They appear to be in the shape of an oar, but are actually with meant to recall a ship's paddle, in honour of the motto of the City of Paris "Fluctuat nec mergitur" ("batted by the waves, but never capsized").

Paul Cummings

While fishing together on September 17, 2001, their canoe capsized under high winds at Strawberry Reservoir, Utah.

Refugee migration into New Zealand

Again in 2001, New Zealand accepted resettlement for 130 Afghan asylum seekers picked up by the freighter, MS Tampa, after their craft capsized in the Indian Ocean.

Shorty Long

On June 29, 1969, Long and a friend drowned when their boat capsized on the Detroit River in Michigan.

SS Christopher Columbus

In 1915, the SS Eastland capsized while docked in the Chicago River, with the loss of over 800 lives.

Tony Bullimore

The Royal Australian Navy launched a rescue mission for Bullimore and another capsized competitor, Thierry Dubois.

Vincent Riou

In the 2009 Vendée Globe, he lost his mast the day after a collision that occurred during the rescue of Jean Le Cam, whose boat had capsized.


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