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Kamberos, Panagiotis - 22/08/1950
Swimmer(s)
Kamberos, Panagiotis
Date
22/08/1950
Duration of swim
08:15
Notes
First Daily Mail Race
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Daily Mail
(47)
Kammersgaard, Jenny - 16/08/1951
Swimmer(s)
Kammersgaard, Jenny
Date
16/08/1951
Successful swim number
65
Successful swimmer number
38
Successful swim number France - England
58
Duration of swim
15:38
Notes
Second Daily Mail Race
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Daily Mail
(47)
Kammersgaard, Jenny - 21/08/1954
Swimmer(s)
Kammersgaard, Jenny
Date
21/08/1954
Duration of swim
14:50
Notes
2nd Butlins Race
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Kammersgaard, Jenny - 22/08/1950
Swimmer(s)
Kammersgaard, Jenny
Date
22/08/1950
Successful swim number
44
Successful swimmer number
38
Successful swim number France - England
38
Duration of swim
16:27
Notes
First Daily Mail Race. Landed Dover Harbour
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Daily Mail
(47)
Kanaar, Adrian C. - 29/08/1932
Description
Started 7.40 am Cap Gris Nez, gave up 8.30 pm off Dover
Swimmer(s)
Kanaar, Adrian C.
Date
29/08/1932
Duration of swim
12:50
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Kanaar, Adrian C. - 31/08/1933
Description
Started 5.17 am Cap Gris Nez, abandoned 14 hours off dover, 2 miles S.E. of Admiralty Pier 7.18 pm, exhausted
Swimmer(s)
Kanaar, Adrian C.
Date
31/08/1933
Duration of swim
14:01
Pilot boat
Folkestone fishing trawler
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Kaye, Philip - 18/08/1966
Swimmer(s)
Kaye, Philip
Date
18/08/1966
Successful swim number
176
Successful swimmer number
124
Successful swim number France - England
143
Duration of swim
16:16
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to Sandgate
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Kearsley, Fred - 08/09/1908
Description
Started 12.10 pm at Sangatte. Swim called off by pilot due to bad weather, covered 6 miles in 2 hours
Swimmer(s)
Kearsley, Fred
Date
08/09/1908
Duration of swim
02:00
Pilot
Billy Kellingley
Pilot boat
Sea Wolfe steam yacht
Trainer
Fred Fairhurst of Wigan (sacked just before swim)
Notes
Kellingley listed as owner of Sea Wolf
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Kelsey, Lisa - 10/08/1981
Swimmer(s)
Kelsey, Lisa
Date
10/08/1981
Successful swim number
424
Successful swimmer number
250
Successful swim number France - England
199
Duration of swim
15:22
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Kemmerich, Otto - 23/08/1926
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez 7.50 pm, attacked by shark or porpoise which head-butted him in stomach, 12 miles in 4 hours. Wore webbed gloves. Training diet was beer and cigars
Swimmer(s)
Kemmerich, Otto
Date
23/08/1926
Duration of swim
04:00
Pilot boat
Maurice of Boulogne trawler
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Keshka, Sandra - 14/08/1974
Swimmer(s)
Keshka, Sandra
Date
14/08/1974
Successful swim number
261
Successful swimmer number
172
Successful swim number France - England
176
Duration of swim
10:30
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Khan, Shaukat ul Islam - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Khan, Shaukat ul Islam
Date
27/08/1959
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
Did Not Start
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Kleissl, Siegfried - 28/08/1974
Swimmer(s)
Kleissl, Siegfried
Date
28/08/1974
Duration of swim
14:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Klinghoffer, Joseph - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Klinghoffer, Joseph
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
01:35
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) - 01/09/1934
Swimmer(s)
Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)
Date
01/09/1934
Duration of swim
14:30
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) - 03/09/1933
Description
Started 8.37 am Cap Gris Nez
Swimmer(s)
Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)
Date
03/09/1933
Duration of swim
12:30
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) - 25/08/1933
Description
Started 11.30 am, abandoned midnight, 1 mile off english coast, fainted in water. Eva Coleman, pqacemaker
Swimmer(s)
Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)
Date
25/08/1933
Duration of swim
12:20
Pilot boat
France tug of Dunkirk
Notes
Lulu Koch, Germany, abandoned her try after twelve hours and twenty minutes in the water. Miss Koch was but 1,640 feet from the English coast...Middletown Times Herald 26 August 1933
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) –15/09/1932
Swimmer(s)
Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)
Date
15/09/1932
Duration of swim
06:00
Notes
Girls Try Channel. CAPE CRIS NEZ, France. A German girl, Lee Koch, and a Dutch girl F. Brouwer, started simultaneously to swim the English channel. It was the Brouwer girl's second attempt. They hoped to reach Dover together. Lincoln Nebraska State Journal September 15, 1932. THIRST BALKS GIRLS' CHANNEL ATTEMPTS. Cape Gris Nez, France. Sept. 15. A German girl. Loe Koch, and a Dutch Miss F. Brouwer, both abandoned attempts to swim the English Channel today after they had covered about ten miles. Both said they were unable to continue because of thirst. September 16 1932 Daily News from New York
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Kok, Mary - 18/08/1960
Swimmer(s)
Kok, Mary
Date
18/08/1960
Successful swim number
138
Successful swimmer number
98
Successful swim number France - England
116
Duration of swim
12:25
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Koorey, John - 06/09/1969
Swimmer(s)
Koorey, John
Date
06/09/1969
Successful swim number
207
Successful swimmer number
144
Successful swim number France - England
162
Duration of swim
10:32
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Lake, Geoffrey - 21/08/1967
Swimmer(s)
Lake, Geoffrey
Date
21/08/1967
Successful swim number
184
Successful swimmer number
131
Successful swim number France - England
150
Duration of swim
15:21
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Larriera, Carlos - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Larriera, Carlos
Date
27/08/1959
Duration of swim
03:02
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Le Driant, Joseph - 23/08/1926
Swimmer(s)
Le Driant, Joseph
Date
23/08/1926
Duration of swim
03:30
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Le Pennec, Denize - 09/09/1966
Swimmer(s)
Le Pennec, Denize
Date
09/09/1966
Successful swim number
179
Successful swimmer number
126
Successful swim number France - England
145
Duration of swim
20:50
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
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