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Darwin, Miss Jane - 30/09/1926
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez 3.20pm 30/9/1926, abandoned 3 miles off England 7.53 am 1/10/1926
Swimmer(s)
Darwin, Miss Jane
Date
01/10/1926
Duration of swim
16:30
Notes
England, Oct. 1. Miss L. E. Marriott, of England, abandoned her fourth attempt to swim the English channel at 7:53 a.m. this morning when she was within three miles of her goal. Miss Marriott left Cap Gris Nez, France, under favorable conditions yesterday afternoon at 3:20 and was reported swimming strong throughout the night until the coldness of the water forced her to give up. Miss Marriott uses the name of Jane Darwin for swimming
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Das, Brojen - 09/09/1961
Swimmer(s)
Das, Brojen
Date
09/09/1961
Successful swim number
147
Successful swimmer number
72
Successful swim number France - England
121
Duration of swim
11:48
Pilot
Hutchinson, Len
Pilot boat
Victor
Notes
Landed South Foreland. Pilot Len Hutchinson of Gravesend aboard 'Victor'
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Das, Brojen - 21/09/1961
Swimmer(s)
Das, Brojen
Date
21/09/1961
Successful swim number
150
Successful swimmer number
72
Successful swim number France - England
123
Duration of swim
10:35
Pilot
Hutchinson, Len
Pilot boat
Victor
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to Hope Point
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Das, Brojen - 23/08/1958
Description
Start 2 05 a.m. Finish 4 30 p.m. Cap Gris-Nez - South Foreland. Observer J. U. Wood.
Swimmer(s)
Das, Brojen
Date
23/08/1958
Successful swim number
103
Successful swimmer number
72
Successful swim number France - England
85
Duration of swim
14:52
Pilot
Captain L. Hutchinson
Pilot boat
Envictor
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Das, Brojen - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Das, Brojen
Date
27/08/1959
Successful swim number
118
Successful swimmer number
72
Successful swim number France - England
99
Duration of swim
13:54
Notes
Landed Warren
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Das, Brojen - 27/08/1960
Swimmer(s)
Das, Brojen
Date
27/08/1960
Successful swim number
139
Successful swimmer number
72
Successful swim number France - England
117
Duration of swim
14:43
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to Dover Harbour
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Dawoud, Mustafa - 22/07/1952
Swimmer(s)
Dawoud, Mustafa
Date
22/07/1952
Duration of swim
10:44
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
de Lars (Delara), Luis Rodriguez - 20/09/1926
Swimmer(s)
Lara (Delara), Luis Rodriguez de
Date
20/09/1926
Duration of swim
Unknown
Notes
Fatal Unescorted Attempt. Body found at Boulogne 29/9/27. Rodriguez de Lara was apparently a member of Spanish nobility and son of a Colonel but as a young officer he had deserted when his regiment was sent to fight in Morocco. He had fled to France and became a waiter in Boulogne. There is a strong suggestion that, on a day off at the beach, having bragged he too could swim the Channel after the fanfare of Gertrude Ederle’s success a month earlier, his friends threw him in the sea at Cran aux Oeufs as a prank and he decided to show them and try and swim it.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Derham, Norman Leslie - 03/09/1926
Swimmer(s)
Derham, Norman Leslie
Date
03/09/1926
Duration of swim
14:00
Pilot
F. Featherbee of Folkestone
Pilot boat
Alfred motor lauch
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Derham, Norman Leslie - 17/09/1926
Description
Started 9pm Cap Gris Nez 16/09/26, finished St. Margarets 10.57am 17/09/26
Swimmer(s)
Derham, Norman Leslie
Date
17/09/1926
Successful swim number
10
Successful swimmer number
10
Successful swim number France - England
7
Duration of swim
13:57
Pilot
Charles Joseph Taylor/Mr. Gale of Folkestone
Pilot boat
Alfred motor launch
Trainer
Frederick George White, trainer
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
News of The World
(1)
Deveraux, Linda - 01/09/1975
Swimmer(s)
Deveraux, Linda
Date
01/09/1975
Successful swim number
298
Successful swimmer number
195
Successful swim number England - France
111
Duration of swim
12:05
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Doria, René - 02/09/1929
Description
Started 12.07 p.m. Cap Gris Nez, gave up 8.30 p.m. stomach pains, 7 miles off Folkestone. Miss Rahman and Hilmy Bey, both channel aspirants, pacemakers
Swimmer(s)
Doria, René
Date
02/09/1929
Duration of swim
08:35
Pilot boat
La Morinie tug
Notes
Arrived at Cap Gris Nez training camp in early August 1929 and made first attempt 3 weeks later
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Doria, René - 10/09/1929
Description
Either started 12.00 midnight from Boulogne and gave up or did not start at all due to high winds
Swimmer(s)
Doria, René
Date
10/09/1929
Duration of swim
0:00?
Pilot boat
La Morinie tug
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Doria, René - 29/08/1927
Description
Started 5.30 a.m. Cap Gris Nez
Swimmer(s)
Doria, René
Date
29/08/1927
Duration of swim
06:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Duarte, Enriqueta - 16/08/1951
Swimmer(s)
Duarte, Enriqueta
Date
16/08/1951
Successful swim number
55
Successful swimmer number
45
Successful swim number France - England
48
Duration of swim
13:26
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)
Dunbar, Shirley - 31/07/1955
Swimmer(s)
Dunbar, Shirley
Date
31/07/1955
Duration of swim
05:22
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Duncan, Miss (Margaret) Peggy - 10/09/1930
Description
START 8 20pm Sept 9. FINISH 12 37am Sept 10. Cap Gris-Nez - South Foreland. Grease; Lambs fat. Food; Cocoa, coffee, beef tea. Trudgeon. Temp. 63.5. Weight 200lbs. Started. 4h 28 before high tide. Spring tides. Good conditions. Stung on face by Jelly fish.
Swimmer(s)
Duncan, Miss (Margaret) Peggy
Date
10/09/1930
Successful swim number
17
Successful swimmer number
17
Successful swim number France - England
14
Duration of swim
16:17
Pilot
Joe Costa
Pilot boat
Jenner tug
Trainer
Jabez Wolffe
Notes
Her father originally from Glasgow. She received 300 cables from South Africa, Including General Hertzog the Prime Minister, Mr N. C. Havenga, Minister of Finance, The High Commissioner for London, and Mr Bitizeus, Mayor of Capetown. She carried a message from the Mayor of Calais to the Mayor of Dover, translated for the Mayor by Joe Costa. Peggy came back to England in 1931 and waited all summer, but was unable to make an attempt due to poor weather.
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Dunsbee, Lyndon - 07/07/1984
Swimmer(s)
Dunsbee, Lyndon
Date
07/07/1984
Successful swim number
493
Successful swimmer number
284
Successful swim number France - England
215
Duration of swim
08:34
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Ederle, Miss Gertrude - 06/08/1926
Description
Start 7 05am. Finish 9 44pm. Cap Gris-Nez - Kingsdown. Grease; Lanolin, Vaseline, Olive oil. Food; Roast chicken, Hot chocolate and Pineapple slices. Front crawl. Beef tea and Broth. Start 2hrs before high tide. Spring tide.
Swimmer(s)
Ederle, Miss Gertrude
Date
06/08/1926
Successful swim number
6
Successful swimmer number
6
Successful swim number France - England
3
Duration of swim
14:39
Pilot
Joe Costa (Louis Corthes) with Thomas Burgess
Pilot boat
Alsace, with press tug La Morinie
Trainer
Thomas Burgess
Notes
New Record Landed Kingsdown. Age 20. Height 5ft. Pace makers were Ishak Helmi and Louis Timson, Channel swimmers. Lillian Cannon also joined her half a mile off Dover. On board; Miss Lillian Cannon, Ishak Helmy, Louis Timson, her sister Mrs Margaret Deuschle, John Hayward (Daily Sketch), Madam Costa, Julie Harpman, Art Sorenson and her father. Recognized C.S.A. 16-8-1928
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Ederle, Miss Gertrude - 18/08/1925
Description
START 7 10am. FINISH 3 59pm. TIME 8h 49m. Cap Gris Nez - Varne Shoal. Grease; Lard and Vaseline (3 coats.). FOOD. Beef tea. Temp 63’f - 64’f. Breast stroke
Swimmer(s)
Ederle, Miss Gertrude
Date
18/08/1925
Duration of swim
08:49
Pilot
Joe Costa with Captain Vidal
Pilot boat
La Morinie tug of Boulogne
Trainer
Jabez Wolffe
Notes
Cap Gris Nez. First pilot boat to have wireless radio On board; Thomas Burgess, Jabez Wolffe, Ishak Helmy, Vera Tanner, Lillian Harrison & Jeane Sion (pacemakers), Elsie Viets, a three piece Jazz Band. plus many reporters. 50 people altogether. The La Morinie was equipped with wireless installation. A Reporter on board sent messages in Morse code to London where they were then sent by radio to Canada and the U. S. A. First time ever used on a channel swim. Very rough conditions. She wore a woolen swim suit. Report in Dover Standard Aug 20 page 3.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Erikson, Erik - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Erikson, Erik
Date
27/08/1959
Duration of swim
11:32
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Erikson, Jon - 11/08/1969
Swimmer(s)
Erikson, Jon
Date
11/08/1969
Successful swim number
204
Successful swimmer number
141
Successful swim number France - England
160
Duration of swim
11:22
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Erikson, Jon - 12/08/1981
Swimmer(s)
Erikson, Jon
Date
12/08/1981
Successful swim number
427
Successful swimmer number
141
Successful swim number France - England
200
Duration of swim
13:14
Notes
2nd Leg of 3-Way, total time 38:27
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
Three Way Swim
(3)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Erikson, Jon - 15/08/1975
Swimmer(s)
Erikson, Jon
Date
15/08/1975
Successful swim number
284
Successful swimmer number
141
Successful swim number France - England
183
Duration of swim
17:51
Notes
2nd Leg of 2-Way 30:00
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
Two Way Swim
(40)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
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