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Andersen, Greta Marie - 03/09/1957
Swimmer(s)
Andersen, Greta Marie
Date
03/09/1957
Duration of swim
01:30
Notes
St Margarets Bay. Failed 2nd leg of 2-way
Success/failure
Unknown
(9)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Number of crossings
Two Way Swim
(40)
Andersen, Greta Marie - 15/08/1956
Swimmer(s)
Andersen, Greta Marie
Date
15/08/1956
Duration of swim
02:05
Notes
4th Butlins Race, No Finishers
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Andersen, Greta Marie - 21/08/1957
Description
START 4 10 a.m. FINISH 6 03 p.m. Observer A Barnet.
Swimmer(s)
Andersen, Greta Marie
Date
21/08/1957
Successful swim number
98
Successful swimmer number
68
Successful swim number France - England
80
Duration of swim
13:53
Pilot
L. Pierce
Pilot boat
Lilian Helena III
Notes
5th Butlins Race. 1st of 2 finishers. Landed Lydden Spout
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Anderson, Elna - 02/08/1951
Swimmer(s)
Anderson, Elna
Date
02/08/1951
Duration of swim
12:30
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Anderson, Elna - 03/09/1957
Swimmer(s)
Anderson, Elna
Date
03/09/1957
Duration of swim
02:30
Notes
St Margarets Bay
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Anderson, Elna - 05/09/1947
Swimmer(s)
Anderson, Elna
Date
05/09/1947
Duration of swim
21:15
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Anderson, Elna - 06/08/1953
Swimmer(s)
Anderson, Elna
Date
06/08/1953
Duration of swim
08:20
Notes
1st Butlins Race - no finishers
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Anderson, Elna - 10/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Anderson, Elna
Date
10/08/1959
Duration of swim
15:06
Notes
Shakespeare Beach to 2.5 miles from France
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Anderson, Elna - 14/08/1952
Swimmer(s)
Anderson, Elna
Date
14/08/1952
Duration of swim
15:08
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Anderson, Elna - 15/07/1959
Swimmer(s)
Anderson, Elna
Date
15/07/1959
Duration of swim
13:00
Notes
Shakespeare Beach to 3 miles from France
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Anderson, Elna - 15/08/1955
Swimmer(s)
Anderson, Elna
Date
15/08/1955
Duration of swim
07:38
Notes
3rd Butlins Race
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Anderson, Elna - 16/09/1948
Swimmer(s)
Anderson, Elna
Date
16/09/1948
Duration of swim
02:05
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Anderson, Elna - 17/09/1946
Swimmer(s)
Anderson, Elna
Date
17/09/1946
Duration of swim
03:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Anderson, Elna - 22/08/1950
Swimmer(s)
Anderson, Elna
Date
22/08/1950
Duration of swim
14:27
Notes
First Daily Mail Race
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Daily Mail
(47)
Anderson, Elna - 27/07/1947
Swimmer(s)
Anderson, Elna
Date
27/07/1947
Duration of swim
02:20
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Corson, Mrs Millicent C. - 06/08/1923
Description
START 9 30am. FINISH 12 midnight. Shakespeare Beach - 2 miles from Sangatte. FOOD; Lump sugar, cracker biscuits, coffee. Temp 60’f - 62’f. Half Trudgeon, half Scissor stroke.
Swimmer(s)
Corson, Mrs Millicent C.
Date
06/08/1923
Duration of swim
12:30
Pilot
Captain James Learmont, Cinque Ports Pilot
Notes
Not F-E as given in Across the Channel Her husband Clemington Corson and a coloured Sailor rowed a boat for the entire time of the swim. This was an attempt for the Daily Sketch £1000 prize. One of six children. She swam around Manhattan Island in 1921, time 15 hours 57 mins.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Jensen, Helge - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Jensen, Helge
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
Withdrew
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Jensen, Helge - 27/08/1959
Description
Start 1 53 a.m. Finish. 3 10 p.m. Cap Gris-Nez - near The Warren. Observer. D Jackson.
Swimmer(s)
Jensen, Helge
Date
27/08/1959
Successful swim number
117
Successful swimmer number
84
Successful swim number France - England
98
Duration of swim
13:17
Pilot
D. Ward
Pilot boat
Thistle
Notes
Twice winner of the European Championship swim in the Loire river (France) in 1955 and 1956 This was the 7th. Billy Butlin Channel race.
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Jensen, Helge - 30/08/1960
Swimmer(s)
Jensen, Helge
Date
30/08/1960
Successful swim number
140
Successful swimmer number
84
Successful swim number England - France
23
Duration of swim
10:23
Pilot
Britnall, R.
Trainer
Davis, Ernest
Notes
Shakespeare Beach to Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Kammersgaard, Jenny - 13/09/1952
Swimmer(s)
Kammersgaard, Jenny
Date
13/09/1952
Duration of swim
21:40
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
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)
Kammersgaard, Jenny - 22/08/1952
Swimmer(s)
Kammersgaard, Jenny
Date
22/08/1952
Duration of swim
12:08
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
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