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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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