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Vierkotter, Ernst - 23/08/1926
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez
Swimmer(s)
Vierkotter, Ernst
Date
23/08/1926
Duration of swim
08:45
Pilot boat
France tug
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Vierkotter, Ernst - 30/08/1926
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez 1.32pm, finished Langdon Stairs 2.15pm
Swimmer(s)
Vierkotter, Ernst
Date
30/08/1926
Successful swim number
8
Successful swimmer number
8
Successful swim number France - England
5
Duration of swim
12:43
Pilot
Captain Salmon
Pilot boat
Europe tug
Notes
Organised and ratified by the French National Association of Swimming
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Von Linde, Astrid - 13/07/2004
Swimmer(s)
Von Linde, Astrid
Date
13/07/2004
Duration of swim
13:38
Pilot
L. Oram
Pilot boat
Aegean Blue
Trainer
B. Wakeham
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CS&PF
(101)
Werner, Fritz Waldemar - 08/05/1937
Description
Pulled out due to cold
Swimmer(s)
Werner, Fritz Waldemar
Date
08/05/1937
Duration of swim
06:30
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Werner, Fritz Waldemar - 23/08/1937
Description
Started Petit Fort-Phillipe near Dunkirk 8 pm, got to Rytengen Lightship in North Sea off Ostend 3.30 pm.
Swimmer(s)
Werner, Fritz Waldemar
Date
23/08/1937
Duration of swim
19:30
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Weynell, Anni - 01/09/1931
Description
Started 10pm Cap Gris Nez, abandoned after 5 miles, high winds
Swimmer(s)
Weynell, Anni
Date
01/09/1931
Duration of swim
02:10
Trainer
Elli Tetschke
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Weynell, Anni - 29/08/1928
Description
Started 6.45 pm 29/08/1928 Cap Gris Nez stopped midnight
Swimmer(s)
Weynell, Anni
Date
29/08/1928
Duration of swim
05:15
Pilot boat
Tourloureu of Boulogne fishing smack
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Weynell, Fraulein Anni - 03/09/1928
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez at 4:25 and was taken out at 5:29 p. m. when she was five miles from Dover, excessive fatigue forced her to give up.
Swimmer(s)
Weynell, Anni
Date
03/09/1928
Duration of swim
13
Notes
"BOULOGNE, France, Sept. 3.—In the water 13 hours and still five miles from her goal, Frau Meynell of Germany, was forced to abandon her attempt to swim the English channel late today. She entered the water at Gris Nez at 4:25 and was taken out at 5:29 p.m. when she was five miles from Dover, excessive fatigue forced her to give up."
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
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