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Abouheif, Abdel Latif - 02/08/1953
Swimmer(s)
Abouheif, Abdel Latif
Date
02/08/1953
Successful swim number
75
Successful swimmer number
39
Successful swim number England - France
13
Duration of swim
13:45
Notes
Started as First Leg of Relay but completed the swim
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Arabi, Saied El - 29/08/1952
Swimmer(s)
Arabi, Saied El
Date
29/08/1952
Successful swim number
72
Successful swimmer number
42
Successful swim number England - France
10
Duration of swim
17:42
Notes
St. Margarets Bay at 7 am
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Barnie, Dr. William Edward 'Ned' - 28/07/1951
Swimmer(s)
Barnie, Dr. William Edward 'Ned'
Date
28/07/1951
Successful swim number
47
Successful swimmer number
35
Successful swim number England - France
7
Duration of swim
19:02
Notes
Landed Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Beltran, Damian Piza - 02/08/1953
Description
First Mexican Success
Swimmer(s)
Beltran, Damian Piza
Date
02/08/1953
Successful swim number
76
Successful swimmer number
54
Successful swim number England - France
14
Duration of swim
15:23
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Blower, Tom - 11/09/1951
Swimmer(s)
Blower, Tom
Date
11/09/1951
Successful swim number
67
Successful swimmer number
21
Successful swim number England - France
9
Duration of swim
18:42
Notes
St Margarets Bay at 6 a.m. Tried a 2-way but gave up return after 80 mins
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Blower, Tom - 30/08/1948
Swimmer(s)
Blower, Tom
Date
30/08/1948
Successful swim number
29
Successful swimmer number
21
Successful swim number England - France
5
Duration of swim
15:31
Notes
Western Beach 8.14 pm on 29th. Landed 11.45 am on 30th. Abandoned 2-way on return
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Burgess, Thomas William - 06/09/1911
Description
THOMAS WILLIAM BURGESS (ENG) (Naturalized Frenchman. Living in Paris). 15 June 1872 – 5 July 1950. 1911 success. START South Foreland 11.15am. Tue, Sept 5.; FINISH. Le Chatelet (C.G.Nez) 9.50am Sept 6; TIME 22h 35m.
Swimmer(s)
Burgess, Thomas William
Date
06/09/1911
Successful swim number
2
Successful swimmer number
2
Successful swim number England - France
2
Duration of swim
22:30
Notes
South Foreland at 11.15 am on the 6th. Landed Le Chatelet
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Burlingame, Glen - 21/08/1954
Description
Cap Gris-Nez. Fan Bay
Swimmer(s)
Burlingame, Glen
Date
21/08/1954
Successful swim number
87
Successful swimmer number
60
Successful swim number France - England
72
Duration of swim
14:10
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to Fan Bay. Very little Press notice due to the Billy Butlin race in progress.
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Clarke, Karteek (Alec) - 28/07/2004
Swimmer(s)
Clarke, Karteek (Alec)
Date
28/07/2004
Duration of swim
16:13
Pilot
D. Whyte
Pilot boat
Ocean Breeze
Trainer
M.G. Austin/B. Harbottle
Notes
Shakespeare Beach to Wissant. Disallowed by CSA due to Registration Problems
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Corson, Mrs Millicent C. - 28/08/1926
Description
START 11 32am Sat. Aug 27. FINISH 3 00am. Aug 28. TIME 15h 28m. Cap Gris-Nez - Shakespeare Beach. Grease; Lanolin. FOOD Sugar loaf, chocolate, cocoa, biscuits, small cakes. Stroke; Front crawl, 19 strokes per min, Trudgeon, some breast stroke. Temp. 62. Started 3h 28m before High tide. Neap tide.
Swimmer(s)
Corson, Mrs Millicent C.
Date
28/08/1926
Successful swim number
7
Successful swimmer number
7
Successful swim number France - England
4
Duration of swim
15:28
Pilot
Harry Pearson
Pilot boat
Viking motor boat
Trainer
Billy Kellingley
Notes
On board; Louis Timson, Mrs Ethel Kellingley, John Mitchell, Edmund V Goff (Northampton), Mr Forest, L Higgins, Miss Margaret Williams, Mr S. S. Waters (London), Mr Paul Waters, Mr Leslie R. Duncan (Dover Standard), Clemington Corson (Husband, rowed for entire swim), plus others. Mrs Corson was the mother of two children when she swam - Sonny and Marjorie. She was one of six children. Millie had two unsuccessful swims; 1923, time 14h 30m., 1927 9h 40m Recognized by C.S.A. 16-8-1928, but give wrong time of 15h 23m
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
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)
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)
Faber, Emma - 18/08/1934
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez 12.45 am, finished South Foreland 2.51 pm
Swimmer(s)
Faber, Emma
Date
18/08/1934
Successful swim number
20
Successful swimmer number
19
Successful swim number France - England
16
Duration of swim
14:06
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Gill, Mrs Ivy - 14/10/1927
Description
START. 9 11am. Oct 13. FINISH. 12 20am. Oct 14. Cap Gris-Nez - Shakespeare Cliff. Grease; Lanolin. Food; Beef extract, malted milk, Coffee. Stroke; Breaststroke, Trudgeon, a little on back. Temp. below 60’f., 57.2 inshore. Started 4hrs before high tide. Spring Tides. Weight 13 ½ stone. She lost one stone during the swim
Swimmer(s)
Gill, Mrs Ivy
Date
14/10/1927
Successful swim number
13
Successful swimmer number
13
Successful swim number France - England
10
Duration of swim
15:09
Pilot
Bertie Brockman with John 'Jack' Burwill
Pilot boat
Brockman & Sons boat
Trainer
Clarence Flower
Notes
Affidavit signed by; John Fellows (channel aspirant Rotherham), Clarence Fowler (Sheffield), Henry Bertie Brockman (Pilot), John Thomas Burwell (Assistant Pilot), Albert George O'Cree (Engineer), Ernest Stone (Boatman). Clarence Fowler whose name is appended to the document is Mrs Gill’s Trainer. The document reads, We, the undersigned, saw all the swim from Cap Gris Nez to Shakespeare Cliff, starting from Cap Gris Nez at 9 11 am October 13th and landing at Shakespeare Cliff at 12 20 am October 14th 1927, and are satisfied the swim was accomplished without any aid whatever.
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Gleitze, Miss Mercedes - 07/10/1927
Description
START 2 55am. FINISH. 6 10pm. Cap Gris-Nez - near South Foreland. Grease; Lanolin. Food; Grapes, Honey, Hot Tea and Cocoa. Stroke; Old English Back, some Breast stroke. Temp 60’f. Started 4h 23m before high tide. Neap tides. Very Foggy.
Swimmer(s)
Gleitze, Miss Mercedes
Date
07/10/1927
Successful swim number
12
Successful swimmer number
12
Successful swim number France - England
9
Duration of swim
15:15
Pilot
Henry Sharp Jnr. with John Thomas Burwill
Pilot boat
Fishing Boat FE.11
Trainer
G. H. Allan
Notes
On Board; Mrs A. Sharp She was unconscious for two hours after the swim. She had no independent witnesses on board. Because of the doubts raised over Doctor Dorothy Logan’s Swim, she made a vindication swim on Oct 21st, although this first swim was later recognised by the CSA.
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Guler, Murat - 15/08/1954
Swimmer(s)
Guler, Murat
Date
15/08/1954
Successful swim number
78
Successful swimmer number
56
Successful swim number France - England
64
Duration of swim
16:50
Pilot
Captain Malfois
Pilot boat
Rolande Sonia
Trainer
Rolande Lovergne
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to St. Margarets Bay, START Aug 14. 7 40 a.m. FINISH Aug 15. 12 30 a.m. Look-out posts reported at six o clock in the evening Guler’s accompanying boat was 5 miles off St Margaret’s Bay. One hour later his position had not changed to any great extent, but he was gradually being carried west by a strong tide. By ten o clock the boats position was given as about 5 miles from shore some mile and a half west of the harbour, with the swimmer making little progress. The mist was thickening making it difficult to follow the lights of the vessel, but at 11 o clock it was still thought to be west of the Harbour and some four or five miles from shore. These reports are not born out by Guler himself who stated that at 10 00 clock he was 200 yds outside the breakwater, he landed at St Margaret’s Bay at 12 30 a.m. he said the last lap of the swim took him 2 hours. The swim was recognized by the International Long Distance Swimming Association. There was no Observer from the Channel Swimming Association. Glen Burlingham swam in with him.
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Unratified
(2)
Hawke, Miss Ivy - 19/08/1928
Description
START 9 59pm. FINISH 5 15pm. Cap Gris-Nez - Hope Point. Grease; Lanolin. Food; Tea, chocolate, three pears, one lemon. Stroke; Trudgeon. Started 1h 23m after high tide. It was the longest France-England swim. Spring tide.
Swimmer(s)
Hawke, Miss Ivy
Date
19/08/1928
Successful swim number
14
Successful swimmer number
14
Successful swim number France - England
11
Duration of swim
19:16
Pilot
Joe Costa (Louis Corthes) with Thomas Burgess
Pilot boat
Alsace
Trainer
Thomas Burgess
Notes
This was Miss Hawk’s third attempt. 27 Independent witnesses, including Dr T H Dawson, Dr Munrow, Dr Schiff, Mrs Console and family, Jabez Wolffe, Hilda Sharp.
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Helmi, Ishak - 01/09/1928
Description
Started 31st Cap Gris Nez 23:40 pm, landed Folkestone on 1st 1.46pm
Swimmer(s)
Helmi, Ishak
Date
01/09/1928
Successful swim number
16
Successful swimmer number
16
Successful swim number France - England
13
Duration of swim
23:40
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
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)
Lowry, Ethel 'Sunny' - 29/08/1933
Description
START. 6 36pm Aug 28. FINISH 10 17am Aug 29. Cap Gris-Nez - St Margaret’s Bay. Grease; Chilli paste & Lanolin. Food; Coffee, cocoa, beef tea from a medicine bottle(no solids). Weight 14 st 7 lbs. Height 5ft 4ins. Stroke; Front Crawl. Started 1h 45m after high tide. Neap tide. C.S.A Observer Mr Roger Bazin.
Swimmer(s)
Lowry, Ethel 'Sunny'
Date
29/08/1933
Successful swim number
18
Successful swimmer number
18
Successful swim number France - England
15
Duration of swim
15:41
Pilot
Louis Corthes with the Betts brothers as boatmen
Pilot boat
Isabelle
Trainer
Jabez Wolffe
Notes
Ratified by C.S.A. 30 March 1958. 24 witnesses, including her Mother. This was her third attempt. 2005 awarded M.B.E. for services to swimming. 2003 inducted into the swimming hall of fame. There were 18 attempts in 1933. Only Sunny was successful. Two sisters - Annie, who was Northern Counties back stroke champion, and Betty, represented Manchester school girls.
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Mabileau, Adrien - 11/09/1963
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez 5am with Montilly, swm side-by-side, landing east of Dover 9.15am
Swimmer(s)
Mabileau, Adrien
Date
11/09/1963
Successful swim number
155
Successful swimmer number
108
Successful swim number France - England
128
Duration of swim
15:35
Pilot boat
Saint-Jean trawler
Notes
French organised. Swam with Montilly
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Michel, Georges - 10/09/1926
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez, finished St Margarets Bay 7.25am
Swimmer(s)
Michel, Georges
Date
10/09/1926
Successful swim number
9
Successful swimmer number
9
Successful swim number France - England
6
Duration of swim
11:06
Notes
LONDON, Sept. 10 1926 -- The world's English Channel swimming record, held within five weeks by an American for twenty-four days and by a German for eleven, flitted to France today when Georges Michel, doughty Paris baker, kneaded his way across "La Manche" (the Sleeve), as the French call the Channel, in 11 hours 5 minutes. Michel landed in St Margarets Bay, midway between Dover and Deal. When he took the water last evening sea conditions were favorable, and there was good swimming virtually all the way to England until the last two miles, when the wind began to stiffen. At the start there was a fast tide under, him, and when flood tide began it carried him along way across. Started on Ebb Tide Michel, in addition to breaking the record, also upset all precedents in starting. He left the rocks at Gris-Nez an hour before low tide, Instead of four hours before high tide. He believed that in starting thus he could accomplish the feat before him in 10 hours. The experts, however, doubted this... Perhaps his best previous swim was Aug 1 when he won the cross Paris Marathon on the River Seine. He made the 26 miles, aided by a strong current, in llh 20m. The first Frenchman to swim the Channel is of Herculean build and is outclassed in size among Channel aspirants only by the giant Egyptian, Ishak Helmy, who has failed in all his efforts to get from France to the chalk cliffs about Dover. Michel had been trying every year since 1922 to make the trip. His last attempt before today was on Sept 4, when he was balked by bad weather after being in the water a little more than an hour... Michel is no youngster, but is nearing middle age. He is remarkable for his size, being taller than most Frenchmen, and only a few can boast of being broader either around the shoulders or waist. He carries more than one chin above his broad, fleshy shoulders. Nine times before last night, Michel strode into the channel in attempt to conquer her. Two of his unsuccessful starts were made this year. He never set up training quarters at Gris-Nez and devoted weeks to accustoming himself to the Channel waters, as do most of those who make the attempt. It was always his practice, whenever the notion struck him with particular force, to turn his bakery shop in a Parisian suburb over to his wife, take a train to the coast and, after two or three days of practice, start for the English shore.
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Mickman, Philip - 02/09/1952
Swimmer(s)
Mickman, Philip
Date
02/09/1952
Successful swim number
74
Successful swimmer number
28
Successful swim number England - France
12
Duration of swim
18:44
Notes
St Margarets Bay to Cap Blanc Nez
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Montilly, Georges - 11/09/1963
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez 5am with Mobilleau, swm side-by-side, landing east of Dover 9.15am
Swimmer(s)
Montilly, Georges
Date
11/09/1963
Successful swim number
156
Successful swimmer number
109
Successful swim number France - England
129
Duration of swim
15:35
Pilot boat
Saint-Jean trawler
Notes
French organised. Swam with Mabileau
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
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