Skip to content
Contact
Search
Channel Swimming Dover
Celebrating the history and record of channel swims
Home
About
History
Swimmers
Swims
Photos
Lists
FAQs
Add to the site
You are here:
Home
next
Swims
next
Success/failure
next
Failed
Failed
LaFargue, Gabriel - 30/07/1905
Description
START 8 30am. Admiraty Pier Head. FINISH. 12 35 - swam 20 miles to 4½ miles off Ramsgate. Temp. 65’f. Food; small sandwiches wrapped in paper and thrown to him. Breast Stroke. Swim classed as farcical, half a gale blowing and nearing spring tides.
Swimmer(s)
LaFargue, Gabriel
Date
30/07/1905
Duration of swim
04:05
Pilot boat
Actif trawler of Calais
Notes
He was on one weeks leave from Military training. He had two friends in the tug.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Larriera, Carlos - 05/09/1961
Swimmer(s)
Larriera, Carlos
Date
05/09/1961
Duration of swim
04:30
Notes
Rough Sea
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Larriera, Carlos - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Larriera, Carlos
Date
27/08/1959
Duration of swim
03:02
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Le Driant, Joseph - 23/08/1926
Swimmer(s)
Le Driant, Joseph
Date
23/08/1926
Duration of swim
03:30
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Liberato, Jose - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Liberato, Jose
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
Withdrew
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Lindsay, Margaret - 01/01/1964
Swimmer(s)
Lindsay, Margaret
Date
01/01/1964
Duration of swim
11:35
Notes
Details Unknown
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Lindsay, Margaret - 10/09/1960
Swimmer(s)
Lindsay, Margaret
Date
10/09/1960
Duration of swim
06:30
Notes
Shakespeare Beach to The Goodwins
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Logan, Dr. Dorothy Cochrane - 10/10/1927
Swimmer(s)
Logan, Dr. Dorothy Cochrane
Date
10/10/1927
Duration of swim
13:10
Pilot
R. Adams
Pilot boat
Dayspring of Folkestone
Trainer
Horace Carey
Notes
Claimed as a success and then revealed as a fraud: LONDON, Oct. 16. -- Gertrude Ederle still holds the world's record for women in the cross-Channel swim. Dr. Dorothy Cochrane Logan, known also as Mona McLennan, who asserted that she swam the English Channel Monday night in the record time of 13 hours 10 minutes, has confessed that she hoaxed the world to emphasize the need of supervision of future cross-Channel attempts, according to a story in this morning's News of the World: LONDON, Oct. 29. -- Indictable summonses charging an offense against the Perjury act were issued today against Dr. Dorothy Cochrane Logan, the chief figure in the recent sensational Channel swim hoax, and her trainer, Horace Carey.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Lopez, Miguel Gonzalez - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Lopez, Miguel Gonzalez
Date
27/08/1959
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
Did Not Start
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Lowry, Ethel 'Sunny' - 10/08/1932
Description
START 4 45pm. FINISH 6 55am. Shakespeare beach - 4 miles from France. At least another 14hrs needed to finish. Temp 57’f. Stroke; Front crawl. Height 5ft 3ins. Weight 12 stone 10 lb. Bag pipe music played by Piper Priestly. Grease; Chilli Paste and Lanolin. Food; Coffee, Cocoa, Beef tea.
Swimmer(s)
Lowry, Ethel 'Sunny'
Date
10/08/1932
Duration of swim
14:10
Pilot
Jack Burwill
Pilot boat
Early Morn
Trainer
Jabez Wolffe
Notes
On board; swimmer Charles Zibelman, W. Anderson of the R.L.S.S., Miss Eileen Whale a singer, Mr H. G. Simmonds a physical training master, who brought a silver horse shoe for luck, Mr A. Decourt, the representative of the Dover Gold Cup, M. Bajin C.S.A. timekeeper, Sergeant Fergusson (Highland Light Infantry). Retired cold and tired.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Lowry, Ethel 'Sunny' - 28/07/1933
Description
START 7 40pm July 27. FINISH 1 30am July 28. Cap Gris Nez - swam 10 miles. Stroke; Front crawl. Sister Betty on board. Food; Coffee, Cocoa, Beef Tea taken from a medicine bottle. Grease; Chilli Paste and Lanolin. Height 5ft 3ins Weight 12 stone 10 lb. Thunderstorms.
Swimmer(s)
Lowry, Ethel 'Sunny'
Date
28/07/1933
Duration of swim
5:50
Pilot
Louis Corthes (Joe Costa)
Pilot boat
Isabelle
Trainer
Jabez Wolffe
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Luscombe, Harry - 07/08/1927
Swimmer(s)
Luscombe, Harry
Date
07/08/1927
Duration of swim
08:45
Pilot
Jack Burville
Trainer
Mr. A. Matthews
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Luscombe, Harry - 11/08/1928
Description
Channel Swimmer Failed London, Aug. 12 - The first attempt to swim the English Channel this season failed today when Harry Luscombe, a partially crippled athlete from Devon, abandoned his attempt five miles off the French coast at 9:35 am due to the roughness of the sea. Luscombe started to swim the Channel at 11 pm on Saturday. Dubois Courier, Monday Aug 13 1928
Swimmer(s)
Luscombe, Harry
Date
11/08/1928
Duration of swim
10:30
Pilot
Jack Walker
Pilot boat
Sabina motorboat
Trainer
Mr. A. Matthews
Notes
Shakespeare Beach. 9/10/1928 another attempt but start abandoned due to rough seas and strong wind
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Maciel, Romeo - 11/08/1923
Swimmer(s)
Maciel, Romeo
Date
11/08/1923
Duration of swim
04:30
Notes
Shakespeare Beach. Daily Sketch £1000 prize attempt
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
MacLellan, Miss Mona - 03/09/1926
Swimmer(s)
MacLellan, Miss Mona
Date
03/09/1926
Duration of swim
11:30
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
MacLellan, Miss Mona - 19/09/1926
Description
Joint attempt with Carey. Started Cap Gris Nez 5.32 pm. Carey stopped after 5 hours, making no progress. Mclellan mostly backstroke, pulled out about half mile off Western Entrance - rough seas and making no headway
Swimmer(s)
MacLellan, Miss Mona
Date
19/09/1926
Duration of swim
25:25:00
Trainer
Horace Carey
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
MacLellan, Miss Mona - 29/08/1927
Swimmer(s)
MacLellan, Miss Mona
Date
29/08/1927
Duration of swim
14:15
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Magrath, Madge - 15/08/1955
Swimmer(s)
Magrath, Madge
Date
15/08/1955
Duration of swim
04:04
Notes
3rd Butlins Race
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Mahoney, Samuel - 11/09/1908
Description
Probable scam
Swimmer(s)
Mahoney, Samuel
Date
11/09/1908
Duration of swim
19:55
Pilot boat
Sophie of Boulogne
Trainer
Henry Hamblin
Notes
THE CHANNEL SWIM. AN AMERICAN YARN: The "wonderful feat" of Sam Mahoney, USA, who according to a Boston paper succeeded in swimming the English Channel in September last, proves to be little more than a "wonderful" effort of imagination, says the Boulogne correspondent of the "Evening News". In the Boston journal, which gave a page headline to Sam Mahoney's stealthy swim, a certificate was quoted from the master and crew of the French tug Sophie, which was said to have accompanied the modest swimmer during his exploit. Here is the tug master's version of the mysterious performance - "Mahoney and two others," he says "hired my tug on September 12. The boat left Boulogne Harbour at 6 am. After greasing Mahoney made several swims lasting about an hour each. Several photographs were taken of the 'swim' and another showed the 'send off' by spectators in a small boat flying the Stars and Stripes. "Mahoney was unable to battle with the six knot current and he eventually returned to Boulogne on the Sophie. "The tug boat," added the captain "was never more than four miles fiom the French coast". The Sydney Morning Herald Fri 25 Dec 1908
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Malek, Abdul - 14/09/1963
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez 5.55 am with Huffaker, collapsed in water and taken to Dover Hospital
Swimmer(s)
Malek, Abdul
Date
14/09/1963
Duration of swim
11:10
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Maraghi, Helmi El - 28/07/1951
Swimmer(s)
Maraghi, Helmi El
Date
28/07/1951
Duration of swim
Unknown
Notes
5 Egyptians swam together. All gave up together 7 miles off Dover
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Maraghy, Helmi - 15/08/1952
Swimmer(s)
Maraghi, Helmi El
Date
15/08/1952
Duration of swim
11:15
Notes
One of a large Egypt team that trained for the 1952 Race which never happened
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Marheim, Abdul Abdu - 04/09/1949
Swimmer(s)
Marheim, Abdul Abdu
Date
04/09/1949
Duration of swim
14:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Martin, Demetrio - 17/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Martin, Demetrio
Date
17/08/1959
Duration of swim
14:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
PAGE:
<< First
< Previous
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Next >
Last >>