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Martin, Erik - 15/08/1956
Swimmer(s)
Martin, Erik
Date
15/08/1956
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
4th Butlins Race, No Finishers
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Martin, Erik - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Martin, Erik
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
01:25
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Martinez, Bernado - 02/10/1960
Swimmer(s)
Martinez, Bernado
Date
02/10/1960
Duration of swim
00:35
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Martinez, Bernado - 13/09/1960
Swimmer(s)
Martinez, Bernado
Date
13/09/1960
Duration of swim
10:30
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to 5 miles off England
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
May, Edward 'Ted' James - 08/09/1954
Swimmer(s)
May, Edward 'Ted' James
Date
08/09/1954
Duration of swim
15:00?
Notes
Fatal Unescorted Attempt.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
May, Edward 'Ted' James - 23/08/1954
Swimmer(s)
May, Edward 'Ted' James
Date
23/08/1954
Duration of swim
08:00
Notes
Unescorted Attempt.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Mayoh, Kathleen - 26/08/1953
Swimmer(s)
Mayoh, Kathleen
Date
26/08/1953
Duration of swim
17:28
Notes
1st Butlins Race - no finishers
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Mayoh, Kathleen - 27/07/1951
Swimmer(s)
Mayoh, Kathleen
Date
27/07/1951
Duration of swim
15:20
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
McClelland, John (Jack) - 04/09/1961
Swimmer(s)
McClelland, John (Jack)
Date
04/09/1961
Duration of swim
02:22
Notes
Started Cap Gris Nez. Very choppy sea
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
McClelland, John (Jack) - 15/08/1955
Swimmer(s)
McClelland, John (Jack)
Date
15/08/1955
Duration of swim
12:05
Notes
3rd Butlins Race
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
McClelland, John (Jack) - 15/08/1956
Swimmer(s)
McClelland, John (Jack)
Date
15/08/1956
Duration of swim
11:04
Notes
4th Butlins Race, No Finishers "Mens Winner"
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
McClelland, John (Jack) - 15/09/1956
Swimmer(s)
McClelland, John (Jack)
Date
15/09/1956
Duration of swim
02:39
Notes
Swallowed Jellyfish sting
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
McClelland, John (Jack) - 18/08/1960
Swimmer(s)
McClelland, John (Jack)
Date
18/08/1960
Duration of swim
13:57
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to 4 miles off England
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
McClelland, John (Jack) - 21/08/1954
Swimmer(s)
McClelland, John (Jack)
Date
21/08/1954
Duration of swim
15:45
Notes
2nd Butlins Race
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
McClelland, John (Jack) - 21/08/1957
Swimmer(s)
McClelland, John (Jack)
Date
21/08/1957
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
5th Butlins Race.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
McClelland, John (Jack) - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
McClelland, John (Jack)
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
10:10
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
McClelland, John (Jack) - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
McClelland, John (Jack)
Date
27/08/1959
Duration of swim
07:00
Notes
Estimated time
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
McIntyre, Graham - 01/01/1973
Swimmer(s)
McIntyre, Graham
Date
01/01/1973
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
Retired due to Shark Attack. No swim details
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
McNally, Peter S. - 24/07/1897
Description
START: 11:20am. July 24 1897. FINISH: 2:30am. July 25. TIME: 15h 10m. E-F. Temp. 60°f. - 64°f. Admiralty Pier, dove off the Boat to 3 miles off C.G.Nez.
Swimmer(s)
McNally, Peter S.
Date
24/07/18971897
Duration of swim
15:00
Pilot
Capt. Bingham
Pilot boat
A small Lugger, Skylark
Trainer
Charles Brown of Boston.
Notes
Failed just short of Cap Gris Nez. Stroke; Breast stroke, a little side stroke. Grease; Cod liver oil, as no Porpoise oil could be procured. Food; Extract of Beef, Essence of ginger, Chewing Tobacco to prevent his tongue from swelling. Cramp in arms, legs. And neck. Blindness and delirium. He was forcibly removed from the water. Blind and Delirious. Cramp and Nausea, swollen tongue, throat and nostrils raw.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
McPherson, Claudia - 13/08/1962
Swimmer(s)
McPherson, Claudia
Date
13/08/1962
Duration of swim
09:15
Notes
Abandoned 7 miles off Folkestone
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Mearns, James - 06/08/1910
Swimmer(s)
Mearns, James
Date
06/08/1910
Duration of swim
09:15
Notes
South Foreland
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Mearns, James - 07/09/1908
Description
Abandoned at 2.06 am after 14 miles. Started Shakespeare Cliff 8.25 pm. Pilot boat Gnat tug, trainers and pacemakers, Jack Weidman and Professor Bibero
Swimmer(s)
Mearns, James
Date
07/09/1908
Duration of swim
06:20
Pilot boat
Gnat tug
Trainer
Jack Weidman and Professor Bibero
Notes
Shakespeare Beach (Admiralty Pier)
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Mearns, James - 08/08/1908
Description
Started South Foreland. Removed from water exhausted
Swimmer(s)
Mearns, James
Date
08/08/1908
Duration of swim
14:00
Pilot
Captain Birchfield
Pilot boat
Sea Wolfe steam yacht
Trainer
Billy Kellingley
Notes
TRYING TO SWIM CHANNEL Dover, Aug. 10. In an attempt to swim the English Channel, James Mearns, the Scottish chnmpion, nearly lost his life. Leaving the English coast Saturday night, he was within three miles of France, after being in the water fourteen hours. Mearns was persistent and he labored unti he became so exhausted that one of his attendants (Billy Kellingley) aboard a tug had to jump in the water fully dressed and support the swimmer until he could be rescued: Lethbridge Daily Herald, Canada, Aug 10 1908
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Mearns, James - 23/08/1908
Description
Heavy winds and strong seas. Abandoned after 8 miles
Swimmer(s)
Mearns, James
Date
23/08/1908
Duration of swim
03:10
Notes
In his second attempt to swim across the English Channel, which was started yesterday morning, James Mearns, of Aberdeen, the Scottish champion long-distance swimmer, had the bad fortune to be caught in half a gale of wind about two hours after starting. On his first attempt, a fortnight ago, Mearns narrowly missed achieving his object, in a fine swim of fourteen hours. The heavy seas set up by the strong wind yesterday caused the captain of the tug, after Mearns had covered eight miles in three hours and ten minutes, to advise the abandonment of the attempt, as it would be madness to continue it in such conditions. That this advice was right was proved by the Strong gale which sprang up in the Channel a few hours later. Among those who accompanied Mearns on his swim were Councillors Duncan and Leith, of the Aberdeen Town Council, and Mr. F. Brew and Mr. G. Henry, captain and secretary respectively of the Aberdeen Swimming Club, to which Mearns belongs. An exciting adventure befell a boatload of the party who were attempting to find a place for the swimmer to start from. In the darkness, soon after two o’clock yesterday morning, the boat struck a rock and narrowly escaped capsizing. At length the effort to get the boat ashore was given up, and Mearns was greased in the boat and had to swim ashore before he could make his start: Manchester Guardian 24 August 1908
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
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