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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)
Wheatcroft, Fernley - 22/07/1938
Swimmer(s)
Wheatcroft, Fernley
Date
22/07/1938
Duration of swim
09:10
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Wheatcroft, Fernley - 29/08/1939
Swimmer(s)
Wheatcroft, Fernley
Date
29/08/1939
Duration of swim
09:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Whinnery, Cy - 22/07/1987
Description
7:00 started Shakespeare Beach
Swimmer(s)
Whinnery, Cy
Date
22/07/1987
Notes
Failed after begining to drown. pulled out and taken to Buckland Hospital.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Wild, Elizabeth 'Beth' - 04/09/1957
Swimmer(s)
Wild, Elizabeth 'Beth'
Date
04/09/1957
Duration of swim
08:20
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Wild, Elizabeth 'Beth' - 15/08/1956
Swimmer(s)
Wild, Elizabeth 'Beth'
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)
Wild, Elizabeth 'Beth' - 18/07/1956
Swimmer(s)
Wild, Elizabeth 'Beth'
Date
18/07/1956
Duration of swim
13:37
Notes
St Margarets Bay
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Wild, Elizabeth 'Beth' - 30/08/1956
Swimmer(s)
Wild, Elizabeth 'Beth'
Date
30/08/1956
Duration of swim
17:21
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Willing, Mrs. Hilda - 03/09/1920
Description
Start 12 noon. Finish 11.35pm. Shakespeare Cliff -8 miles off French coast (16 miles awum)
Swimmer(s)
Willing, Mrs. Hilda
Date
03/09/1920
Duration of swim
10:35
Pilot
Jack Weidman
Trainer
Jack Weidman
Notes
16 miles was the women's record for a Channel attempt. On board; father Mr Peckham and sister Mrs Ada Lewis
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Winckler, Miss Asta - 06/08/1938
Description
Woman Fails In English Channel Swim LONDON, Saturday - Because of a recurrence of a leg injury, which compelled her to swim with her arms only for several hours, Asta Winckler, the Danish girl, was forced to abandoned her effort to swim the English Channel when she was 16 miles from the French coast. Miss Winckler, who weighs 20 stone, had been 15 hours in a rough sea
Swimmer(s)
Winckler, Miss Asta
Date
06/08/1938
Duration of swim
15:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Wolffe, Jabez - 02/09/1911
Swimmer(s)
Wolffe, Jabez
Date
02/09/1911
Duration of swim
14:07
Pilot boat
Calaisien tug
Notes
Sangatte
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Wolffe, Jabez - 05/08/1907
Swimmer(s)
Wolffe, Jabez
Date
05/08/1907
Duration of swim
15:16
Pilot
Douglas MacDonald & Captain Birchfield
Pilot boat
Sea Wolfe steam yacht
Trainer
Walter Brickett
Notes
South Foreland
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Wolffe, Jabez - 06/07/1908
Swimmer(s)
Wolffe, Jabez
Date
06/07/1908
Duration of swim
13:57
Pilot
Captain Birchfield & Henri Dutertre
Pilot boat
Sea Wolfe steam yacht
Trainer
Walter Brickett
Notes
South Foreland
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Wolffe, Jabez - 07/10/1908
Swimmer(s)
Wolffe, Jabez
Date
07/10/1908
Duration of swim
09:00
Pilot boat
Sea Wolfe steam yacht
Trainer
Billy Kellingley
Notes
Lydden Spout
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Wolffe, Jabez - 08/07/1912
Swimmer(s)
Wolffe, Jabez
Date
08/07/1912
Duration of swim
12:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Wolffe, Jabez - 14/08/1910
Swimmer(s)
Wolffe, Jabez
Date
14/08/1910
Duration of swim
10:05
Pilot boat
Calaisien tug
Trainer
Billy Kellingley
Notes
Sangatte
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Wolffe, Jabez - 16/09/1907
Swimmer(s)
Wolffe, Jabez
Date
16/09/1907
Duration of swim
11:31
Pilot
Captain Birchfield
Pilot boat
Sea Wolfe steam yacht
Trainer
Walter Brickett
Notes
South Foreland
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Wolffe, Jabez - 17/07/1914
Swimmer(s)
Wolffe, Jabez
Date
17/07/1914
Duration of swim
12:00
Pilot boat
Isabelle tug
Trainer
Billy Kellingley
Notes
Abandoned due to bad weather
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Wolffe, Jabez - 18/07/1906
Swimmer(s)
Wolffe, Jabez
Date
18/07/1906
Duration of swim
09:51
Pilot
Douglas MacDonald
Pilot boat
Commonwealth tug & Lizzie lugger
Trainer
Walter Brickett
Notes
South Foreland Lighthouse. Two pipers on board
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Wolffe, Jabez - 19/09/1908
Swimmer(s)
Wolffe, Jabez
Date
19/09/1908
Duration of swim
14:54
Pilot
Captain Birchfield
Pilot boat
Sea Wolfe steam yacht
Trainer
Billy Kellingley
Notes
Shakespeare Cliff
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Wolffe, Jabez - 20/09/1907
Swimmer(s)
Wolffe, Jabez
Date
20/09/1907
Duration of swim
07:55
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Wolffe, Jabez - 21/07/1911
Swimmer(s)
Wolffe, Jabez
Date
21/07/1911
Duration of swim
15:00
Pilot boat
Champion tug
Notes
Sangatte
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
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