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Cliché, Yvan - 30/08/1963
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez with Rouselle, gave up 2 miles off Dover
Swimmer(s)
Cliché, Yvan
Date
30/08/1963
Duration of swim
14:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Cliff, William George - 04/09/1936
Description
Started Lydden Spout 9.33 am, stopped 3.55pm 8 miles off English coast with stomach pains.
Swimmer(s)
Cliff, William George
Date
04/09/1936
Duration of swim
06:22
Pilot
L. Martin captain, H. Hadley pilot. J. Butcher & F.L. Warner, witnesses
Pilot boat
J. Kinson's motor boat
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Cliff, William George - 04/09/1937
Description
Started the Warren 1.40 pm, 9 miles in 4 hours was off St Margarets
Swimmer(s)
Cliff, William George
Date
04/09/1937
Duration of swim
04:00
Pilot
A. Decort of Dover
Pilot boat
Mr. Kinson's motor boat
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Cliff, William George - 19/09/1932
Swimmer(s)
Cliff, William George
Date
19/09/1932
Duration of swim
04:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Cliff, William George - 29/08/1936
Swimmer(s)
Cliff, William George
Date
29/08/1936
Duration of swim
05:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Cliff, William George - 29/08/1939
Swimmer(s)
Cliff, William George
Date
29/08/1939
Duration of swim
04:45
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Cloutier, Jaques - 10/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Cloutier, Jaques
Date
10/08/1958
Duration of swim
08:35
Notes
St. Margarets Bay
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Cloutier, Jaques - 15/08/1956
Swimmer(s)
Cloutier, Jaques
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)
Cloutier, Jaques - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Cloutier, Jaques
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
03:27
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Coleman, Miss Eva - 03/09/1933
Description
Started 12.32 a.m. Cap Gris Nez, gave up 13 hours, 4 miles off english coast
Swimmer(s)
Coleman, Miss Eva
Date
03/09/1933
Duration of swim
13:00
Pilot
Van Randergem
Trainer
Thomas Burgess
Notes
Her mother lived at Cotswold St., Kensington, Liverpool
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Coleman, Miss Eva - 30/08/1932
Description
Started 6.51 a.m. Cap Gris Nez, gave up 2 p.m., heavy swells, strong winds, fog
Swimmer(s)
Coleman, Miss Eva
Date
30/08/1932
Duration of swim
08:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Conza, Clarence - 15/08/1956
Swimmer(s)
Conza, Clarence
Date
15/08/1956
Duration of swim
01:30
Notes
4th Butlins Race, No Finishers
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Copplestone, Miss Lily - 09/08/1932
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez 12.46 am, gave up after 5 hours due to cramp
Swimmer(s)
Copplestone, Miss Lily
Date
09/08/1932
Duration of swim
05:00
Pilot
J. Walker
Pilot boat
Sabina
Trainer
Jabez Wolffe
Notes
CSA observer Mr. A. de Cort
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Coppola, Arnaldo - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Coppola, Arnaldo
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)
Corson, Mrs Millicent C. - 06/08/1923
Description
START 9 30am. FINISH 12 midnight. Shakespeare Beach - 2 miles from Sangatte. FOOD; Lump sugar, cracker biscuits, coffee. Temp 60’f - 62’f. Half Trudgeon, half Scissor stroke.
Swimmer(s)
Corson, Mrs Millicent C.
Date
06/08/1923
Duration of swim
12:30
Pilot
Captain James Learmont, Cinque Ports Pilot
Notes
Not F-E as given in Across the Channel Her husband Clemington Corson and a coloured Sailor rowed a boat for the entire time of the swim. This was an attempt for the Daily Sketch £1000 prize. One of six children. She swam around Manhattan Island in 1921, time 15 hours 57 mins.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Corson, Mrs Millicent C. - 06/09/1927
Description
START 8 55am. FINISH 6 36pm. South Foreland - 4 Miles from France. Trudgeon 16 spm. Food; Cocoa, sugar lumps, biscuits. Start was at the end of the flood tide.
Swimmer(s)
Corson, Mrs Millicent C.
Date
06/09/1927
Duration of swim
09:40
Pilot
Captain Pearson of Walmer
Pilot boat
Ocean King
Trainer
Billy and Ethel Kellingley of Deal
Notes
She was very cold. Rough conditions, wind at times was 20 miles per hour. Most Easterly point allowed by rules of Dover Town cup. This was an attempt for the Dover Gold Cup. On board; Mr Corson, Norman Derham, Mr Frank Perks, Mr Fuller Hazleden The Press Association’s Deal Correspondent and a Cinematograph operator, Mr John Hayward, swimming Corespondent of the Daily Sketch. She swam France to England last year in a time of 15 hrs 28 mins She swam around Manhattan Island in 1921 time 15 hours 57 mins. Swam 160 miles in the Hudson river, from Albany to Newyork in 63 hours. September 2 to the 8th 1921. She swam 11 ½ hrs each day. She received a medal from the King off Denmark in 1919 for Life Saving. Awarded the Carnigie Hero Trophy in 1920. Swam Dover to Ramsgate 6 hours 20 minutes.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
England-France
(657)
Cortinas, Jose - 05/09/1949
Swimmer(s)
Cortinas, Jose
Date
05/09/1949
Duration of swim
04:30
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Cortinas, Jose - 10/09/1951
Swimmer(s)
Cortinas, Jose
Date
10/09/1951
Duration of swim
14:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Cortinas, Jose - 12/07/1951
Swimmer(s)
Cortinas, Jose
Date
12/07/1951
Duration of swim
14:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Cortinas, Jose - 18/08/1949
Swimmer(s)
Cortinas, Jose
Date
18/08/1949
Duration of swim
06:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Cortinas, Jose - 24/08/1949
Swimmer(s)
Cortinas, Jose
Date
24/08/1949
Duration of swim
09:20
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Couto, Abilio - 04/09/1957
Swimmer(s)
Couto, Abilio
Date
04/09/1957
Duration of swim
08:32
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Couto, Abilio - 18/09/1957
Swimmer(s)
Couto, Abilio
Date
18/09/1957
Duration of swim
11:30
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Couto, Abilio - 23/08/1957
Swimmer(s)
Couto, Abilio
Date
23/08/1957
Duration of swim
11:00
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
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