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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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