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  • Cruz, Alfonzo - 22/08/1950

    Swimmer(s)
    Cruz, Alfonzo
    Date
    22/08/1950
    Duration of swim
    06:45
    Notes
    First Daily Mail Race
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)
    Ratified
    Daily Mail (47)

  • Da Silva, Jose - 21/08/1957

    Swimmer(s)
    Da Silva, Jose
    Date
    21/08/1957
    Duration of swim
    11:00
    Notes
    5th Butlins Race.
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)
    Ratified
    Butlins (192)

  • Da Silva, Jose - 24/08/1958

    Swimmer(s)
    Da Silva, Jose
    Date
    24/08/1958
    Duration of swim
    9:40
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)
    Ratified
    Butlins (192)

  • Da Silva, Walter Antonio - 21/08/1957

    Swimmer(s)
    Da Silva, Walter Antonio
    Date
    21/08/1957
    Duration of swim
    02:00
    Notes
    5th Butlins Race.
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)
    Ratified
    Butlins (192)

  • Daborn, Albert Harry - 05/09/1927

    Description
    Started South Foreland but slipped getting in and injured his leg. Swam for 15 minutes but pain in leg became too severe
    Swimmer(s)
    Daborn, Albert Harry
    Date
    05/09/1927
    Duration of swim
    00:15
    Notes
    Described in press as "A. H. Dayborn of Layford, Woking, swimming teacher"
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    England-France (657)

  • Darwin, Miss Jane - 01/09/1927

    Swimmer(s)
    Darwin, Miss Jane
    Date
    01/09/1927
    Duration of swim
    03:00
    Notes
    Cap Gris Nez
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • Darwin, Miss Jane - 03/09/1927

    Swimmer(s)
    Darwin, Miss Jane
    Date
    03/09/1927
    Duration of swim
    07:10
    Pilot
    Captain Walker
    Pilot boat
    Sabina
    Notes
    Cap Gris Nez
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • Darwin, Miss Jane - 08/09/1926

    Swimmer(s)
    Darwin, Miss Jane
    Date
    08/09/1926
    Duration of swim
    08:30
    Pilot
    Mr. Walker
    Pilot boat
    Ocean King
    Notes
    CapGris Nez
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • Darwin, Miss Jane - 16/09/1926

    Swimmer(s)
    Darwin, Miss Jane
    Date
    16/09/1926
    Duration of swim
    13:00
    Pilot boat
    Ocean King
    Notes
    Cap Gris Nez
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • Darwin, Miss Jane - 22/09/1926

    Description
    Start Cap Gris Nez 9.00pm, abandoned 12.00 mid-day, 6 miles off Dover, exhaustion and adverse weather
    Swimmer(s)
    Darwin, Miss Jane
    Date
    22/09/1926
    Duration of swim
    15:00
    Notes
    Cap Gris Nez
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • Darwin, Miss Jane - 30/09/1926

    Description
    Started Cap Gris Nez 3.20pm 30/9/1926, abandoned 3 miles off England 7.53 am 1/10/1926
    Swimmer(s)
    Darwin, Miss Jane
    Date
    01/10/1926
    Duration of swim
    16:30
    Notes
    England, Oct. 1. Miss L. E. Marriott, of England, abandoned her fourth attempt to swim the English channel at 7:53 a.m. this morning when she was within three miles of her goal. Miss Marriott left Cap Gris Nez, France, under favorable conditions yesterday afternoon at 3:20 and was reported swimming strong throughout the night until the coldness of the water forced her to give up. Miss Marriott uses the name of Jane Darwin for swimming
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • Davenport, Professor Horace - 19/09/1906

    Description
    Started 1.30 pm Victoria Pier, Folkestone, with Douglas. Douglas failed due to strong tide after 2.15 hours, Davenport carried on, covering 5.5 miles in 2.5 hours but was seen to be blue in face and was pulled out half dead due to his exertions and the cold. Greased with special preparation invented by Fred Stratford
    Swimmer(s)
    Davenport, Professor Horace
    Date
    19/09/1906
    Duration of swim
    03:50
    Pilot
    James Fenton Walsh
    Pilot boat
    Santoy launch
    Notes
    Some newspapers say Douglas was making an attempt jointly with Professor Davenport but others say he was just accompanying Davenport and stopped when Davenport pulled away from him. Both men dived in from Victoria Pier, Folkestone, together with Professor Arthur Taylor, who was certainly a pacemaker. Various start times are given - 1pm, 1.30pm and 1.45pm
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    England-France (657)

  • Dawoud, Mustafa - 22/07/1952

    Swimmer(s)
    Dawoud, Mustafa
    Date
    22/07/1952
    Duration of swim
    10:44
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • de Lars (Delara), Luis Rodriguez - 20/09/1926

    Swimmer(s)
    Lara (Delara), Luis Rodriguez de
    Date
    20/09/1926
    Duration of swim
    Unknown
    Notes
    Fatal Unescorted Attempt. Body found at Boulogne 29/9/27. Rodriguez de Lara was apparently a member of Spanish nobility and son of a Colonel but as a young officer he had deserted when his regiment was sent to fight in Morocco. He had fled to France and became a waiter in Boulogne. There is a strong suggestion that, on a day off at the beach, having bragged he too could swim the Channel after the fanfare of Gertrude Ederle’s success a month earlier, his friends threw him in the sea at Cran aux Oeufs as a prank and he decided to show them and try and swim it.
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • Derham, Norman Leslie - 03/09/1926

    Swimmer(s)
    Derham, Norman Leslie
    Date
    03/09/1926
    Duration of swim
    14:00
    Pilot
    F. Featherbee of Folkestone
    Pilot boat
    Alfred motor lauch
    Notes
    Cap Gris Nez
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • Derham, Norman Leslie - 31/07/1926

    Swimmer(s)
    Derham, Norman Leslie
    Date
    31/07/1926
    Duration of swim
    12:00
    Pilot
    F. Featherbee
    Pilot boat
    Alfred motor launch
    Notes
    Folkestone
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    England-France (657)

  • Doria, René - 02/09/1929

    Description
    Started 12.07 p.m. Cap Gris Nez, gave up 8.30 p.m. stomach pains, 7 miles off Folkestone. Miss Rahman and Hilmy Bey, both channel aspirants, pacemakers
    Swimmer(s)
    Doria, René
    Date
    02/09/1929
    Duration of swim
    08:35
    Pilot boat
    La Morinie tug
    Notes
    Arrived at Cap Gris Nez training camp in early August 1929 and made first attempt 3 weeks later
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • Doria, René - 10/09/1929

    Description
    Either started 12.00 midnight from Boulogne and gave up or did not start at all due to high winds
    Swimmer(s)
    Doria, René
    Date
    10/09/1929
    Duration of swim
    0:00?
    Pilot boat
    La Morinie tug
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • Doria, René - 29/08/1927

    Description
    Started 5.30 a.m. Cap Gris Nez
    Swimmer(s)
    Doria, René
    Date
    29/08/1927
    Duration of swim
    06:00
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • Douglas, H. - 19/09/1906

    Description
    Started 1.30 pm, Victoria Pier, Folkestone, with Davenport. Douglas failed due to strong tide after 2.15 hours, Davenport carried on until also pulled out
    Swimmer(s)
    Douglas, H.
    Date
    19/09/1906
    Duration of swim
    02:15
    Pilot
    James Fenton Walsh
    Pilot boat
    Santoy
    Notes
    Some reports the swim as a joint attempt with Davenport, some report him as just accompanying Davenport on an attempt
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    England-France (657)

  • Dunbar, Shirley - 31/07/1955

    Swimmer(s)
    Dunbar, Shirley
    Date
    31/07/1955
    Duration of swim
    05:22
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • Ederle, Miss Gertrude - 18/08/1925

    Description
    START 7 10am. FINISH 3 59pm. TIME 8h 49m. Cap Gris Nez - Varne Shoal. Grease; Lard and Vaseline (3 coats.). FOOD. Beef tea. Temp 63’f - 64’f. Breast stroke
    Swimmer(s)
    Ederle, Miss Gertrude
    Date
    18/08/1925
    Duration of swim
    08:49
    Pilot
    Joe Costa with Captain Vidal
    Pilot boat
    La Morinie tug of Boulogne
    Trainer
    Jabez Wolffe
    Notes
    Cap Gris Nez. First pilot boat to have wireless radio On board; Thomas Burgess, Jabez Wolffe, Ishak Helmy, Vera Tanner, Lillian Harrison & Jeane Sion (pacemakers), Elsie Viets, a three piece Jazz Band. plus many reporters. 50 people altogether. The La Morinie was equipped with wireless installation. A Reporter on board sent messages in Morse code to London where they were then sent by radio to Canada and the U. S. A. First time ever used on a channel swim. Very rough conditions. She wore a woolen swim suit. Report in Dover Standard Aug 20 page 3.
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)

  • Erikson, Erik - 27/08/1959

    Swimmer(s)
    Erikson, Erik
    Date
    27/08/1959
    Duration of swim
    11:32
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)
    Ratified
    Butlins (192)

  • Faber, Emma - 07/08/1934

    Swimmer(s)
    Faber, Emma
    Date
    07/08/1934
    Duration of swim
    05:00
    Success/failure
    Failed (725)
    Direction(s)
    France-England (736)
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