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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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