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Mew, Horace - 24/07/1906
Description
START 2 26am. FINISH. 10 30am. Shakespeare Beach - swam 10 ½ miles. Grease; Lard, Beeswax, Collodian. Food; Chocolate, Sterilized Milk, Preserved chicken breasts, Raw eggs. Temp varied between 53 and 59’f. Underarm side stroke, 32 to 34 per min. High water 1. 21am. Spring tide.
Swimmer(s)

Mew, Horace
Date
24/07/1906
Duration of swim
08:04
Pilot
Edward McKeen, Capt Mason
Pilot boat
Liberia tug
Trainer
Wauchope Watson
Notes
His father, Weidman, Burgess and 25 others on board. Attempt for the Alexander Challenge Cup.
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Wolffe, Jabez - 30/07/1906
Swimmer(s)

Wolffe, Jabez
Date
30/07/1906
Duration of swim
03:42
Pilot
Douglas MacDonald
Pilot boat
Commonwealth tug
Trainer
Walter Brickett
Notes
South Foreland
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Kellerman, Miss Annette - 07/08/1906
Swimmer(s)

Kellerman, Miss Annette
Date
07/08/1906
Duration of swim
02:00
Notes
North Foreland
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Burgess, Thomas William - 18/08/1906
Swimmer(s)

Burgess, Thomas William
Date
18/08/1906
Duration of swim
08:49
Pilot
McKeen & Captain Egleton
Pilot boat
Canada tug
Notes
Langdon Stairs
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Burgess, Thomas William - 28/08/1906
Swimmer(s)

Burgess, Thomas William
Date
28/08/1906
Duration of swim
10:02
Pilot
Captain Egleton
Pilot boat
Canada tug
Trainer
Wauchope Watson
Notes
St. Margarets Bay
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Mew, Horace - 28/08/1906
Description
START. 4 58am. FINISH. 11 34am. West Bay Beach - halfway across Food; Hot Chocolate, Chicken. Temp 62’f. Swallowed a lot of water. Left arm under, side stroke.
Swimmer(s)

Mew, Horace
Date
28/08/1906
Duration of swim
06:36
Pilot
W. Bingham & Jack Weidman
Pilot boat
Spartan lugger
Notes
West Bay
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Wolffe, Jabez - 29/08/1906
Swimmer(s)

Wolffe, Jabez
Date
29/08/1906
Duration of swim
07:55
Pilot
Douglas MacDonald
Pilot boat
Commonwealth tug
Trainer
Walter Brickett
Notes
South Foreland
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Burgess, Thomas William - 30/08/1906
Swimmer(s)

Burgess, Thomas William
Date
30/08/1906
Duration of swim
18:03
Pilot
McKeen
Pilot boat
Canada tug
Trainer
Jack Weidman
Notes
St. Margarets Bay
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
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)
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)
Wolffe, Jabez - 22/07/1907
Swimmer(s)

Wolffe, Jabez
Date
22/07/1907
Duration of swim
08:23
Pilot boat
Sea Wolfe steam yacht
Trainer
Walter Brickett
Notes
South Foreland
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Heaton, Edward 'Ted' - 05/08/1907
Description
START 8 55am. FINISH. 6 57pm. Lydden Spout - 4½ miles off C.G.Nez. 58’f to 59’f. Food; Bovril, Cocoa, Milk, Cream, Black Grapes, Sandwich. Grease; Lard. Left arm over, 26 per.min., some Breast stroke. Mrs Heaton swam with him at times. Thick Fog. Swim cap made of silk in Colonel Walkers colours, Blue and White Check.
Swimmer(s)

Heaton, Edmund Caunce Nowell 'Ted'
Date
05/08/1907
Duration of swim
10:02
Pilot
Captain Foster and Sharp
Pilot boat
Lady Curzon tug
Notes
On Board; A. H. Whorwell and J. B. Whorwell. (Dover swimming club), Mr Gatehouse, Mrs Foster, Mrs Heaton
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
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)
Heaton, Edward 'Ted' - 31/08/1907
Description
START 5 30am. FINISH. 3 45pm. Lydden Spout - swam 8 miles. Temp 62’f. Side Stroke, some Breast stroke, 24 per min.
Swimmer(s)

Heaton, Edmund Caunce Nowell 'Ted'
Date
31/08/1907
Duration of swim
10:05
Pilot
Captain Sharp
Pilot boat
Lady Curzon tug
Trainer
Dr. Wauchope Watson
Notes
On board; Mr E Whitaker Heaton (his father), Mrs Heaton, Mr A. Ricketts, Dr Wauchope Watson in charge of the swim, Mr A Whorwell (Dover swimming club) and others. He was able to make this attempt through the kindness of Colonel Howard Walker M. P.
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Stearne, William - 31/08/1907
Swimmer(s)

Stearne, William
Date
31/08/1907
Duration of swim
04:32
Pilot boat
Togo motor yacht
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Wolffe, Jabez - 31/08/1907
Swimmer(s)

Wolffe, Jabez
Date
31/08/1907
Duration of swim
09:39
Pilot
Captain Birchfield
Pilot boat
Sea Wolfe steam yacht
Trainer
Walter Brickett
Notes
South Foreland
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Heaton, Edward 'Ted' - 03/09/1907
Description
START. 3 20pm. FINISH. 6 15pm. South Foreland - swam 5 miles. Food; Hot Chocolate, Bovril, and Chicken. Temp 62’
Swimmer(s)

Heaton, Edmund Caunce Nowell 'Ted'
Date
03/09/1907
Duration of swim
02:45
Pilot
Captain Sharp
Pilot boat
Lady Curzon tug
Notes
On Board Mr Heaton, (Father) Wauchope Watson (Food Specialist). Heaton and Burgess swam together as an experiment, at the start of the Ebb Tide.
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Burgess, Thomas William - 03/09/1907
Swimmer(s)

Burgess, Thomas William
Date
03/09/1907
Duration of swim
02:32
Pilot
Captain Sharp
Pilot boat
Lady Curzon tug
Notes
South Foreland (with Heaton)
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
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 - 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 - 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)
Mearns, James - 08/08/1908
Description
Started South Foreland. Removed from water exhausted
Swimmer(s)

Mearns, James
Date
08/08/1908
Duration of swim
14:00
Pilot
Captain Birchfield
Pilot boat
Sea Wolfe steam yacht
Trainer
Billy Kellingley
Notes
TRYING TO SWIM CHANNEL Dover, Aug. 10. In an attempt to swim the English Channel, James Mearns, the Scottish chnmpion, nearly lost his life. Leaving the English coast Saturday night, he was within three miles of France, after being in the water fourteen hours. Mearns was persistent and he labored unti he became so exhausted that one of his attendants (Billy Kellingley) aboard a tug had to jump in the water fully dressed and support the swimmer until he could be rescued: Lethbridge Daily Herald, Canada, Aug 10 1908
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Paulus, Emile - 12/08/1908
Description
Started Admiralty Pier 2.10am; heavy seas and rough weather made him unwell and he held on to the trawler when he went to it for a feed of hot chocolate. This ended his attempt and he was hauled aboard after 4 hours swimming
Swimmer(s)

Paulus, Emile
Date
12/08/1908
Duration of swim
04:00
Pilot boat
Pole Star trawler
Notes
Admiralty Pier
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Burgess, Thomas William - 14/08/1908
Swimmer(s)

Burgess, Thomas William
Date
14/08/1908
Duration of swim
08:00
Pilot boat
Gnat tug
Notes
Shakespeare Beach
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)

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