Search swimsCurrently displaying: 72 results You've searched for:Decade: "1900s" x Field to search All fieldsSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer numberSwim ranking (England-France)Swim ranking (France-England) Search term Filter by Direction England-France (61)France-England (11)Filter by Nationality Australia (4)Austria (1)England (45)France (2)Italy (1)Scotland (17)UK (18)USA (1)Wales (1)Filter by Surname B (17)C (1)D (2)G (1)H (17)I (1)K (5)L (1)M (7)P (1)R (1)S (3)W (15)Filter by Year 1900 (2)1901 (1)1902 (4)1903 (1)1904 (8)1905 (11)1906 (13)1907 (11)1908 (15)1909 (6) Sort by: OldestNewestSwimmerSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer number PAGE: 123Next > Holmes, Frank - 24/07/1900Description START: 4:15am. July 24th 1900. FINISH: 9:05am. TIME: 4h 50m.E-F. 60°f . Admiralty Pier, swam to 14 miles of France. Breast strokeSwimmer(s) Holmes, Frank (Francis)Date 24/07/1900Duration of swim 04:50Pilot W. Bingham with boatmen Cole, Saunders & Burvill.Pilot boat Princess, luggerNotes 14 miles from France. He dove off the Lugger Princess at the end of Admiralty Pier. He wore no clothing of any kind. Food; Rice and Beef Tea. On board; Mr C. P. Barnett and Mr Evans (friends)Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Isacescu, Countess Walpurga von - 05/09/1900Description Start 7.30am, finish 6.00pm. Started from Calais Casino. Had 2 eggs and glass of port before starting - fed on lump sugar and tea a la Russe with lemon via a feeding bottle. Heavy mist and strong waves caused her to stop. Grease - rubbed all over with pork fatSwimmer(s) Isacescu, Walpurga vonDate 05/09/1900Duration of swim 10:30Pilot M. LevavasseurPilot boat Jeanette, steam tugNotes An Austrian Countess the first woman to swim the Channel. From the San Francisco Examiner. She made her start from Calais with a tug as support boat. Rubbed down with pork fat. Started 6 am. Fed on cold beef tea and anchovy toast and later small pieces of rare beef. Didn't land but was taken on board the tug in the surf off Shakespeare Cliff. The Gastonia Gazette, North Carolina 29 Nov 1900 Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Holbein, Montague 'Monty' - 25/08/1901Description START 3 49pm Aug 24. FINISH 4 35am Aug 25. C.G.Nez. - 5 miles from Dover. Back stroke some breast stroke. Food; Raw eggs. Sandwiches. Brown bread and sugar sandwiches, hot milk and Bergen’s food. In a feeding bottle on a string. Fed every 20mins. He wore a white hat and goggles. Grease; Porpoise oil. Showing early signs of collapse. Ropes tied to a huge towel to lift him out of the water. Eyes swollen shut from exposure to salt water. Heavy seas breaking over him. Unable to see for 4 days.Swimmer(s) Holbein, Montague 'Monty'Date 25/08/1901Duration of swim 12:46Pilot Fred May & Captain C. LambertPilot boat Granville tug and Banshee lugger crewed by Fred Ladd, Charles Cole, James DriscollTrainer Tom GrayNotes The three crew were each given a silver commemorative medal, with the inscription. "Presented to (name) August 24, 1901. For the very able manner in which he assisted my dear friend Tom Gray In manning the lugger Banshee through a very anxious night, during the whole 13hrs 07mins of my first attempt to swim the Channel." (Fred Ladd’s medal can be seen at the Dover Museum) On board; Mrs Holbein, Mrs Tom Gray, A Sinclair (RLSS), S C Chapman, Frank Shoreland, F May, Arthur Brown, Mr Clapham, W Broad, E Hughes, (Dover standard), R P Watson (Sporting life), Tug Crew; A Treadwell (Mate), seamen A Cadbert and P Stanley, Chief Engineer J Tagg, second engineer C Tugwell, Stoker E Stanley. Folkestone Express gives time as 13 ½ hrs Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Holbein, Montague 'Monty' - 01/08/1902Description START 5 38 pm July 31. FINISH. Aug 1 6 00am. C.G.Nez - 8 miles from Dover. Grease; Oil and Iodine. High tide 7 33am. He consumed three quarts of milk food-milk and virol, a quart of cocoa, a drink of tea, a quantity of Bovril, and six raw eggs. Breast stroke 25 pm then back stroke 20 pm. A linen mask with mica goggles fixed with Collodion.Swimmer(s) Holbein, Montague 'Monty'Date 01/08/1902Duration of swim 12:22Pilot Fred May & Captain C. Lambert, crew Charles Cole, W. Cole and Driscoll.Pilot boat Granville tug & Sarah Ann galleyTrainer Tom GrayNotes Holbein's wife and her sister Miss Farley, organized the feeds. He was followed by the steam launch Brunette with a large party of friends including two medical men, Dr Murphy and Dr Baird, F. May, Arthur Brown, and Messrs Clarke, J. M. Dick, Holt, White, Holt. And Ashton, A Perman, Frank Shoreland, G. Gray and T. Gray of the Cygnus Broad, Dover swimming club, Hughes, H. Watson, and H Sinclair. Animated Photographic Apparatus. Acetylene lamps used during the nightSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Holbein, Montague 'Monty' - 28/08/1902Description START 3 20 pm Aug 27. FINISH. Aug 28 1 41pm. C.G.Nez - 1 mile from England, ½ mile Admiralty pier. Mask fastened on with Collodian. FOOD; Bovril, Virol, Milk, Cocoa, Bovril sandwiches and Chocolate. Back stroke/ Breast stroke. Temp 61’f to 64’f. He could no longer battle with the currents. Severe cramps. When Holbein was lifted into the Tug he collapsed exhausted. He was wrapped in thick blankets, which were drenched with buckets of hot water from the tugs boilers.Swimmer(s) Holbein, Montague 'Monty'Date 28/08/1902Duration of swim 22:21Pilot Captain W. Sharp & Fred May. Boatmen W Cole, H Pascall, W Ladd, Jimmy Driscoll and Charlie Cole.Pilot boat Lady Vita tug and Man of War cutterNotes On board; Mrs Holbein, and her sister Miss Farley, Mr B Bailey and Mr Tom Gray (Cygnus swimming club), George Gray S.C.A.S.A., Fred May, Frank Shortland, Hamilton Clarke, Percy Nix-Cohen (Otter swimming club), Dr Murphy, W.H.Broad, F Simmons, and R Barton (Dover swimming club), Mr R Watson (Sporting Life), Mr A Sinclair (RLSS), Mr J H Gibson (Dover Observer), Mr E Hughes (Dover Standard). And representatives of the Daily News, Daily Mail, Daily Express, and Evening News. And an operator of the biograph to depict pictorially the main events of the swim. His crew used two powerful acetylene lamps during the night. Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Holmes, Frank - 28/08/1902Description START: 5:29am. Aug 28th 1902. FINISH: 10:59am.. TIME: 4h 30m. E-F. Temp 61°f. From end of Prince of Wales Pier, swam 6 miles. Breast stroke.Swimmer(s) Holmes, Frank (Francis)Date 28/08/1902Duration of swim 04:30Pilot W. Bingham with Boatmen Burwill and HookPilot boat Unknown Lugger Notes Food; Boiled milk with whipped eggs, Cold rice. Swam naked. Sickness and cramp, sun stroke. On board; his Brother Howard Holmes and Professor Bibbero. Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Holmes, Frank - 11/09/1902Description START: 6:30am. Sept 11th 1902. FINISH: 8:45am. TIME: 2h 15m E-F. Temp 62°f to 64°f. From boat at end of Admiralty Pier, swam 4 miles. Breast stroke. Strong winds.Swimmer(s) Holmes, Frank (Francis)Date 11/09/1902Duration of swim 02:15Pilot W. Bingham with Boatmen Saunders, Hook, Burwill and A. H. Beard.Pilot boat Unknown Lugger Notes Food; Milk, Bovril, pears, bananas. Wore dark goggles. Swam naked. His brother Howard Holmes and two Journalists on board.Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Holbein, Montague 'Monty' - 02/09/1903Description START 6 43pm Sept 1. FINISH Sept 2 12 10pm. Langdon Bay - 8 miles from France (4 miles at 8 00pm). Temp 63’f . Side stroke, 22 Strokes per min and back stroke. Grease; Porpoise Oil and Beeswax. Food; Chicken sandwiches, Virol, Raw eggs, Bovril, brown sugar sandwiches, Chicken Sandwiches. Supplied by his wife and her sister Miss Farley. Hot milk given in a feeding bottle or small teapot. Skull cap of canvas, a canvas mask, glass goggles fixed on with Colloidal.Swimmer(s) Holbein, Montague 'Monty'Date 02/09/1903Duration of swim 17:27Pilot Capt. Sharp, Capt Lambert, Pilot Fred MayPilot boat Granville tug with Lady Vita plus two feeding rowboats Shamrock, and Earl of ZetlandTrainer Charles NewmanNotes On board; Mr Charles Newman (trainer and advisor on the swim), Dr Charles Murphy (Dover swimming club), Mr Walpole Hillier, Mr Fred May, Mr H D Faith (Otter swimming club), Mr Moeb (president of the Paris swimming club), Mr Frank Shortland, Mr Harry Hetherington, Mr George Nix, Mr George Gray (London Swimming Club), W. Broad (Dover S.C.) and others well known in the sporting world. Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Kellerman, Miss Annette - 07/08/1904Swimmer(s) Kellerman, Miss AnnetteDate 07/08/1904Duration of swim 02:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Haggerty, Jack - 20/08/1904Description START 6 17pm. FINISH. 7 22pm. End of Admiralty Pier. Sponsored by Weekly Dispatch. Cramp. Turned blue and had a lucky escape from drowning. Temp 62-60. Food; Hot milk. Grease; Beeswax, Porpoise oil, Resin. Wore no mask. Stroke; Side stroke. Jack refused to leave the water, so the crew leaned out of the boat with a long pole with a hook on the end put it around his neck and pulled him to the boat.Swimmer(s) Haggerty, John (Jack)Date 20/08/1904Duration of swim 01:05Pilot W. ColePilot boat BritanniaTrainer Weekly Dispatch - Mr CryerNotes On board; trainer Mr Cryer, Dr Ross and many friends Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Burgess, Thomas William - 20/08/1904Description THOMAS W. BURGESS (ENG/FRANCE) 15 June 1872 – 2 July 1950. 1905 failure; START Lydden Spout 6.11am, Aug 26; FINISH 3.11pm. TIME 9h 00m. E-F. Swam 9½ miles, drift 24½ miles. Tug Scotia. Capt. Anning, Pilot, McKeen. Side stroke, breast stroke. Very rough conditions. Becoming dangerous. Age 34. Weight 14 stone 10 lb. Height 5 ft 11 ins. Temp. 64°f. Grease; Lard.Swimmer(s) Burgess, Thomas WilliamDate 20/08/1904Duration of swim 04:23Pilot boat Calaisin, tugNotes Lydden SpoutSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Holbein, Montague 'Monty' - 21/08/1904Description START 4 32pm. Aug 20. FINISH. 2 35am Aug 21. Danger rock, Lydden Spout - 10.03 miles out. Side stroke 25 to 30 per min. Food; Cocoa. Bovril. Peppermint. Beef sandwich. Veal sandwich. Sugar sandwich. Chocolate. Temp 62’f. to 60’f. Grease; Beeswax, Porpoise oil, and Resin. Mask with celluloid eye pieces. Colloid linen skull cap. Seized by sickness and diarrhoea after 10 hours. Swimmer(s) Holbein, Montague 'Monty'Date 21/08/1904Duration of swim 10:03Pilot Pilot B. Foster. With Capt F. C. Groves Trinity Pilot, Capt Anning' Fred May.Pilot boat Scotia tugTrainer Charles NewmanNotes Sponsored by Daily Mirror. On board; his wife and her sister Miss Fairley who organized the Feeding, Mr C Newman his trainer, Mr Fred May, Mr Shorland, Mr P Nix, J Warburton, Professor Bates, Mr Moebs (President of the Paris swimming club), Mr Black, Mr Walpole Hiller, Dr Rose, Dr Murphy, also a number of press men and seven or eight swimmers who were to take a spell with Holbein; G Grey, W Booth (London Cygnus S.C.), S Faith and S. L. Peters (London Otter S.C.), W Broad (ex captain Dover S.C.), F Record and E Duffy (Medway S.C.), W Holmes (Champion London Polytecnic S.C.), C Grinstead (Champion of Worthing and Zephyr S.C.), F H Naylor (Hornsey S.C), as well as several French sportsmen.Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Greasley, S. W. - 21/08/1904Description START 7 25am. FINISH. 8 55am TIME. End of Admiralty pier. Too cold and cramps. Temp 62. Grease; Beeswax, Porpoise oil, Resin.Wore no mask. Stroke; Overhand side stroke, 35 per min.Swimmer(s) Greasley, Samuel WilsonDate 21/08/1904Duration of swim 01:30Pilot boat IonaTrainer Walter BrickettNotes Sponsored by Evening News. On board; Dr RoseSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Weidman, Jack (John Albert) - 07/09/1904Description START 6 05pm. FINISH. 11 15pm. Lydden Spout - South Goodwins. Grease; Porpoise Oil, Tallow, Resin. Food; Hot Milk, Bovril, Chocolate and Raw eggs. Temp 62’f 58’f. Pulled out with severe cramp. Breast stroke, 37 strokes per min. 1 hour 40 mins before high tide. Sun hat. No goggles. Swimmer(s) Weidman, Jack (John Albert)Date 06/09/1904Duration of swim 05:10Pilot Capt Arthur Pearce and Capt. PascallPilot boat Gnat tug and two rowboatsTrainer Professor Bibbero & Wauchope WatsonNotes On board; Professor Bibbero and Mr Wauchope Watson, McKeen, Dr Murphy (Medical officer Dover swimming club), Mr Victor Mansell (Ex Secretary A. S. A.), Press representatives and friends.Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Burgess, Thomas William - 07/09/1904Description THOMAS W. BURGESS. (ENG/FRANCE). 15 June 1872 -2 July 1950. 1904 failure; START Lydden Spout 6.05pm., Sept 7th; FINISH 8.15pm., Sept 7th. TIME 2h 10m. E-F. Swam 6 miles. Tug Gnat and two row boats. Pilot Capt. Arthur Pearce, McKeen. Grease; Lard. Close fitting glass goggles. Side stroke, Breast stroke, 35 spm. FOOD; Bovril, Coffee, Roast chicken, Custard tart, grapes. Age 33. Height 5ft, 11 ins. Weight 14 stone 10 lbs. Temp 62°f - 58°f. Professor Bibbero was on board. Fresh south westerly breeze and a nasty choppy sea. Burgess was unable to charter a Tug to accompany him, so on arriving in Dover from Paris he asked those responsible for Weidman’s arrangements if he could swim with Weidman using the same Tug. This was agreed and both swimmers set off together. Burgess said that Weidman was too slow. So, after swimming several times around the Tug to keep warm he got out. A report in Folkestone Express. Start 1hr 40m before high tide.Swimmer(s) Burgess, Thomas WilliamDate 07/09/1904Duration of swim 02:10Pilot McKeenPilot boat Gnat tugSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Burgess, Thomas William - 08/09/1904Swimmer(s) Burgess, Thomas WilliamDate 08/09/1904Duration of swim 08:18Pilot McKeenPilot boat Gnat tugSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Heaton, Edward 'Ted' - 26/07/1905Description START 7 40am. FINISH. 1 37pm Admiralty Pier - swam 6 miles. Side stroke, 28 spm. Dense fog. Very sick. Temp 62 - 63'fSwimmer(s) Heaton, Edmund Caunce Nowell 'Ted'Date 26/07/1905Duration of swim 05:57Pilot Capt Foster, Capt Simmons.Pilot boat Champion tug and two rowboatsTrainer J. HarrisonNotes Time given as 6h 30m in Across the Straits. He wore a mask and goggles and the racing colours of Colonel W. H. Walker M.P, vice president of the swimming committee. At 11am Burgess swam with him for 1hr. At about 1 45pm a French mail package Steamer hove in sight, the paddle wheel narrowly missed Heaton’s head by two feet. The tremendous wash of the Steamer caused Heaton to ship a great deal of sea water. 10 mins later he said to Mr W. H. Carter M.A., who was steersman on the feeding boat, “I feel very ill”. With this Mr Carter clutched his wrist so ending the swim. The crew used pigeon post to report progress. His father, Dr Long, Frank Sugg (Lancashire cricketer), Mr J Harrison (trainer), Mr Wauchope Watson, T. William Burgess, on board.Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Kellerman, Miss Annette - 26/07/1905Swimmer(s) Kellerman, Miss AnnetteDate 26/07/1905Duration of swim 03:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Burgess, Thomas William - 28/07/1905Swimmer(s) Burgess, Thomas WilliamDate 28/07/1905Duration of swim 12:38Pilot boat Guiana tugSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)LaFargue, Gabriel - 30/07/1905Description START 8 30am. Admiraty Pier Head. FINISH. 12 35 - swam 20 miles to 4½ miles off Ramsgate. Temp. 65’f. Food; small sandwiches wrapped in paper and thrown to him. Breast Stroke. Swim classed as farcical, half a gale blowing and nearing spring tides.Swimmer(s) LaFargue, GabrielDate 30/07/1905Duration of swim 04:05Pilot boat Actif trawler of CalaisNotes He was on one weeks leave from Military training. He had two friends in the tug. Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Burgess, Thomas William - 09/08/1905Swimmer(s) Burgess, Thomas WilliamDate 09/08/1905Duration of swim 14:30Pilot Captain AnningPilot boat Scotia tugNotes Lydden SpoutSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Holbein, Montague 'Monty' - 24/08/1905Description START 3 54am. FINISH 11 15am. Lydden Spout - swam 16 miles. Grease; Beeswax, Porpoise oil. Food; Bovril, Chocolate, Beef lozenges. Backstroke 20 s p m. Temp. 64 air 62. Wore a shield fitted with goggles, which nearly covered his head. He was carried on to the Varne and had to retire. He had 6 French and English fishermen who new the force of the currents to advise him.Swimmer(s) Holbein, Montague 'Monty'Date 24/08/1905Duration of swim 07:21Pilot Fred May with Captain abbottPilot boat Florida tugNotes On board; Mrs Holbein, her sister Miss Fairley, Mr Walpole Hiller (Sheffield swimming club), Mr Percy Nix and Mr Fred May (cyclist), W G Randall (Otter swimming club), Mr H D Faith, Mr Duffy (Medway swimming club) and others. Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Burgess, Thomas William - 24/08/1905Swimmer(s) Burgess, Thomas WilliamDate 24/08/1905Duration of swim 07:55Notes St. Margarets BaySuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Kellerman, Miss Annette - 24/08/1905Swimmer(s) Kellerman, Miss AnnetteDate 24/08/1905Duration of swim 06:05Pilot Jack WeidmanPilot boat Champion tugNotes Prince of Wales PierSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657) PAGE: 123Next >