Search swimsCurrently displaying: 26 results You've searched for:Direction: "England-France" xSurname: "M" xSuccess: "Failed" x Field to search All fieldsSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer numberSwim ranking (England-France)Swim ranking (France-England) Search term Filter by Ratified Butlins (1)CSA (1)Filter by Nationality Argentina (1)Australia (1)Canada (1)England (6)France (1)Mexico (1)Netherlands (3)Saudi Arabia (1)Scotland (4)UK (12)USA (2)Filter by Year 1897 (1)1905 (1)1906 (2)1908 (3)1910 (2)1911 (1)1913 (1)1922 (1)1923 (2)1933 (2)1935 (1)1950 (1)1951 (1)1952 (1)1953 (1)1961 (1)1964 (1)1973 (1)1976 (1)1999 (1)Filter by Decade 1890s (1)1900s (6)1910s (4)1920s (3)1930s (3)1950s (4)1960s (2)1970s (2)1990s (1)Filter by Century 19th (1)20th (25) Sort by: OldestNewestSwimmerSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer number PAGE: 12Next > McNally, Peter S. - 24/07/1897Description START: 11:20am. July 24 1897. FINISH: 2:30am. July 25. TIME: 15h 10m. E-F. Temp. 60°f. - 64°f. Admiralty Pier, dove off the Boat to 3 miles off C.G.Nez.Swimmer(s) McNally, Peter S.Date 24/07/18971897Duration of swim 15:00Pilot Capt. BinghamPilot boat A small Lugger, Skylark Trainer Charles Brown of Boston.Notes Failed just short of Cap Gris Nez. Stroke; Breast stroke, a little side stroke. Grease; Cod liver oil, as no Porpoise oil could be procured. Food; Extract of Beef, Essence of ginger, Chewing Tobacco to prevent his tongue from swelling. Cramp in arms, legs. And neck. Blindness and delirium. He was forcibly removed from the water. Blind and Delirious. Cramp and Nausea, swollen tongue, throat and nostrils raw.Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mew, Horace - 24/08/1905Description START 7 08am. FINISH 1 30pm. Price of Wales Pier - swam 11 miles, to Varne shoal. Grease; White Lard. Side stroke, 31 per min. He hit rough conditions over the Varne shoal. Temp 64'f. Celluloid reading shade. Rubber Cap. Food; Hot milk, Bovril, Chocolate, Sanatogen.Swimmer(s) Mew, HoraceDate 24/08/1905Duration of swim 06:22Pilot Capt. John Burwill. William Burwill, John Bingham.Pilot boat Spartan luggerNotes On board; T Flux, W Russell of Shanklin, Mr Oliver Jones, son of Mr Bavington Jones who was with Webb when he made his successful swim, George Harding, Whorwell.Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mew, Horace - 24/07/1906Description 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, HoraceDate 24/07/1906Duration of swim 08:04Pilot Edward McKeen, Capt MasonPilot boat Liberia tugTrainer Wauchope WatsonNotes His father, Weidman, Burgess and 25 others on board. Attempt for the Alexander Challenge Cup. Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mew, Horace - 28/08/1906Description 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, HoraceDate 28/08/1906Duration of swim 06:36Pilot W. Bingham & Jack WeidmanPilot boat Spartan luggerNotes West BaySuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mearns, James - 08/08/1908Description Started South Foreland. Removed from water exhaustedSwimmer(s) Mearns, JamesDate 08/08/1908Duration of swim 14:00Pilot Captain BirchfieldPilot boat Sea Wolfe steam yachtTrainer Billy KellingleyNotes 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 1908Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mearns, James - 23/08/1908Description Heavy winds and strong seas. Abandoned after 8 milesSwimmer(s) Mearns, JamesDate 23/08/1908Duration of swim 03:10Notes In his second attempt to swim across the English Channel, which was started yesterday morning, James Mearns, of Aberdeen, the Scottish champion long-distance swimmer, had the bad fortune to be caught in half a gale of wind about two hours after starting. On his first attempt, a fortnight ago, Mearns narrowly missed achieving his object, in a fine swim of fourteen hours. The heavy seas set up by the strong wind yesterday caused the captain of the tug, after Mearns had covered eight miles in three hours and ten minutes, to advise the abandonment of the attempt, as it would be madness to continue it in such conditions. That this advice was right was proved by the Strong gale which sprang up in the Channel a few hours later. Among those who accompanied Mearns on his swim were Councillors Duncan and Leith, of the Aberdeen Town Council, and Mr. F. Brew and Mr. G. Henry, captain and secretary respectively of the Aberdeen Swimming Club, to which Mearns belongs. An exciting adventure befell a boatload of the party who were attempting to find a place for the swimmer to start from. In the darkness, soon after two o’clock yesterday morning, the boat struck a rock and narrowly escaped capsizing. At length the effort to get the boat ashore was given up, and Mearns was greased in the boat and had to swim ashore before he could make his start: Manchester Guardian 24 August 1908 Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mearns, James - 07/09/1908Description Abandoned at 2.06 am after 14 miles. Started Shakespeare Cliff 8.25 pm. Pilot boat Gnat tug, trainers and pacemakers, Jack Weidman and Professor BiberoSwimmer(s) Mearns, JamesDate 07/09/1908Duration of swim 06:20Pilot boat Gnat tugTrainer Jack Weidman and Professor BiberoNotes Shakespeare Beach (Admiralty Pier)Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mearns, James - 06/08/1910Swimmer(s) Mearns, JamesDate 06/08/1910Duration of swim 09:15Notes South ForelandSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Meyer, Edward - 31/08/1910Description Started 11.56 am South Foreland, abandoned due to irritation of eyes at 2.50 pm after 5 3/4 milesSwimmer(s) Meyer, EdwardDate 31/08/1910Duration of swim 02:54Pilot BrockmanPilot boat Columbia tugNotes Was originally supposed to be a race with Dutch champion Piet Ooms but Ooms never startedSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Meyer, Edward - 03/09/1911Swimmer(s) Meyer, EdwardDate 03/09/1911Duration of swim 05:03Pilot boat Java tugNotes Admiralty PierSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Meyer, Edward - 11/07/1913Description Abandoned due to rough seasSwimmer(s) Meyer, EdwardDate 11/07/1913Duration of swim 01:09Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Morris, Tom - 07/09/1922Swimmer(s) Morris, TomDate 07/09/1922Duration of swim 02:08Notes Sat 9 Sept 1922 newspaper: Tom Morris, the Australian, after swimming four miles from Dover, owing to continuous sea-sicknéss, gave up his attempt to swim the Channel. Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Michel, Georges - 08/08/1923Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 08/08/1923Duration of swim 20:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Maciel, Romeo - 11/08/1923Swimmer(s) Maciel, RomeoDate 11/08/1923Duration of swim 04:30Notes Shakespeare Beach. Daily Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Milton, Frederick George - 28/08/1933Description Started South Foreland 6.04 a.m.,12.55 p.m. removed semi-conscious about 9 miles off English coastSwimmer(s) Milton, Frederick GeorgeDate 28/08/1933Duration of swim 06:51Pilot boat Muria tug of LondonNotes Cllr F. H. Morecroft, Mayor, Dover Gold Cup observer; fellow members of Otter Swimming Club Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Morris, Captain G. - 02/09/1933Description Started 12.25 p.m. South Foreland. Gave up 5.15 p.m. owing to an attack of cramp, 8 miles off St. Margaret's BaySwimmer(s) Morris, Captain GeorgeDate 02/09/1933Duration of swim 04:50Pilot Captain Pearson of DealPilot boat Jack Burwill's Early MornTrainer Billy KellingleySuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Morrison, Miss Eva - 23/08/1935Description Started 9.38 pm South Foreland, bad seas and bad weather forced stop 4 miles off Cap Gris NezSwimmer(s) Morrison, Miss EvaDate 23/08/1935Duration of swim 14:52Pilot Harry Pearson of DealPilot boat Jack Burwill's motor boatTrainer Billy Kellingley assisted by George MorrisNotes Trainers were Mr & Mrs Kellingley of Deal, pacemaker was George Morris of Kingsdown who had failed the previous year and had intended to make an attempt with Miss MorrisonSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mickman, Philip - 23/08/1950Swimmer(s) Mickman, PhilipDate 23/08/1950Duration of swim 25:30:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mickman, Philip - 28/07/1951Swimmer(s) Mickman, PhilipDate 28/07/1951Duration of swim 14:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mickman, Philip - 14/08/1952Swimmer(s) Mickman, PhilipDate 14/08/1952Duration of swim 10:02Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mayoh, Kathleen - 26/08/1953Swimmer(s) Mayoh, KathleenDate 26/08/1953Duration of swim 17:28Notes 1st Butlins Race - no finishersSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Ratified Butlins (192)Mellor, Kendall – 21/08/1961Swimmer(s) Mellor, KendallDate 21/08/1961Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mellor, Kendall - 21/08/1964Description Abandoned 2 miles off French coast due to rough seasSwimmer(s) Mellor, KendallDate 21/08/1964Duration of swim 10:10Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)McIntyre, Graham - 01/01/1973Swimmer(s) McIntyre, GrahamDate 01/01/1973Duration of swim 00:00Notes Retired due to Shark Attack. 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