Search swimsCurrently displaying: 40 results You've searched for:Direction: "France-England" xDecade: "1930s" x Field to search All fieldsSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer numberSwim ranking (England-France)Swim ranking (France-England) Search term Filter by Success Successful (8)Failed (32)Filter by Crossings One Way Swim (8)Filter by Ratified Independent (4)Filter by Nationality Austria (3)Denmark (1)England (3)France (1)Germany (12)Netherlands (4)New Zealand (1)South Africa (1)Sweden (1)UK (16)USA (1)Filter by Surname B (9)C (3)D (1)F (6)H (1)K (6)L (2)P (2)R (1)S (1)T (1)W (7)Filter by Year 1930 (3)1931 (4)1932 (7)1933 (8)1934 (3)1935 (3)1936 (2)1937 (4)1938 (5)1939 (1) Sort by: OldestNewestSwimmerSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer number PAGE: 12Next > Westenborg, Miss Elsie 'Micky West' - 27/08/1930Description Started Cap Gris Nez 10.35pm. Gave up after 12 hours, 3 miles off Dover, due to exhaustion and seasicknessSwimmer(s) Westenborg, Miss Elsie 'Mickey West'Date 27/08/1930Duration of swim 12:00Pilot Joe CostaPilot boat JennerTrainer Jabez WolffeSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Brouwers, Greetje - 06/09/1930Description Quits Channel Swim CAPE GRIS NEZ, France - Madame Brouwer, Dutch swimmer, abandoned an attempt to swim the English Channel after she had covered eight kilometers (approximately five miles) at 11:30 a. m. Saturday. She entered the water at 7:35 a. m. Weather conditions were bad. September 6, 1930 El Paso Evening Post, TexasSwimmer(s) Brouwers, GreetjeDate 06/09/1930Duration of swim 03:30Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Duncan, Miss (Margaret) Peggy - 10/09/1930Description START 8 20pm Sept 9. FINISH 12 37am Sept 10. Cap Gris-Nez - South Foreland. Grease; Lambs fat. Food; Cocoa, coffee, beef tea. Trudgeon. Temp. 63.5. Weight 200lbs. Started. 4h 28 before high tide. Spring tides. Good conditions. Stung on face by Jelly fish.Swimmer(s) Duncan, Miss (Margaret) PeggyDate 10/09/1930Successful swim number 17Successful swimmer number 17Successful swim number France - England 14Duration of swim 16:17Pilot Joe CostaPilot boat Jenner tugTrainer Jabez WolffeNotes Her father originally from Glasgow. She received 300 cables from South Africa, Including General Hertzog the Prime Minister, Mr N. C. Havenga, Minister of Finance, The High Commissioner for London, and Mr Bitizeus, Mayor of Capetown. She carried a message from the Mayor of Calais to the Mayor of Dover, translated for the Mayor by Joe Costa. Peggy came back to England in 1931 and waited all summer, but was unable to make an attempt due to poor weather.Success/failure Successful (681)Direction(s) France-England (736)Number of crossings One Way Swim (644)Ratified Independent (34)Fischer, Noel 'Fritz' - 28/08/1931Description Started Cap Gris Nez 9.55 a.m., abandoned due to rough seas and windSwimmer(s) Fischer, Noel 'Fritz'Date 28/08/1931Duration of swim 06:10Pilot boat Notre Dame du Risban trawler of CalaisSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Weynell, Anni - 01/09/1931Description Started 10pm Cap Gris Nez, abandoned after 5 miles, high windsSwimmer(s) Weynell, AnniDate 01/09/1931Duration of swim 02:10Trainer Elli TetschkeSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Fischer, Noel 'Fritz' - 07/09/1931Swimmer(s) Fischer, Noel 'Fritz'Date 07/09/1931Duration of swim 10:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Snel, Martha - 8/9/1931Swimmer(s) Snel, MarthaDate 8/9/1931Duration of swim Did not start?Trainer PolderNotes The Hague swimmer Martha Snel, who would attempt to swim the Channel on Tuesday morning, has not started. The weather conditions were such that her trainer Mr. Polder decided in consultation with the Dutch consul Ch. Ravisse and Rancan, the controller of the magazine "Het Leven" for this year the attempt to give up and postpone it until September 1932: Wednesday 9 September 1931 Haarlem's DagbladSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Copplestone, Miss Lily - 09/08/1932Description Started Cap Gris Nez 12.46 am, gave up after 5 hours due to crampSwimmer(s) Copplestone, Miss LilyDate 09/08/1932Duration of swim 05:00Pilot J. WalkerPilot boat SabinaTrainer Jabez WolffeNotes CSA observer Mr. A. de CortSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Fischer, Noel 'Fritz' - 22/08/1932Description Started from Cap Gris Nez, abandoned after 12 hours 2 miles off DoverSwimmer(s) Fischer, Noel 'Fritz'Date 22/08/1932Duration of swim 12:10Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Kanaar, Adrian C. - 29/08/1932Description Started 7.40 am Cap Gris Nez, gave up 8.30 pm off DoverSwimmer(s) Kanaar, Adrian C.Date 29/08/1932Duration of swim 12:50Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Coleman, Miss Eva - 30/08/1932Description Started 6.51 a.m. Cap Gris Nez, gave up 2 p.m., heavy swells, strong winds, fogSwimmer(s) Coleman, Miss EvaDate 30/08/1932Duration of swim 08:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Brouwers, Greetje - 15/09/1932Swimmer(s) Brouwers, GreetjeDate 15/09/1932Duration of swim 06:00Notes Girls Try Channel. CAPE CRIS NEZ, France. A German girl, Lee Koch, and a Dutch girl F. Brouwer, started simultaneously to swim the English channel. It was the Brouwer girl's second attempt. They hoped to reach Dover together. Lincoln Nebraska State Journal September 15, 1932. THIRST BALKS GIRLS' CHANNEL ATTEMPTS. Cape Gris Nez, France. Sept. 15. A German girl. Loe Koch, and a Dutch Miss F. Brouwer, both abandoned attempts to swim the English Channel today after they had covered about ten miles. Both said they were unable to continue because of thirst. September 16 1932 Daily News from New York Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) –15/09/1932Swimmer(s) Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)Date 15/09/1932Duration of swim 06:00Notes Girls Try Channel. CAPE CRIS NEZ, France. A German girl, Lee Koch, and a Dutch girl F. Brouwer, started simultaneously to swim the English channel. It was the Brouwer girl's second attempt. They hoped to reach Dover together. Lincoln Nebraska State Journal September 15, 1932. THIRST BALKS GIRLS' CHANNEL ATTEMPTS. Cape Gris Nez, France. Sept. 15. A German girl. Loe Koch, and a Dutch Miss F. Brouwer, both abandoned attempts to swim the English Channel today after they had covered about ten miles. Both said they were unable to continue because of thirst. September 16 1932 Daily News from New York Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Brewster, Dr. George Basil - 17/09/1932Swimmer(s) Brewster, Dr. George BasilDate 17/09/1932Duration of swim 05:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Lowry, Ethel 'Sunny' - 28/07/1933Description START 7 40pm July 27. FINISH 1 30am July 28. Cap Gris Nez - swam 10 miles. Stroke; Front crawl. Sister Betty on board. Food; Coffee, Cocoa, Beef Tea taken from a medicine bottle. Grease; Chilli Paste and Lanolin. Height 5ft 3ins Weight 12 stone 10 lb. Thunderstorms.Swimmer(s) Lowry, Ethel 'Sunny'Date 28/07/1933Duration of swim 5:50Pilot Louis Corthes (Joe Costa)Pilot boat IsabelleTrainer Jabez WolffeSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) - 25/08/1933Description Started 11.30 am, abandoned midnight, 1 mile off english coast, fainted in water. Eva Coleman, pqacemakerSwimmer(s) Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)Date 25/08/1933Duration of swim 12:20Pilot boat France tug of DunkirkNotes Lulu Koch, Germany, abandoned her try after twelve hours and twenty minutes in the water. Miss Koch was but 1,640 feet from the English coast...Middletown Times Herald 26 August 1933Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Faber, Emma - 26/08/1933Swimmer(s) Faber, EmmaDate 26/08/1933Duration of swim 11:35Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Haarlem, Joaf - 29/08/1933Swimmer(s) Haarlem, JoafDate 29/08/1933Duration of swim 02:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Lowry, Ethel 'Sunny' - 29/08/1933Description START. 6 36pm Aug 28. FINISH 10 17am Aug 29. Cap Gris-Nez - St Margaret’s Bay. Grease; Chilli paste & Lanolin. Food; Coffee, cocoa, beef tea from a medicine bottle(no solids). Weight 14 st 7 lbs. Height 5ft 4ins. Stroke; Front Crawl. Started 1h 45m after high tide. Neap tide. C.S.A Observer Mr Roger Bazin.Swimmer(s) Lowry, Ethel 'Sunny'Date 29/08/1933Successful swim number 18Successful swimmer number 18Successful swim number France - England 15Duration of swim 15:41Pilot Louis Corthes with the Betts brothers as boatmenPilot boat IsabelleTrainer Jabez WolffeNotes Ratified by C.S.A. 30 March 1958. 24 witnesses, including her Mother. This was her third attempt. 2005 awarded M.B.E. for services to swimming. 2003 inducted into the swimming hall of fame. There were 18 attempts in 1933. Only Sunny was successful. Two sisters - Annie, who was Northern Counties back stroke champion, and Betty, represented Manchester school girls.Success/failure Successful (681)Direction(s) France-England (736)Number of crossings One Way Swim (644)Ratified Independent (34)Kanaar, Adrian C. - 31/08/1933Description Started 5.17 am Cap Gris Nez, abandoned 14 hours off dover, 2 miles S.E. of Admiralty Pier 7.18 pm, exhaustedSwimmer(s) Kanaar, Adrian C.Date 31/08/1933Duration of swim 14:01Pilot boat Folkestone fishing trawlerSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Coleman, Miss Eva - 03/09/1933Description Started 12.32 a.m. Cap Gris Nez, gave up 13 hours, 4 miles off english coastSwimmer(s) Coleman, Miss EvaDate 03/09/1933Duration of swim 13:00Pilot Van RandergemTrainer Thomas BurgessNotes Her mother lived at Cotswold St., Kensington, LiverpoolSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) - 03/09/1933Description Started 8.37 am Cap Gris NezSwimmer(s) Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)Date 03/09/1933Duration of swim 12:30Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Faber, Emma - 07/08/1934Swimmer(s) Faber, EmmaDate 07/08/1934Duration of swim 05:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Faber, Emma - 18/08/1934Description Started Cap Gris Nez 12.45 am, finished South Foreland 2.51 pmSwimmer(s) Faber, EmmaDate 18/08/1934Successful swim number 20Successful swimmer number 19Successful swim number France - England 16Duration of swim 14:06Success/failure Successful (681)Direction(s) France-England (736)Number of crossings One Way Swim (644)Ratified Independent (34) PAGE: 12Next >