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Corson, Mrs Millicent C. - 06/08/1923
Description
START 9 30am. FINISH 12 midnight. Shakespeare Beach - 2 miles from Sangatte. FOOD; Lump sugar, cracker biscuits, coffee. Temp 60’f - 62’f. Half Trudgeon, half Scissor stroke.
Swimmer(s)

Corson, Mrs Millicent C.
Date
06/08/1923
Duration of swim
12:30
Pilot
Captain James Learmont, Cinque Ports Pilot
Notes
Not F-E as given in Across the Channel Her husband Clemington Corson and a coloured Sailor rowed a boat for the entire time of the swim. This was an attempt for the Daily Sketch £1000 prize. One of six children. She swam around Manhattan Island in 1921, time 15 hours 57 mins.
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Jenson, Miss Edith - 21/08/1927
Description
Start Cap Gris Nez. failed 4h 21m, cramp in stomach, bad weather and choppy seas
Swimmer(s)

Jensen, Miss Edith
Date
21/08/1927
Duration of swim
04:21
Notes
Hilda Harding, 19, of Hove and Edith Jensen, 17, of Copenhagen, left Cap Gris Nez together. Harding 6h 5m collapsed unconscious and removed by trainer Wolfe and Jensen 4h 21m cramp in stomach
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Winckler, Miss Asta - 06/08/1938
Description
Woman Fails In English Channel Swim LONDON, Saturday - Because of a recurrence of a leg injury, which compelled her to swim with her arms only for several hours, Asta Winckler, the Danish girl, was forced to abandoned her effort to swim the English Channel when she was 16 miles from the French coast. Miss Winckler, who weighs 20 stone, had been 15 hours in a rough sea
Swimmer(s)

Winckler, Miss Asta
Date
06/08/1938
Duration of swim
15:00
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Anderson, Elna - 17/09/1946
Swimmer(s)

Anderson, Elna
Date
17/09/1946
Duration of swim
03:00
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Anderson, Elna - 27/07/1947
Swimmer(s)

Anderson, Elna
Date
27/07/1947
Duration of swim
02:20
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Anderson, Elna - 05/09/1947
Swimmer(s)

Anderson, Elna
Date
05/09/1947
Duration of swim
21:15
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Anderson, Elna - 16/09/1948
Swimmer(s)

Anderson, Elna
Date
16/09/1948
Duration of swim
02:05
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Anderson, Elna - 22/08/1950
Swimmer(s)

Anderson, Elna
Date
22/08/1950
Duration of swim
14:27
Notes
First Daily Mail Race
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Ratified

Daily Mail (47)
Kammersgaard, Jenny - 22/08/1950
Swimmer(s)

Kammersgaard, Jenny
Date
22/08/1950
Successful swim number
44
Successful swimmer number
38
Successful swim number France - England
38
Duration of swim
16:27
Notes
First Daily Mail Race. Landed Dover Harbour
Success/failure

Successful (681)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Number of crossings

One Way Swim (644)
Ratified

Daily Mail (47)
Olsen, Edmund Valther - 22/08/1950
Swimmer(s)

Olsen, Edmund Valther
Date
22/08/1950
Duration of swim
06:00
Notes
First Daily Mail Race
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Ratified

Daily Mail (47)
Anderson, Elna - 02/08/1951
Swimmer(s)

Anderson, Elna
Date
02/08/1951
Duration of swim
12:30
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Kammersgaard, Jenny - 16/08/1951
Swimmer(s)

Kammersgaard, Jenny
Date
16/08/1951
Successful swim number
65
Successful swimmer number
38
Successful swim number France - England
58
Duration of swim
15:38
Notes
Second Daily Mail Race
Success/failure

Successful (681)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Number of crossings

One Way Swim (644)
Ratified

Daily Mail (47)
Anderson, Elna - 14/08/1952
Swimmer(s)

Anderson, Elna
Date
14/08/1952
Duration of swim
15:08
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Kammersgaard, Jenny - 22/08/1952
Swimmer(s)

Kammersgaard, Jenny
Date
22/08/1952
Duration of swim
12:08
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Kammersgaard, Jenny - 13/09/1952
Swimmer(s)

Kammersgaard, Jenny
Date
13/09/1952
Duration of swim
21:40
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Anderson, Elna - 06/08/1953
Swimmer(s)

Anderson, Elna
Date
06/08/1953
Duration of swim
08:20
Notes
1st Butlins Race - no finishers
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Ratified

Butlins (192)
Kammersgaard, Jenny - 21/08/1954
Swimmer(s)

Kammersgaard, Jenny
Date
21/08/1954
Duration of swim
14:50
Notes
2nd Butlins Race
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Ratified

Butlins (192)
Anderson, Elna - 15/08/1955
Swimmer(s)

Anderson, Elna
Date
15/08/1955
Duration of swim
07:38
Notes
3rd Butlins Race
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Ratified

Butlins (192)
Andersen, Greta Marie - 15/08/1956
Swimmer(s)

Andersen, Greta Marie
Date
15/08/1956
Duration of swim
02:05
Notes
4th Butlins Race, No Finishers
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Ratified

Butlins (192)
Andersen, Greta Marie - 21/08/1957
Description
START 4 10 a.m. FINISH 6 03 p.m. Observer A Barnet.
Swimmer(s)

Andersen, Greta Marie
Date
21/08/1957
Successful swim number
98
Successful swimmer number
68
Successful swim number France - England
80
Duration of swim
13:53
Pilot
L. Pierce
Pilot boat
Lilian Helena III
Notes
5th Butlins Race. 1st of 2 finishers. Landed Lydden Spout
Success/failure

Successful (681)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Number of crossings

One Way Swim (644)
Ratified

Butlins (192)
Andersen, Greta Marie - 03/09/1957
Swimmer(s)

Andersen, Greta Marie
Date
03/09/1957
Duration of swim
01:30
Notes
St Margarets Bay. Failed 2nd leg of 2-way
Success/failure

Unknown (9)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Number of crossings

Two Way Swim (40)
Anderson, Elna - 03/09/1957
Swimmer(s)

Anderson, Elna
Date
03/09/1957
Duration of swim
02:30
Notes
St Margarets Bay
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

England-France (657)
Jensen, Helge - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)

Jensen, Helge
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
Withdrew
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Ratified

Butlins (192)
Poulsen, Gunnar - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)

Poulsen, Gunnar
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
15:01
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Ratified

Butlins (192)

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