Search swimsCurrently displaying: 33 results You've searched for:Nationality: "England" xSurname: "H" xSuccess: "Failed" x Field to search All fieldsSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer numberSwim ranking (England-France)Swim ranking (France-England) Search term Filter by Direction England-France (22)France-England (11)Filter by Crossings One Way Swim (1)Filter by Nationality Scotland (2)South Africa (1)UK (23)Filter by Year 1898 (1)1899 (1)1900 (1)1901 (1)1902 (4)1903 (1)1904 (2)1905 (2)1907 (4)1909 (2)1910 (1)1911 (2)1913 (2)1920 (1)1921 (1)1922 (1)1923 (1)1924 (1)1927 (3)1929 (1)Filter by Decade 1890s (2)1900s (17)1910s (5)1920s (9)Filter by Century 19th (2)20th (31) Sort by: OldestNewestSwimmerSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer number PAGE: 12Next > Holmes, Frank - 08/09/1898Description START: 9:53 am. Sept 8th 1898. FINISH: 7:00pm. TIME: 9h 07m. E-F. Temp 66°f. Breast stroke, 30 spm. Admiralty Pier, from back of boat to 6 – 7miles from France, abandoned due to fog and windSwimmer(s) Holmes, Frank (Francis)Date 08/09/1898Duration of swim 09:07Pilot W. Bingham with W. Burvill, W. Cole, Dover Boatmen.Pilot boat Princess, luggerNotes 6-7 miles short. No Grease or goggles. A light Pugaree cap to protect his neck. Swam naked. Food; Hot Sterilized milk, Beef steak minced very fine, a little bread, mince meat, and a pear. He was a total abstainer. Used Pigeons for news dispatch. On board; Howard Holmes (brother) and a Dover Correspondent. Frank spent previous summer in Dover; he went home without making an attempt.Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Holmes, Frank - 18/08/1899Description Started Dover 6 am Friday morning. Strong north-westerly wind sprang up. Had posponed 3 am attempt on Thursday 17th whilst on shore due to Pilot's assessment of conditionsSwimmer(s) Holmes, Frank (Francis)Date 18/08/1899Duration of swim ?Pilot W. BinghamSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Number of crossings One Way Swim (644)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)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)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)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)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)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)Heaton, Edward 'Ted' - 05/08/1907Description 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 05/08/1907Duration of swim 10:02Pilot Captain Foster and SharpPilot boat Lady Curzon tugNotes 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)Heaton, Edward 'Ted' - 31/08/1907Description 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 31/08/1907Duration of swim 10:05Pilot Captain SharpPilot boat Lady Curzon tugTrainer Dr. Wauchope WatsonNotes 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)Holbein, Montague 'Monty' - 02/09/1907Swimmer(s) Holbein, Montague 'Monty'Date 02/09/1907Duration of swim 07:15Pilot Pilot Fred May and Capt PaynePilot boat Premier tug & Napier Major motor boat. Lugger Bertha, manned by Driscoll and ColeTrainer Mr. DuffyNotes On board; Mrs Holbein, Trainer Duffy. plus 20 others.Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Heaton, Edward 'Ted' - 03/09/1907Description 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 03/09/1907Duration of swim 02:45Pilot Captain SharpPilot boat Lady Curzon tugNotes 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)Holbein, Montague 'Monty' - 12/08/1909Description START 5 37pm. Aug 11. FINISH. 5 15am. Aug 2. Cap Gris Nez - 8 mile from Dover. Temp 64’f. Old English Backstroke. Food; Peptomised milk, Meat Extract. White water polo cap, Goggles made of copper. Very sick.Swimmer(s) Holbein, Montague 'Monty'Date 12/08/1909Duration of swim 11:38Pilot Captain Pain and Charlie Cole.Pilot boat Premier tugNotes This was an attempt for the Alexander Cup. On board; Mr Jonas (Secretary Channel swimming Club), H D Faith, Mr A Du Cros, Mr Wauchope Watson (in medical charge), J Weston, H Trill, Carmelo Longo, Digby, H Marriott Smallwood, Bob Marks, A T Jones, Watson and Mr Perrin swam with him at times. This is the first of Holbein’s swims that Mrs Holbein has missed.Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Heaton, Edward 'Ted' - 27/08/1909Swimmer(s) Heaton, Edmund Caunce Nowell 'Ted'Date 27/08/1909Duration of swim 15:20Pilot Jack WeidmanPilot boat Champion tugNotes Shakespeare CliffSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Heaton, Edward 'Ted' - 01/09/1910Swimmer(s) Heaton, Edmund Caunce Nowell 'Ted'Date 01/09/1910Duration of swim 15:43Pilot boat Champion tugNotes Dover CollierySuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Heaton, Edward 'Ted' - 08/08/1911Swimmer(s) Heaton, Edmund Caunce Nowell 'Ted'Date 08/08/1911Duration of swim 10.3Notes Shakespeare CliffSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Holbein, Montague 'Monty' - 03/09/1911Description START 4 05pm Sept 2. FINISH. 2 35am Sept 3 Cap Gris-Nez - swam 14 miles. Temp. 67’f. Thick fog. Backstroke 20 s p m.Swimmer(s) Holbein, Montague 'Monty'Date 03/09/1911Duration of swim 10:30Pilot boat Victor tugTrainer Walter BrickettNotes On Board; Mr Mathew Webb (son of Capt Webb) who swam for a time, J. Weston, H. Trill, Carmelo Longley, Digby, H. Marriott, Smallwood and Bob Marks.Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Holbein, Montague 'Monty' - 22/08/1913Description START 12 37am. FINISH. 2 45am. West of St. Margaret’s - South Goodwin’s. Very Rough. Northerly wind. Temp 61’f. Leaking Goggles, causing severe pain.Swimmer(s) Holbein, Montague 'Monty'Date 22/08/1913Duration of swim 02:08Pilot boat Angus motor boatNotes Not in Across the StraightsSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Holbein, Montague 'Monty' - 11/09/1913Description START 12 55am. FINISH 5 00am. South Foreland. Fresh South Westerly. Strong windsSwimmer(s) Holbein, Montague 'Monty'Date 11/09/1913Duration of swim 04:05Pilot boat Triton boatNotes Not in Across the StraightsSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657) PAGE: 12Next >