Search swimsCurrently displaying: 27 results You've searched for:Nationality: "Germany" xDirection: "France-England" x Field to search All fieldsSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer numberSwim ranking (England-France)Swim ranking (France-England) Search term Filter by Success Successful (2)Failed (25)Filter by Crossings One Way Swim (2)Filter by Ratified Butlins (1)Daily Mail (1)Independent (2)Filter by Surname F (4)G (1)K (5)N (3)P (2)S (5)V (2)W (5)Filter by Year 1926 (3)1927 (1)1928 (3)1929 (2)1931 (3)1932 (2)1933 (2)1934 (1)1937 (3)1938 (1)1950 (1)1951 (1)1956 (1)1960 (2)1963 (1)Filter by Decade 1920s (9)1930s (12)1950s (3)1960s (3) Sort by: OldestNewestSwimmerSuccessful swim numberSuccessful swimmer number PAGE: 12Next > Kemmerich, Otto - 23/08/1926Description Started Cap Gris Nez 7.50 pm, attacked by shark or porpoise which head-butted him in stomach, 12 miles in 4 hours. Wore webbed gloves. Training diet was beer and cigarsSwimmer(s) Kemmerich, OttoDate 23/08/1926Duration of swim 04:00Pilot boat Maurice of Boulogne trawlerSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Vierkotter, Ernst - 23/08/1926Description Started Cap Gris NezSwimmer(s) Vierkotter, ErnstDate 23/08/1926Duration of swim 08:45Pilot boat France tugSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Vierkotter, Ernst - 30/08/1926Description Started Cap Gris Nez 1.32pm, finished Langdon Stairs 2.15pmSwimmer(s) Vierkotter, ErnstDate 30/08/1926Successful swim number 8Successful swimmer number 8Successful swim number France - England 5Duration of swim 12:43Pilot Captain SalmonPilot boat Europe tugNotes Organised and ratified by the French National Association of SwimmingSuccess/failure Successful (681)Direction(s) France-England (736)Number of crossings One Way Swim (644)Ratified Independent (34)Schiff, Dr. Siegfried - 29/08/1927Swimmer(s) Schiff, Dr. SiegfriedDate 29/08/1927Duration of swim 07:00Notes Cap Gris NezSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Schiff, Dr. Siegfried - 24/08/1928Swimmer(s) Schiff, Dr. SiegfriedDate 24/08/1928Duration of swim 06:00Pilot boat La Morinie tugNotes Cap Gris NexSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Weynell, Anni - 29/08/1928Description Started 6.45 pm 29/08/1928 Cap Gris Nez stopped midnightSwimmer(s) Weynell, AnniDate 29/08/1928Duration of swim 05:15Pilot boat Tourloureu of Boulogne fishing smackNotes Cap Gris NezSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Weynell, Fraulein Anni - 03/09/1928Description Started Cap Gris Nez at 4:25 and was taken out at 5:29 p. m. when she was five miles from Dover, excessive fatigue forced her to give up. Swimmer(s) Weynell, AnniDate 03/09/1928Duration of swim 13Notes "BOULOGNE, France, Sept. 3.—In the water 13 hours and still five miles from her goal, Frau Meynell of Germany, was forced to abandon her attempt to swim the English channel late today. She entered the water at Gris Nez at 4:25 and was taken out at 5:29 p.m. when she was five miles from Dover, excessive fatigue forced her to give up." Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Schiff, Dr. Siegfried - 20/08/1929Swimmer(s) Schiff, Dr. SiegfriedDate 20/08/1929Duration of swim UnknownNotes Time not recorded as made "little progress"Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Schiff, Dr. Siegfried - 05/09/1929Swimmer(s) Schiff, Dr. SiegfriedDate 05/09/1929Duration of swim UnknownNotes Cap Gris Nez. Time not recorded as made "little progress"Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)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)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)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)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)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)Koch, Fraulein Lu (Louisa) - 01/09/1934Swimmer(s) Koch, Fraulein Lulu (Louisa)Date 01/09/1934Duration of swim 14:30Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Werner, Fritz Waldemar - 08/05/1937Description Pulled out due to coldSwimmer(s) Werner, Fritz WaldemarDate 08/05/1937Duration of swim 06:30Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Werner, Fritz Waldemar - 23/08/1937Description Started Petit Fort-Phillipe near Dunkirk 8 pm, got to Rytengen Lightship in North Sea off Ostend 3.30 pm.Swimmer(s) Werner, Fritz WaldemarDate 23/08/1937Duration of swim 19:30Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Plarre, Bruna Wendel - 25/08/1937Description Started Cap Gris Nez 5.50pm, gave up 9.30 am 5 miles off doverSwimmer(s) Plarre, Frau Bruna WendelDate 25/08/1937Duration of swim 16:25Trainer T.W. BurgessSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Plarre, Bruna Wendel - 25/08/1938Description Covered 70 kilometers in 14 degrees of cold water. The reason for this was the current and the two changes of ebb and flow.Swimmer(s) Plarre, Frau Bruna WendelDate 25/08/1938Successful swim number 23Successful swimmer number 22Successful swim number France - England 19Duration of swim 15:33Pilot boat “Notre Dame de Lourdes,’ of CalaisNotes Ratified and Observed by F.F.N.S. (Federation Francaise de Natation et de Sauvetage, i.e. French Swimming and Life-saving Federation)Success/failure Successful (681)Direction(s) France-England (736)Number of crossings One Way Swim (644)Ratified Independent (34)Geiger, Oskar - 22/08/1950Swimmer(s) Geiger, OskarDate 22/08/1950Duration of swim 00:00Notes First Daily Mail RaceSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Ratified Daily Mail (47)Strobel, Ernst - 12/09/1951Swimmer(s) Strobel, ErnstDate 12/09/1951Duration of swim 03:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Feilen, Kurt - 15/08/1956Swimmer(s) Feilen, KurtDate 15/08/1956Duration of swim 00:00Notes 4th Butlins Race, No FinishersSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Ratified Butlins (192) PAGE: 12Next >