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Mahoney, Samuel - 11/09/1908
Description
Probable scam
Swimmer(s)

Mahoney, Samuel
Date
11/09/1908
Duration of swim
19:55
Pilot boat
Sophie of Boulogne
Trainer
Henry Hamblin
Notes
THE CHANNEL SWIM. AN AMERICAN YARN: The "wonderful feat" of Sam Mahoney, USA, who according to a Boston paper succeeded in swimming the English Channel in September last, proves to be little more than a "wonderful" effort of imagination, says the Boulogne correspondent of the "Evening News". In the Boston journal, which gave a page headline to Sam Mahoney's stealthy swim, a certificate was quoted from the master and crew of the French tug Sophie, which was said to have accompanied the modest swimmer during his exploit. Here is the tug master's version of the mysterious performance - "Mahoney and two others," he says "hired my tug on September 12. The boat left Boulogne Harbour at 6 am. After greasing Mahoney made several swims lasting about an hour each. Several photographs were taken of the 'swim' and another showed the 'send off' by spectators in a small boat flying the Stars and Stripes. "Mahoney was unable to battle with the six knot current and he eventually returned to Boulogne on the Sophie. "The tug boat," added the captain "was never more than four miles fiom the French coast". The Sydney Morning Herald Fri 25 Dec 1908
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Michel, Georges - 27/07/1922
Swimmer(s)

Michel, Georges
Date
27/07/1922
Duration of swim
16:00
Pilot boat
Ecllaireur
Notes
Cap Gris Nez. Daily Sketch £1000 prize attempt
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Michel, Georges - 02/08/1922
Swimmer(s)

Michel, Georges
Date
02/08/1922
Duration of swim
02:00
Notes
Daily Sketch £1000 prize attempt
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Michel, Georges - 03/08/1922
Swimmer(s)

Michel, Georges
Date
03/08/1922
Duration of swim
09:00
Notes
Daily Sketch £1000 prize attempt
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Michel, Georges - 14/08/1922
Swimmer(s)

Michel, Georges
Date
14/08/1922
Duration of swim
07:10
Notes
Boulogne. Dail Sketch £1000 prize attempt
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Michel, Georges - 20/08/1922
Swimmer(s)

Michel, Georges
Date
20/08/1922
Duration of swim
18:30
Pilot boat
Sea Smack
Notes
Daily Sketch £1000 prize attempt
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Michel, Georges - 02/09/1922
Swimmer(s)

Michel, Georges
Date
02/09/1922
Duration of swim
Unknown
Notes
Point du Ridan. Daily Sketch £1000 prize attempt
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Michel, Georges - 02/09/1923
Swimmer(s)

Michel, Georges
Date
02/09/1923
Duration of swim
10:30
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Michel, Georges - 08/08/1926
Swimmer(s)

Michel, Georges
Date
08/08/1926
Duration of swim
13:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
MacLellan, Miss Mona - 03/09/1926
Swimmer(s)

MacLellan, Miss Mona
Date
03/09/1926
Duration of swim
11:30
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Michel, Georges - 03/09/1926
Swimmer(s)

Michel, Georges
Date
03/09/1926
Duration of swim
02:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure

Unknown (9)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Michel, Georges - 10/09/1926
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez, finished St Margarets Bay 7.25am
Swimmer(s)

Michel, Georges
Date
10/09/1926
Successful swim number
9
Successful swimmer number
9
Successful swim number France - England
6
Duration of swim
11:06
Notes
LONDON, Sept. 10 1926 -- The world's English Channel swimming record, held within five weeks by an American for twenty-four days and by a German for eleven, flitted to France today when Georges Michel, doughty Paris baker, kneaded his way across "La Manche" (the Sleeve), as the French call the Channel, in 11 hours 5 minutes. Michel landed in St Margarets Bay, midway between Dover and Deal. When he took the water last evening sea conditions were favorable, and there was good swimming virtually all the way to England until the last two miles, when the wind began to stiffen. At the start there was a fast tide under, him, and when flood tide began it carried him along way across. Started on Ebb Tide Michel, in addition to breaking the record, also upset all precedents in starting. He left the rocks at Gris-Nez an hour before low tide, Instead of four hours before high tide. He believed that in starting thus he could accomplish the feat before him in 10 hours. The experts, however, doubted this... Perhaps his best previous swim was Aug 1 when he won the cross Paris Marathon on the River Seine. He made the 26 miles, aided by a strong current, in llh 20m. The first Frenchman to swim the Channel is of Herculean build and is outclassed in size among Channel aspirants only by the giant Egyptian, Ishak Helmy, who has failed in all his efforts to get from France to the chalk cliffs about Dover. Michel had been trying every year since 1922 to make the trip. His last attempt before today was on Sept 4, when he was balked by bad weather after being in the water a little more than an hour... Michel is no youngster, but is nearing middle age. He is remarkable for his size, being taller than most Frenchmen, and only a few can boast of being broader either around the shoulders or waist. He carries more than one chin above his broad, fleshy shoulders. Nine times before last night, Michel strode into the channel in attempt to conquer her. Two of his unsuccessful starts were made this year. He never set up training quarters at Gris-Nez and devoted weeks to accustoming himself to the Channel waters, as do most of those who make the attempt. It was always his practice, whenever the notion struck him with particular force, to turn his bakery shop in a Parisian suburb over to his wife, take a train to the coast and, after two or three days of practice, start for the English shore.
Success/failure

Successful (681)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Number of crossings

One Way Swim (644)
Ratified

Independent (34)
MacLellan, Miss Mona - 19/09/1926
Description
Joint attempt with Carey. Started Cap Gris Nez 5.32 pm. Carey stopped after 5 hours, making no progress. Mclellan mostly backstroke, pulled out about half mile off Western Entrance - rough seas and making no headway
Swimmer(s)

MacLellan, Miss Mona
Date
19/09/1926
Duration of swim
25:25:00
Trainer
Horace Carey
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
MacLellan, Miss Mona - 29/08/1927
Swimmer(s)

MacLellan, Miss Mona
Date
29/08/1927
Duration of swim
14:15
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Mohamed, Abdel Megid - 29/08/1948
Swimmer(s)

Mohamed, Abdel Megid
Date
29/08/1948
Duration of swim
06:00
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Mickman, Philip - 31/08/1948
Swimmer(s)

Mickman, Philip
Date
31/08/1948
Duration of swim
12:15
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Mickman, Philip - 24/07/1949
Swimmer(s)

Mickman, Philip
Date
24/07/1949
Duration of swim
13:00
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Mickman, Philip - 23/08/1949
Swimmer(s)

Mickman, Philip
Date
23/08/1949
Successful swim number
30
Successful swimmer number
28
Successful swim number France - England
25
Duration of swim
23:48
Notes
Cap Gris Nez to Kingsdown
Success/failure

Successful (681)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Number of crossings

One Way Swim (644)
Moulin, Fernand du - 03/09/1949
Description
Cap Gris Nez to Abbots Cliff. Started 9 p.m.
Swimmer(s)

Moulin, Fernand du
Date
03/09/1949
Successful swim number
31
Successful swimmer number
29
Successful swim number France - England
26
Duration of swim
21:59
Success/failure

Successful (681)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Number of crossings

One Way Swim (644)
Ratified

Independent (34)
Marheim, Abdul Abdu - 04/09/1949
Swimmer(s)

Marheim, Abdul Abdu
Date
04/09/1949
Duration of swim
14:00
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Morvan, Roger Le - 22/08/1950
Swimmer(s)

Morvan, Roger Le
Date
22/08/1950
Successful swim number
37
Successful swimmer number
33
Successful swim number France - England
31
Duration of swim
11:03
Notes
First Daily Mail Race. Landed South Foreland
Success/failure

Successful (681)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Number of crossings

One Way Swim (644)
Ratified

Daily Mail (47)
Mussche, Eduard - 22/08/1950
Swimmer(s)

Mussche, Eduard
Date
22/08/1950
Duration of swim
01:30
Notes
First Daily Mail Race
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Ratified

Daily Mail (47)
Moulin, Fernand du - 23/08/1950
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez
Swimmer(s)

Moulin, Fernand du
Date
23/08/1950
Duration of swim
12:00
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)
Mayoh, Kathleen - 27/07/1951
Swimmer(s)

Mayoh, Kathleen
Date
27/07/1951
Duration of swim
15:20
Success/failure

Failed (725)
Direction(s)

France-England (736)

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