Channel Swimming - Successful Swim by Thomas William Burgess (1911)
Introduction - Successful Channel Swims - Records - Swimmers - Pilots - Statistics - Fatalities - Forum
Time: 22 hours 35 minutes
Date: 5 September 1911 + 1
Route: England » France
Date: 5 September 1911 + 1
Route: England » France
Additional Swim Information:
Started from South Foreland
Landed at Le Chatelet
On-board the escort boat were Wyborn, Flood, Mercer Snr., Mercer Jnr., Fache, Jeffery, Beer, Watson, Whorwell (the official photographer) and Weidman (the pacemaker).
Started from South Foreland
Landed at Le Chatelet
On-board the escort boat were Wyborn, Flood, Mercer Snr., Mercer Jnr., Fache, Jeffery, Beer, Watson, Whorwell (the official photographer) and Weidman (the pacemaker).