Online Exhibition
Swimming the Channel
An online resource on the early
history of swimming the English Channel
August 24th
1875 - Captain Matthew Webb dived off the end of Admiralty
Pier in Dover to start what became the first successful unaided
swim across the English Channel.
To mark the 125th anniversary of this
event, Dover Museum is compiling an online resource - a brief
history of Channel Swimming, together with details of the museum's
collection relating to swimming the Channel.
Captain Matthew Webb, Swam
from Dover to Calais, - August 24th 1875. Issued as a supplement to
the Dover Standard.
Lithographed by Maclure and MacDonald, London (from a photograph by
Lambert, Weston and Sons.)
These pages are based around the
collection of Channel Swimming photographs held at Dover Museum.
Many other swimmers have tried and succeeded at swimming the
English Channel. This is not an exhaustive account of all
attempts.