Ever the obsessive, I've been unable to leave the mystery of which UK woman was the first to swim the Channel. Here are my latest research findings:
1. 1927 - 7 October - Mercedes Gleitze - 15h 15m
2. 1927 - 13 October - Ivy Gill - 15h 09m
3. 1928 - 10 August - Ivy Hawke - 19h 16m
4. 1928 - 24 August - Hilda Winifred Sharp - 14h 58m
5. 1933 - 28/29 August - Ethel 'Sunny' Lowry - 15h 41m
