Captain Matthew Webb (19 January 1848 – 24 July 1883) was an English seaman, swimmer and stuntman who became the first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. Webb increased the popularity of swimming in England.

2015年8月24日 · If you show up at the pool or pond to find the lanes crowded and the shallows swamped, you have only one man to blame—Captain Matthew Webb. The 19th-century swimming sensation loved water so ...

2025年1月24日 · Matthew Webb, a 27-year-old merchant navy captain, becomes the first known person to successfully swim the English Channel. Captain Webb accomplished the grueling 21-mile crossing, which really...

2020年8月9日 · Matthew Webb was a merchant mariner best remembered today not for his sailing career but for his swimming prowess. His most famous feat in his chosen sport ended at At 10.41 on the morning of 25 August 1875, when Webb, a stocky man of medium height, collapsed forward, exhausted, as his feet touched the sands on the beach at Calais.

Captain Matthew Webb At the age of 12, Matthew Webb enrolled as a sea cadet on the naval training ship, the HMS Conway in Liverpool, England. He became an experienced sailor and throughout his years at sea, he became a very good swimmer.

2019年9月30日 · Captain Matthew Webb. The first man to successfully swim the English Channel, Captain Matthew Webb was born in Shropshire and learned how to swim in open water in the River Severn in Coalbrookdale. He left his home town at the age of 12 to train on the HMS Conway and joined the merchant navy as an apprentice.

2015年1月3日 · In the gardens at the front of the Gateway Flats on Marine Parade is a monument to Captain Matthew Webb (1848-1883), the first person to swim the English Channel without artificial aids. The latter is important for on Friday 28 May 1875 Paul Boyton (1848-1924), successfully crossed the Channel from Boulogne in 23 hours 30…

Captain Matthew Webb (19 January 1848 – 24 July 1884) was the first person to successfully swim across the English Channel from England to France without the use of artificial aids. On 25 August 1875 he swam breaststroke from Dover to Calais in less than 21 hours 45 minutes to inspire and educate the world about marathon swimming .

Biography: Webb made the first recorded swim across the English Channel without artificial supports. In 1875 he swam from the Admiralty Pier at Dover to near Calais in approximately 21 hours and 40 minutes, becoming an instant celebrity and now professional swimmer. Webb now performed a variety of further stunts.

In July of 1883 a well known English swimmer named Captain Matthew Webb tried to conquer the Niagara River by swimming through the lower rapids from the Canadian to the American shore. Webb entered the water and began swimming with relative ease using the breast stroke. He managed to keep a straight course through the strong current.