English Channel in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at English Channel in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records5 event labels2 people1875–1915

Historical events in English Channel

1875

1st Channel Swim

Mathew Web · Athletics

1st to swim the English Channel

1914

British Expeditionary Force Sea Passage Secured

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 1st

Royal Navy patrols help the Expeditionary Force cross the Channel without German naval interference.

1914

Channel Minesweeping Protection Expanded

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 1st

The Admiralty increases minesweeping and patrol activity to protect troop and merchant routes.

1914

Channel Troop Convoy Protection Organised

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 1st

The Admiralty organises naval protection for transports carrying the British Expeditionary Force to France.

1915

1 January 1915

HMS Formidable Loss Assessed

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 1st

The Admiralty assesses the loss of HMS Formidable after the battleship is torpedoed by U-24.

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