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((Short description|Lifeboat station in Teddington, in west London, on the River Thames))
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[[File:Lifeboat Olwen and Tom, Teddington RNLI.jpg|thumb|Lifeboat ''Olwen and Tom'' at Teddington Lifeboat Station]]
[[File:Lifeboat Peter Saw, RNLI, at Teddington Lock.jpg|thumb|Lifeboat ''Peter Saw'' at [[Teddington Lock]]]]
'''Teddington Lifeboat Station''' is a [[Lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] station in [[Teddington]], in west [[London]], on the River [[Thames]]. It is one of the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] (RNLI)'s newest lifeboat stations and is also one of the first to cover a river rather than [[Estuary|estuarial waters]] or the sea. [[Teddington Lock]] is the highest tidal point on the Thames.

==Establishment==
Following the collision in 1989 between the ''[[Marchioness disaster|Marchioness]]'' and the dredger ''Bowbelle'' that resulted in the loss of 51 lives, the "Thames Safety Inquiry" recommended a centrally coordinated [[search and rescue]] presence on the Thames. The [[Maritime and Coastguard Agency]] (MCA) was chosen to coordinate the services that already existed on the Thames. Since they already had operational duties, they approached the RNLI and asked if they could provide a rescue service.

The RNLI recommended the creation of four lifeboat stations on the Thames to cover the tidal area between Teddington and the [[English Channel|Channel]], with locations approved at Teddington, [[Chiswick Lifeboat Station|Chiswick]], [[Tower Lifeboat Station|Tower]] and [[Gravesend Lifeboat Station|Gravesend]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://rnli.org/about-us/our-history/timeline/2002-lifeboats-on-the-thames |access-date=2021-01-15 |author= RNLI|title=2002: Lifeboats on the Thames))</ref>

On 1 January 2002 Teddington lifeboat station became fully operational. It was thought that the lifeboat stations on the Thames would have to deal with approximately 50 call-outs per year. However, in the first year of operation, there were over 800 call-outs. In fact, the Thames lifeboat stations accounted for 10% of the total number of call-outs, or "shouts", that the RNLI responded to.

Although Teddington is not the busiest Thames station it was quickly realised that its presence should extend further upstream to [[Molesey Lock]], thereby including [[Kingston upon Thames]] within its operational area. In order to deal with this additional area, and to ensure operational effectiveness above and below [[Teddington Lock]], Teddington is equipped with two ((Lbc|D)) lifeboats and, unlike the other Thames stations, is run on a purely voluntary basis.

==Crew==
There are approximately 24 voluntary crew members, including engineers, bankers and designers, few members having any professional seafaring experience. They train every week in order to achieve the high standards of competence and safety expected of the RNLI.

In the event of a call-out, every crew member's [[pager]] is simultaneously activated by the London [[Coastguard]]. Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days of the year, the crew aim to launch one or both boats, depending on the nature of the incident, within six minutes of the call to the Coastguard. Their operational target is to be on scene within 15 minutes of the original call. This can be tight if the incident is in [[Molesey]].

==Boats previously in use==

===D-477: ''Pride of Nuneaton and Bedworth''===

''Pride of Nuneaton and Bedworth'' was Teddington RNLI's first ever lifeboat and was the first operational boat for the station. She entered service at Teddington at the station's inception, having been used as a training craft whilst the station was being set up during 2001. Once the station became operational, she was the station's only boat until the arrival of ''Spirit of the Thames''. She left Teddington after the arrival of ''Spirit of Mortimer'' and returned to the reserve fleet.

===D-576: ''Spirit of the Thames''===

This boat entered service at Teddington in June 2002. The boat was purchased from funds raised by [[Twickenham]] and Teddington fundraising branch. This boat was the last of the ((Lbc|D|EA16)) lifeboats to be built, before the introduction of the ((Lbc|D|IB1)). She was officially named in June 2003.

===D-648: ''Spirit of Mortimer''===

''Spirit of Mortimer'' entered service at Teddington in May 2005, having made an appearance on the floor of the [[Barbican Arts Centre]] during the RNLI AGM. She was purchased from funds raised the Mortimer fund raising branch and was Teddington's first IB-1. She left Teddington on the arrival of the ''Peter Saw''.

===D-743: ''Olwen and Tom''===

''Olwen and Tom'' entered service at Teddington in December 2010. She was a gift by Peter and Hilary Saw, in memory of the latter's parents, Gwladys Olwen Martin and Thomas Frederick Shelton. She was formally named on 21 May 2011.

==Boats currently in use==

=== D-785: ''Peter Saw'' ===
''Peter Saw'' entered service at Teddington in October 2015. She was a gift by Hilary Saw, in memory of her husband Peter Henry Saw. Since joining the station, she has been the main station boat and was formally named on 7 May 2016.<ref name="D-785">((cite web |title=Teddington RNLI's new D-Class lifeboat officially named Peter Saw |url=https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2016/may/09/teddington-rnlis-new-d-class-lifeboat-officially-named-peter-saw |publisher=RNLI |date=9 May 2016 |access-date=6 January 2024))</ref>

=== D-874: ''Alderman Penny Shelton'' ===
The lifeboat was donated by local resident Hilary Saw in memory of her sister Penny who passed away in 2021. Two other ((Lbc|D)) lifeboats, the Olwen and Tom, and the Peter Saw, named after Hilary’s parents and her late husband, were also generously donated to Teddington RNLI by Hilary in the past. The naming ceremony was on 2 August 2023<ref name="D-874">((cite web |title=D Class Lifeboat, the 'Alderman Penny Shelton |url=https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2023/september/04/new-lifeboat-is-named-at-teddington-rnli-lifeboat-station |publisher=RNLI |access-date=4 September 2023))</ref>

==Teddington Lifeboats==
===Inshore Lifeboats===
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==See also==
* [[List of RNLI stations]]
* [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]
* [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboats]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
((Commons category|Teddington lifeboat station))
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080311185720/http://www.teddingtonlifeboat.org.uk/ The crew website of Teddington lifeboat]
* [https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/teddington-lifeboat-station The official page of the Teddington lifeboat at the RNLI website]

((LB Richmond))

[[Category:2002 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Lifeboat stations in London]]
[[Category:River Thames]]
[[Category:Teddington]]
[[Category:Transport in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]

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