Teddington Lifeboat Station
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Teddington Lifeboat Station is a 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 estuarial waters or the sea. Teddington Lock is the highest tidal point on the Thames.
Teddington Lifeboat Station
Lifeboat Olwen and Tom at Teddington Lifeboat Station
Lifeboat Peter Saw at Teddington Lock
Marchioness disaster
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The Marchioness disaster was a collision between two vessels on the River Thames in London in the early hours of 20 August 1989, which resulted in the deaths of 51 people. The pleasure boat Marchioness sank after being hit twice by the dredger Bowbelle at about 1:46 am, between Cannon Street railway bridge and Southwark Bridge.
Aerial view, from the south bank, of Cannon Street Railway Bridge (nearest to the camera) and Southwark Bridge. The Millennium Bridge, visible at the top of the picture, was not standing at the time of the crash.
Looking upstream to Cannon Street railway bridge, scene of the disaster
Simplified version of the incident, according to the Marine Accident Investigation Branch investigation. (Not to scale)