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RNLI Opens Wandsworth Riverside Lifeboat Station After 24 Years

By Drooid · Oct 8, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC · How we work

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The RNLI opened the Wandsworth Riverside lifeboat station, its first Thames base in 24 years.
The new station replaces the RNLI’s former lifeboat base in Chiswick.
It will house 66 volunteers and 10 permanent staff as headquarters.
RNLI says the base enables crews to reach emergencies faster and is saving lives.
The Chiswick site was one of four stations created after the Marchioness disaster in August 1989 that killed 51 people.

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The RNLI opened the Wandsworth Riverside lifeboat station, its first Thames base in 24 years.
The new station replaces the RNLI’s former lifeboat base in Chiswick.
It will house 66 volunteers and 10 permanent staff as headquarters.
RNLI says the base enables crews to reach emergencies faster and is saving lives.
The Chiswick site was one of four stations created after the Marchioness disaster in August 1989 that killed 51 people.