Teignmouth Lifeboat Station | |
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General information | |
Type | Lifeboat Station |
Address | The Point |
Town or city | Teignmouth, South Devon, TQ14 8BW |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 50°32′32″N 3°29′53″W / 50.542157°N 3.497941°W |
Opened | 1862 |
Cost | £223 |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
Website | |
Teignmouth RNLI lifeboat station | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Feature | Old lifeboat house |
Designated | 23 November 1989 |
Reference no. | 1269089[1] |
Teignmouth Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Teignmouth, Devon in England. The first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1851 but the station was closed from 1940 until 1990. Since 2006 it has operated an Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat (ILB).