Teddington RNLI were ‘paged’ by London Coastguard at 10:02 on Monday 10th May 2021.
Only the day before our colleagues at Chiswick RNLI had been involved in the attempted rescue at Richmond Half Lock. The story captured the imagination of the public.
All our crew at Teddington RNLI had been following the story. The sheer strength of the whale enabled it to escape and swim away from the initial rescue. The whale was next spotted at Teddington Weir by a member of the public who rang one of the Teddington RNLI crew. After Teddington RNLI notified the London Coastguard at 10:02 on Monday 10th May 2021, the pagers went and Teddington RNLI crew were called into action.