| Official Number: | ON 1132 |
| Donor: | |
| Station | Lowestoft |
RNLB Spirit of Lowestoft (ON 1132) is a Tyne-class[1] lifeboat which was stationed at Lowestoft[2] in the English county of Suffolk.[3] The lifeboat began its service at the station in 1987 and was replaced by a Shannon class boat in 2014.
On 29 August 1996, Spirit of Lowestoft was launched, along with the Aldeburgh Lifeboat Freddie Cooper (ON 1193) to assist the yacht Red House Lugger which had sent out a mayday signal during a storm. The yacht was approximately 30miles southeast of Lowestoft.[4] On arrival, the lifeboats found that the P&O cargo ferry was sheltering the yacht.[4] [5] The lifeboats evacuated the yacht's crew, and the Lugger was towed to Harwich, with the rescue taking around 12 hours in total. On 27 November 1996, coxswain of the Spirit of Lowestoft, John Cathpole received the RNLI bronze medal for his part in the rescue.[4]
Since 2019, Spirit of Lowestoft has been one of the lifeboats exhibited at the Chatham Historic Dockyard.[6]