Looe Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Looe, Cornwall in the United Kingdom.

To the east of Looe is the expanse of Whitsand Bay. While attempting to run for the safety of Plymouth Sound many sailing ships became embayed, unable to sail around Rame Head. Wrecks were frequent and Looe men made many rescues before the lifeboat station was established. In 1824, John Miller received the RNLI Silver Medal, and three others, monetary awards for rescuing seven men from Harmonie, wrecked in Whitsand Bay. Ten years later, in 1834, monetary awards and a Silver Medal was awarded for saving twelve crew from the Konigberg. A third Silver Medal was awarded in November 1838 to William Jennings who swam to the brig Belissima, carrying a line, and saving thirteen men. Rescuing the crew of the Fletan resulted in a fourth silver medal in February 1851.

A lifeboat house was erected in 1866 and the first lifeboat, Oxfordshire was paraded through the streets on 28 December 1866 and named by Mrs W H Carew.

The lifeboat went out to help the French vessel Gypsy on 7 December 1901. 19 people were saved (14 brought ashore in the lifeboat and the others towed in the ship's boat) along with 3 kittens. The French government awarded the coxswain, Edward Toms, a gold medal and the other members of the lifeboat crew received silver medals.

The RNLI withdrew services from Looe in 1930 on the grounds that the motor lifeboats at Fowey and Plymouth could cover the area.

From 1992, the RNLI stationed a lifeboat at Looe for the summer season and three years later the Spirit of the ROAC was housed in a temporary lifeboat house, provided by the East Looe Town Trust. A new permanent lifeboat station was built on the quay and opened in 2003

The following are awards made at Looe.

• RNIPLS Silver Medal

William Jennings, Coastguard - 1838

• Gold Medal, 2nd class, awarded by The French Government

Edward Toms, Coxswain - 1902

• Silver Medal, 2nd class, awarded by The French Government

to each of the crew - 1902

• British Empire Medal

David John Haines, Lifeboat Operations Manager - 2025NYH

These lifeboats were equipped with oars or with sails when conditions allowed.

At Looe	ON	Name	Built	Class	Comments
1866–1882	Pre-475	Oxfordshire	1866	Peake	Paid for by the legacy of Sir John Willoughby.
1882–1902	45	Boys' Own No.1	1882	Peake	Costs and equipment paid for by the readers of The Boy's Own Paper.
1902–1930	489	Ryder	1902	Peake	Built by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company. Sold in 1930 and later preserved.

Pre ON numbers are unofficial numbers used by the Lifeboat Enthusiast Society to reference early lifeboats not included on the official RNLI list.

At Looe	Op. No.	Name	Class	Model	Comments
1992–1993	D-355	(no name)	D	EA16	Initially deployed as a relief lifeboat in 1988.
1994	D-396	Starting Point	D	EA16	Initially deployed as a relief lifeboat in 1989.
1994–2002	D-461	Spirit of RAOC	D	EA16	Later stationed at Workington and Anstruther.
2002–2010	D-574	Regina Mary	D	EA16
2003–2016	B-793	Alan and Margaret	B	Atlantic 85
2010–2022	D-741	Ollie Naismith	D	IB1
2016–	B-894	Sheila & Dennis Tongue II	B	Atlantic 85
2022–	D-872	Ollie Naismith II	D	IB1

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