[6] A celebration of the arrival of the new lifeboat was organised by the Freemasons, and held in Kingsbridge, 5 miles (8.0 km) to the north east of Hope Cove.

After a service of dedication and blessing, the lifeboat was handed to the care of Admiral John R. Ward, representative of the RNLI.

The lifeboat was later transferred to Hope Cove, where a large new boathouse had been constructed, on a site granted by the Earl of Devon.

[3] It would be nine years before the signwriter was required to add an entry to the Hope Cove Service Board, but when the lifeboat was finally called, it was worth the wait.

The clipper Halloween had been driven ashore at Soar Mill Sands, between Hope Cove and Salcombe on 17 January 1887, on passage from Foochow (Fuzhou) to London.

The lifeboat was launched at 08:30 the following day, and the remaining crew of the Halloween, reports vary between 19 and 24 men, were rescued from the rigging, where they had been all night.

A temporary lifeboat, the Willie Rogers (ON 331), previously at Newquay and Rye Harbour, was transferred to the station, and renamed Alexandra on arrival.

When the steamship Jebba ran aground at Bolt Tail in thick fog, on passage from West Africa to Plymouth and Liverpool, with 79 passengers, and 76 crew, the Hope Cove lifeboat was called, but found it impossible to get close.

At a meeting of the RNLI committee of management on Thursday 10 April 1930, along with Ardrossan, Looe and Mevagissey, it was decided to close Hope Cove Lifeboat Station.