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Classification of Service Launches of Life-Boats for 1970 Compared With1969

Classification of service launches of life-boats for 7970 compared with 7969 Class —Naval vessels —Foreign going merchant vessels —Home trade merchant vessels —Commercial fishing vessels —Powered pleasure craft —Sailing pleasure craft —Manually propelled pl —Aircraft —Hovercraft, hydrofoils or other amphibious craft —Boring rigs 11—Conveyance of sick or injured people and/or doctors 12—Relief of lightvessels, etc.

13—People stranded or off' cliffs 14—Bathers, skin divers and water skiers, etc.

15—Animals 16—Unidentified distress signals 17—Miscellaneous, not fitting of the above categories 1969 1970 No.

1 t 37 25 sels 238 229 169 •asurc craft 45 14 )r 1 3 njured s' 123 c. 1 have fallen 53 I 33 1 mals 120 Qg into any .cs 72 Totals 1,165 Analysis of Services Effective j 628 697 1 969 % of total 0.1 3.1 2.1 20.4 19.6 14.4 3.9 1.3 0.1 0.2 10.6 0.1 4.6 2.8 0.1 10.4 6.2 100.0 Van-Effective 537 516 No.

1 41 33 226 251 197 49 18 — 2 123 1 41 30 — 98 102 1,213 1970 % of total 0.1 3.4 2.8 18.7 20.7 16.2 4.0 1.5 0.1 10.1 0.1 3.4 2.5 — 8.0 8.4 100.0.