Vessels Lives Number Lives which Lives Rescued of Rescued Life-boats Rescued by 1945 Life-boat by Saved or by Auxiliary Launches Life-boats Helped Shore-boats Rescueto Save boats January . . 63 100 6 4 - February . . 53 22 6 5 - March . . 43 45 5 10 - April . . 41 56 18 1 7 May* . . 26 25 2 4 - June . . 28 80 3 26 - July . . . 40 24 6 14 - August . 39 13 7 - . - September . 36 49 6 30 - October . . 50 116 4 10 - November . . 28 - - 22 - December . . 50 23 2 1 - Totals . 497 553 65 127 7 * The war ended on the last minute of the eighth of May.