In the five years, eight months and six days of war, from September 3rd., 1939, to May 8th., 1945, the life-boats of the Institution were launched to the help of ships and aeroplanes in distress 3760 times and rescued from them 6376 lives. That is 21 lives each week. In less than six years of war life-boats rescued more lives than in the last eighteen years of peace. Never before in the same time have they rescued so many. They also saved or helped to save 374 boats and vessels..