A legendary Tayside lifeboat stalwart has retired after greater than 30 years on the job.
Broughty Ferry Coxswain, Murray Brown, is hanging up his pager after almost 800 rescues and 23 lives saved.
Throughout his stellar profession, the 57-year-old has additionally helped canines, deer, dolphins and in a single memorable rescue - a pig that had escaped an abattoir.
Murray has held quite a few positions in his time.
He’s been ALB crew, ALB mechanic, ALB navigator, D Class crew D-Class helm, and Lifeboat coaching coordinator to call a number of.
Murray turned full-time coxswain in June 2007 after leaving a earlier job at DC Thompson.
Inside the function of coxswain, Murray gave sea security talks to quite a few teams together with nursery youngsters and first and secondary pupils.
It's understood his favorite discuss was to the native Girl’s Institute - however solely as a result of he bought to evaluate the 'greatest cake' competitors.
Murray was additionally well-known for serving to out different native lifeboat stations by overlaying coxswains and enabling them to get break day.
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He has been on numerous passages serving to to maneuver boats across the coast. Locations embody Shetland, Eyemouth, and Southern Eire, and he was a part of the crew that introduced our present ALB 'Elizabeth of Glamis' to Broughty Ferry in 2001
A spokesperson for the RNLI outlined Murray’s astonishing profession in numbers.
They informed Dundee Reside: “Inside Murrays time as coxswain, he has launched 500 instances on train and spent 1172.8 hours (465.5 days) at sea on train.
“He is launched 767 instances on rescue missions spending 919.9 hours (38.3 days) on 'shouts'
“He has aided a number of canines, pigs, deer, and a dolphin, aided 246 folks, and saved the lives of 23 folks.”
And so they added: “Though these figures are as coxswain, we all know he has aided many, many extra and helped save the lives of numerous others.
"All of us need to thanks for the useful recommendation and need you a cheerful and peaceable retirement.
“Benefit from the hills and the keep out of bother!!! All one of the best.”
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