Dorset SAR Defender 110

History

ukemergency.co.uk's entry for Y639 TUK explains an odd one: a dark green Defender 110 station wagon wearing Dorset Search and Rescue markings that did not belong to Dorset SAR, the volunteer team formed in 2004. It was the personal vehicle of a civilian international major-incident adviser who assisted Dorset Police and the Ministry of Defence in running a pre-Olympic training exercise in Dorset in the run-up to the 2012 Games and their Weymouth sailing events. With a roof rack, a light bar of blue and amber lenses that could be used independently, a snorkel and the Dorset SAR badge on the doors, it was photographed in the exercise period; neither the livery nor the use of blue lights outside the MOD training grounds at Lulworth was approved, and both have since been removed.

The registry's model is a green Defender 110 station wagon with the rack, blue and amber light bar, snorkel, wing-top chequer plate and door badge, and Y639 TUK plates; in the game it carries the blue-light boost.

Imagery

Registry record

Manufacturer

Land Rover (Defender 110 station wagon)

Manufactured

Y registration; photographed c.2011–12

Modifier / coachbuilder

Private owner (exercise livery and lights, since removed)

Engine type

Land Rover Td5 2.5 L turbo-diesel

Production run

1

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Operated in

United Kingdom

Status

unknown

Catalogue data

Record kind

Named model

Model line

Defender

Wheels

4

Nominal wheelbase

110″

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Sources & citations

Researched sources

• Y639 TUK — SAR Land Rover Defender 110 ↗ — UK Emergency Vehicles (accessed 2026-09-11)

Catalogue references

• https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/y639-tuk-this-is-a-sar-land-rover-defender-110-it-is-operated-by/ https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/y639-tuk-this-is-a-sar-land-rover-defender-110-it-is-operated-by/ ↗