Reddingsbrigade RB 170 Defender 110

History

Reddingsbrigade Nederland is the Dutch lifeguard federation, its local brigades patrolling the North Sea beaches and inland waters through the summer and turning out year-round for flood and water rescue. Defender 110 station wagons in the brigades' orange were the standard beach patrol vehicle for years, carrying a crew, rescue boards and a towed rescue boat over soft sand, and they wear the national emergency-service scheme of diagonal blue and white striping on the front doors and wings with the brigade's RB callsign on the body.

The Flickr photograph shows RB 170 on the road in October 2014: orange Defender 110 station wagon with the striping across the front wings and doors, RB170 on the rear body sides, REDDINGSBRIGADE on the rear doors, a blue light bar on the roof front with the callsign mirror-written on it, an amber beacon on a mast at the rear of the roof, a black bull bar carrying spot lamps and small red and blue lamps, yellow Dutch plates and white steel wheels. The registry model reproduces that vehicle.

Imagery

Registry record

Manufacturer

Land Rover (Defender 110 station wagon)

Manufactured

Dutch LX registration series (2002–03); photographed October 2014

Modifier / coachbuilder

Reddingsbrigade Nederland (lifeguard fit and striping)

Engine type

Land Rover Td5 2.5 L turbo-diesel

Production run

1

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Operated in

Netherlands

Status

in-service

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

• Reddingsbrigade Land Rover Defender RB 170 (Flickr, wildschutfoto) ↗ — Flickr (accessed 2026-09-12)

Catalogue references

• https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildschutfoto/15435411310/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildschutfoto/15435411310/ ↗