4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1971–85
NAMED MODELSpecial · FireSpecial · RescueMilitary · UKUnited Kingdom

RNAS Series III Fire Rescue.

Royal Navy Series III 109 fire and rescue Land Rover Q877 OBP from RNAS Portland, a red truck cab with a locker body of rescue gear, ladders on the roof and a barred grille guard, one of the small Series III fire vehicles kept at naval air stations for airfield fire and crash-rescue duties.

Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLESeries III 109″BUILT BYLand Rover (Series III 109-inch truck cab)IN SERVICE1971–85OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTIONSmall batchLAYOUT4 wheels · 109″

The record

Naval air stations kept small four-wheel-drive rescue vehicles alongside their foam tenders to reach a crashed helicopter or aircraft across the airfield and its surrounds. Q877 OBP, a Series III 109 truck cab in fire red with a locker body on the bed, served RNAS Portland — HMS Osprey, the Dorset helicopter base — and carries RNAS PORTLAND / RESCUE on its doors, ROYAL NAVY on the body sides, ladders on a roof rack, hose and rescue tools in the lockers, a red barred guard over the grille with blue lamps below and a Q-prefix registration marking its late civil registration after military service. ukemergency.co.uk photographed it in preservation alongside RAF and other fire vehicles.

The registry's model is a red Series III 109 truck cab with the locker body, lettering, roof-rack ladders, grille guard and blue lamps; in the game it carries water-pool pickups and the blue-light boost.

Specification

MANUFACTURERLand Rover (Series III 109-inch truck cab)
MODIFIER / COACHBUILDERRoyal Navy (fire and rescue fit)
MANUFACTUREDSeries III; Q registration after service
ENGINERover 2.25 L four-cylinder petrol
PRODUCTION RUNSmall batch; count unknown
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom
STATUSpreserved
REGISTRATIONQ877 OBP
BASERNAS Portland (HMS Osprey)
FITTINGSLocker body, roof ladders, grille guard, blue lamps
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESeries III
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE109″
CATEGORYSpecial · Fire, Special · Rescue, Military · UK

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.

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Where it was

GB United Kingdom1975–1999 · RNAS Portland fire section
  1. BasedRNAS PortlandUnited Kingdom · 1975–199950.57, -2.45

Sources

  1. 1Q877 OBP Royal Navy Land Rover Series III ↗UK Emergency Vehicles · accessed 2026-09-11SOURCE
  2. 2Q877 OBP in preservation — the reference for this model; linked only. ↗ukemergency.co.ukIMAGE
  3. 3https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/q877-0bp-royal-navy-land-rover-series-iii/https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/q877-0bp-royal-navy-land-rover-series-iii/ ↗REFERENCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-16T05:55:32.039Z · status: researched