The day after the shipwreck in March 1982
History
Name	Ranga
Namesake	The Eystri Rangá and the Ytri Rangá are rivers in Southern Iceland
Owner	Naviera Ason SA
Operator	Hafskip Line
Port of registry	Santander
Builder	Ast. Construcciones S.A.
Launched	19 December 1980
Maiden voyage	March 1982
Out of service	1982
Identification	IMO number: 7826013
Fate	Wrecked at Dunmore Head, on the Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland in March 1982 after losing power during a storm and was a total loss.
Notes	Named Berta de Perez originally, but her name was changed to Ranga when on charter to Hafskip Line
General characteristics
Type	Container ship
Tonnage	1,586
Length	96.6m
Beam	15.0m
Crew	15

The motor ship Ranga was a 1,586 tonne container ship owned by the Spanish shipping company, Naviera Ason SA, but on charter to the Icelandic shipping company, Hafskip. She was formerly named Berta de Perez, but her name was changed at sea to Ranga, due to the Icelandic charter. The Ranga was on her maiden voyage from Vigo to Reykjavík under Captain Miguel Ángel Díaz Madariaga.

The ship lost power on this voyage during a storm, and was wrecked at 52°6′33″N 10°28′6″W / 52.10917°N 10.46833°W / 52.10917; -10.46833 at Dunmore Head, close to Coumeenole Beach, near Slea Head on the Dingle peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland on 11 March 1982.

The local rescue team comprising members of Dingle Fire Brigade, the Garda Síochána and emergency services, rescued some of the fifteen crew members by Breeches buoy. The remainder were taken off by an RAF helicopter. Captain Miguel Ángel Díaz Madariaga was the last to be rescued and dropped off the vessel.

The ship was a total loss and created oil pollution as she broke up. The ship broke into two parts quickly, the stern of the ship, with the superstructure on, and the bows. In 1989, the company Eurosalve tried to scrap her, but this failed due to the inaccessibility of the wreck. The stern section of the wreck was removed in 1991, due to filming of Far and Away, which included a scene shot at Dunmore Head. Today, only the bow and some other scattered pieces of wreckage are still visible.

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  The remains of the Ranga in 1984
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  The remains of the Ranga in 1984
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  The MV Ranga remains pictured in 1986
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  The bow section in 2006
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  The superstructure remains in 2006

• Dingle peninsula
• MV Plassy

• Bourke, EJ. (1994). Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast Volume 1, p. 157. ISBN 0-9523027-0-5.
• "Ranga (7826013)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
• "Los Barcos de Pérez Y Cía", 2001.

• Media related to IMO 7826013 at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1982
Shipwrecks	5 Jan: Akebono Maru No. 28 15 Feb: Ocean Ranger 16 Feb: MV Mekhanik Tarasov 18 Feb: SAS President Kruger 23 Feb: St. Bedan 26 Feb: Craigantlet 11 Mar: Ranga 9 Apr: USS Basilone 13 Apr: USS Robinson 26 Apr: ARA Santa Fe 2 May: ARA General Belgrano 4 May: HMS Sheffield 10 May: ARA Narwal 11 May: ARA Isla de los Estados 22 May: HMS Ardent 24 May: HMS Antelope 25 May: HMS Coventry 30 May: Atlantic Conveyor 21 Jun: RFA Sir Galahad 18 Jul: USS Agerholm, USS Porterfield 16 Oct: Island Cement 21 Oct: ARA Bahía Buen Suceso 24 Oct: Poet 25 Oct: USS Savage 19 Dec: European Gateway December (unknown date): Unirea Unknown date: Mahi, Temehani
Other incidents	4 Mar: Vortigern 22 Mar: USS Jacksonville 6 Apr: ARA Guerrico 3 May: ARA Alferez Sobral 21 May: HMS Argonaut 25 May: HMS Broadsword 26 May: Bowbelle 8 Jun: RFA Sir Tristram 12 Jun: HMS Glamorgan 15 Jun: ARA Bahía Buen Suceso 18 Sep: Armorique 19 Dec: Speedlink Vanguard Unknown date: HMS Onyx, HMS Valiant
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