This is the information page about the shipwreck Ranga, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 6.47 N,10 28.23 W (52.072, -10.5805)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: RANGA

Length 96.6 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1580 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-berta de perez. left vigo on maiden voyage 8 march bound for reykjavik in ballast. driven ashore n side of dingle bay near coumeenoole beach at s entrance to blasket i sound in storm, after anchoring with engine failure.

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1982, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H3919/75 24.3.82 AGROUND IN 520600N, 102800W APPROX. HARD ON ROCKS 400MTRS W OF COUMEENOOLE BEACH, DINGLE PENINSULA. HEADING DUE W, STARBOARD SIDE TO CLIFF FACE, APPROX 30MTRS FROM CLIFF TOP TO DECK LEVEL. HOLED IN TWO PLACES. NO PROSPECT OF REFLOATING. SOME EQUIPMENT MAY BE SALVAGED IN GOOD WEATHER. (LL, 13.8.82 & 17.3.82). NCA YET. AWAIT ACCURATE POSN. H3919/75 19.11.82 OIL BUNKERS REMOVED BY PR EUROSALVE LTD, FOLKESTONE, UNDER CONTRACT. WK DESTROYED DURING SEVERE STORM CONDITIONS DURING NIGHT OCT 16/17, 1982. (LL, 8.11.82). 1.6.88 OBSERVED AND PHOTOGRAPHED 29.5.88. LARGE SECTION OF RUSTY WRECKAGE, QUITE CONSPIC, LIES HARD AGAINST ROCKY CLIFFS. (P WILLIAMS, UKHO). INS AS ST IN 520627N, 102812W [OSI]. NE 2790.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE SECTION RUSTY WRECKAGE HARD AGAINST CLIFF

Position: 52 6.47 N,10 28.23 W

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