History
NameMS Berge Vanga
OwnerBergesen d.y.[1]
Port of registryLiberia Liberia
BuilderUljanik Shipyard, Pula, Croatia[2]
Launched1974[3]
IdentificationIMO number: 7367536
FateDisappeared, presumed sunk, South Atlantic, 29 October 1979
General characteristics
TypeOre-bulk-oil carrier
Tonnage
Beam50.07 m (164.3 ft)[1]
Draught20.416 m (66.98 ft)[1]
Installed power35,000 Brake horsepower[1]
Propulsion2 x Burmeister & Wain diesel engines[1]

MS Berge Vanga was an ore-bulk-oil carrier with 227,912 tonnes deadweight (DWT). The ship was owned by Norwegian shipping company Sig. Bergesen d.y. and registered in Liberia. The ship had build number 300 at the Uljanik shipyard in the port city Pula in Croatia where it was built in 1974.

The ship was en route from Brazil to Japan with iron ore when contact was lost with the vessel in the South Atlantic from 29 October 1979. The ship vanished and the ensuing search operation yielded no results. Forty people lost their lives.

Some debris that resembles parts from the tanker was found northwest of Tristan da Cunha island, but no traces of the crew. Still very little is known about the disaster, and the hearing after the accident was held behind closed doors. The principal theory holds that the cause could have been explosions caused by oil residue in the cargo compartments. MS Berge Vanga was, like its sister ship MS Berge Istra which exploded and sank four years earlier with the loss of all but two of her crew, a ship which could transport both oil and iron ore.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Visser, Auke. "Berge Vanga". Auke Visser's Renewed Historical Tankers Site. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "BERGE VANGA - 7367536 - OBO CARRIER". maritime-connector.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "BERGE VANGA". Marine Traffic. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  • Meland, Astrid (3 January 2006). "Skipet som forsvant" [The ship that disappeared]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  • Visser, Auke (2014). "Berge Vanga". Auke Visser's International Super Tankers. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

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