MS Berge Vanga was an ore-bulk-oil carrier with 227,912 tonnes deadweight (DWT).

The ship had build number 300 at the Uljanik shipyard in the port city Pula in then SFR Yugoslavia (today 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.

Some debris that resembles parts from the tanker was found northwest of Tristan da Cunha island, but no traces of the crew.

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.