MS Lembitu was built by Astilleros de Huelva and launched in 1998 for the Estonian Shipping Co., Tallinn.

She was sold to Attica Enterprise of Piraeus in September 2005 and purchased by Seatruck on 1 October 2005, being renamed Challenge at the same time.

Clipper Ranger was withdrawn from service and laid up in Birkenhead, Liverpool for the latter half of 2012 and remained alongside in January 2013.

On 10 September 2013, it was announced that Clipper Ranger was to replace MV Muirneag on the freight ferry run from Stornoway to Ullapool.

On 28 January 2014, Clipper Ranger collided with a pier at Stornoway, causing damage to the ship's hull.

[4] In July 2019 Clipper Ranger began a charter to Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien (CTMA) for the Souris to Cap-aux-Meules route on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada.