diff --git a/src/blackmisc/containerbase.h b/src/blackmisc/containerbase.h
index dafd0cad1..87a4bf008 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/containerbase.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/containerbase.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #define BLACKMISC_CONTAINERBASE_H
 
 #include "valueobject.h"
+#include "range.h"
 #include "indexvariantmap.h"
 #include "predicates.h"
 #include "json.h"
@@ -42,10 +43,10 @@ namespace BlackMisc
     };
 
     /*!
-     * \brief Base class for CCollection and CSequence implementing their algorithms.
+     * \brief Base class for CCollection and CSequence adding mutating operations and CValueObject facility on top of CRangeBase.
      */
     template <template <class> class C, class T>
-    class CContainerBase : public CValueObject
+    class CContainerBase : public CValueObject, public CRangeBase<C<T>, T>
     {
     public:
         /*!
@@ -60,66 +61,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
             return other;
         }
 
-        /*!
-         * \brief Return a copy containing only those elements for which a given predicate returns true.
-         */
-        template <class Predicate>
-        C<T> findBy(Predicate p) const
-        {
-            C<T> result = derived();
-            result.erase(std::remove_if(result.begin(), result.end(), [ = ](const T & value) { return !p(value); }), result.end());
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        /*!
-         * \brief Return a copy containing only those elements matching some particular key/value pair(s).
-         * \param k0 A pointer to a member function of T.
-         * \param v0 A value to compare against the value returned by k0.
-         * \param keysValues Zero or more additional pairs of { pointer to member function of T, value to compare it against }.
-         */
-        template <class K0, class V0, class... KeysValues>
-        C<T> findBy(K0 k0, V0 v0, KeysValues... keysValues) const
-        {
-            return findBy(BlackMisc::Predicates::MemberEqual(k0, v0, keysValues...));
-        }
-
-        /*!
-         * \brief Return a copy containing only those elements matching a given value map.
-         */
-        C<T> findBy(const CIndexVariantMap &valueMap) const
-        {
-            return findBy([ & ](const T & value) { return value == valueMap; });
-        }
-
-        /*!
-         * \brief Return true if there is an element for which a given predicate returns true.
-         */
-        template <class Predicate>
-        bool contains(Predicate p) const
-        {
-            return std::any_of(derived().cbegin(), derived().cend(), p);
-        }
-
-        /*!
-         * \brief Return true if there is an element equal to given object. Uses the most efficient implementation available.
-         */
-        bool contains(const T &object) const
-        {
-            return derived().find(object) != derived().cend();
-        }
-
-        /*!
-         * \brief Return a copy containing only those elements matching some particular key/value pair(s).
-         * \param k0 A pointer to a member function of T.
-         * \param v0 A value to compare against the value returned by k0.
-         * \param keysValues Zero or more additional pairs of { pointer to member function of T, value to compare it against }.
-         */
-        template <class K0, class V0, class... KeysValues>
-        bool contains(K0 k0, V0 v0, KeysValues... keysValues) const
-        {
-            return contains(BlackMisc::Predicates::MemberEqual(k0, v0, keysValues...));
-        }
-
         /*!
          * \brief Remove elements for which a given predicate returns true.
          * \pre The sequence must be initialized.
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/range.h b/src/blackmisc/range.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..540eeaf84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blackmisc/range.h
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2013 VATSIM Community / authors
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+//! \file
+
+#ifndef BLACKMISC_RANGE_H
+#define BLACKMISC_RANGE_H
+
+#include "valueobject.h"
+#include "indexvariantmap.h"
+#include "predicates.h"
+#include "json.h"
+#include <algorithm>
+
+namespace BlackMisc
+{
+
+    /*!
+     * Any container class with begin and end iterators can inherit from this CRTP class
+     * to gain some useful algorithms as member functions.
+     * \tparam Derived The most derived container class inheriting from this instantiation.
+     */
+    template <class Derived, class T>
+    class CRangeBase
+    {
+    public:
+        /*!
+         * \brief Return a copy containing only those elements for which a given predicate returns true.
+         */
+        template <class Predicate>
+        Derived findBy(Predicate p) const
+        {
+            Derived result = derived();
+            result.erase(std::remove_if(result.begin(), result.end(), [ = ](const typename Derived::value_type & value) { return !p(value); }), result.end());
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        /*!
+         * \brief Return a copy containing only those elements matching some particular key/value pair(s).
+         * \param k0 A pointer to a member function of T.
+         * \param v0 A value to compare against the value returned by k0.
+         * \param keysValues Zero or more additional pairs of { pointer to member function of T, value to compare it against }.
+         */
+        template <class K0, class V0, class... KeysValues>
+        Derived findBy(K0 k0, V0 v0, KeysValues... keysValues) const
+        {
+            return findBy(BlackMisc::Predicates::MemberEqual(k0, v0, keysValues...));
+        }
+
+        /*!
+         * \brief Return a copy containing only those elements matching a given value map.
+         */
+        Derived findBy(const CIndexVariantMap &valueMap) const
+        {
+            return findBy([ & ](const T & value) { return value == valueMap; });
+        }
+
+        /*!
+         * \brief Return true if there is an element for which a given predicate returns true.
+         */
+        template <class Predicate>
+        bool contains(Predicate p) const
+        {
+            return std::any_of(derived().cbegin(), derived().cend(), p);
+        }
+
+        /*!
+         * \brief Return true if there is an element equal to given object. Uses the most efficient implementation available.
+         */
+        bool contains(const T &object) const
+        {
+            return derived().find(object) != derived().cend();
+        }
+
+        /*!
+         * \brief Return a copy containing only those elements matching some particular key/value pair(s).
+         * \param k0 A pointer to a member function of T.
+         * \param v0 A value to compare against the value returned by k0.
+         * \param keysValues Zero or more additional pairs of { pointer to member function of T, value to compare it against }.
+         */
+        template <class K0, class V0, class... KeysValues>
+        bool contains(K0 k0, V0 v0, KeysValues... keysValues) const
+        {
+            return contains(BlackMisc::Predicates::MemberEqual(k0, v0, keysValues...));
+        }
+
+    private:
+        Derived &derived() { return static_cast<Derived &>(*this); }
+        const Derived &derived() const { return static_cast<const Derived &>(*this); }
+    };
+
+}
+
+#endif // guard