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LOI
Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
9/9/1949Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
9/11/1949Delivered to Det Bergenske D.S., Bergen, Norway
3/12/1949Hurtigruten´s Bergen – Kirknes coastal service.
11/4/1950Collision with the cargo ship Nadd-Odd in Steinsund near Soland.
27/2/1965Run aground near Brønnøysund.
8/9/1979Sold to Troms Fylkes DS, A/S, Tromsø, Norway
10/1/1982Run aground near Stokkholmen, south of Brønnøysund. The ship can free itself on its own.
4/9/1982New name Midnatsol 2.
4/12/1982Laid up
12/1982Made two round trips replaced Nordstjernen
2/1/1983Laid up for sale.
1/1983Sold to Partrederi Drangsholt, Forsberg, Hoddevik & Kjendal, Flekkefjord, Norway.
1983New name Midnatsol Norge. Used as hotel ship in Kragerø.
1984Laid up at Hankø.
1984Sold to KHR-Kysten Hotell og Restaurant A/S, Oslo, Norway.
2/1987Rebuild to hotel ship in Sarpsborg Mek. Verksted, Greåker.
8/2/1987Sunk in shipyard , open valve caused ship to sink.
3/1987Refloated. CTL
6/1987Towed to Brugse Scheepssloperij, Brügge, Belgium for scrapping.