History
| LOI | |
| 12/1947 | Building contract |
| Building started | |
| Keel laid | |
| 28/7/1950 | Launch |
| Sea trial | |
| Second sea trial | |
| 12/5/1951 | Delivered to Det Bergenske D/S, Bergen, Norway. |
| 15/5/1951 | Arrived to Oslo |
| 17/5/1951 | Arrived in Bergen |
| 20/5/1951 | Hurtigruten´s Bergen – Kirknes coastal service. |
| 30/8/1979 | All ships of the BDS are sold to the TFDS. |
| 30/3/1982 | The ship ran aground at Vetegjøgraskjæret, Fedje (north of Bergen) at full speed. A storm makes navigation difficult. The ship is heading north. None of the 91 passengers were harmed. However, these must leave the ship. The next day the coast guard ship “Nordsjøbas” tows the M/S Nordlys to Bergen. |
| 15/5/1982 | Back in Hurtigruten service. |
| 23/2/1983 | Last arrival to Bergen. Laid up for sale. |
| 5/1983 | Sold to Johannes Klovning, Haugesund, Norway. Used as accommodation ship on Bohrinselvarvet, Stavanger. |
| 11/1983 | Sold to Torkel Alendal, Haugesund, Norway. Towed to Karmsund Værft, Karmøy. |
| 1984 | Sold to A/S Preco, Oslo, Norway. |
| 3/1986 | Used as accommodation ship in NUTEC, Laksevåg, Norway. Later towed to Florvåg, Askøy. |
| 1987-88 | Rebuild in Bismo Engineering |
| 13/4/1988 | Fire broke out when ship was rebuild. Declared as Construction Total Lost. |
| 4/1988 | Sold to Teenas A/S, Tønsberg, Norway for scrapping |
| 31/5/1988 | Sink under towing 100 km from Island Texel on her way scrapping to Bilbao, Spain. |