History
| LOI | |
| Building contract | |
| Building started | |
| Keel laid | |
| Launch | |
| Sea trial | |
| Second sea trial | |
| 27/3/1950 | Delivered to A/S Vesterålens D/S Stokmarknes, Norway |
| 11/4/1950 | Hurtigrutens Bergen – Kirknes coastal service. The captain Hansteen Jørgensen has to leave the ship due to illness in Trondheim. 14 days later he dies. |
| 30/4/1950 | Aground at Nautøflua. |
| 4/5/1951 | Collision with the quay in Kristiansund |
| 29/9/1951 | Collision with quay and the D / S Saga in Trondheim. |
| 1/11/1951 | Collision with the quay in Brønnøysund |
| 30/12/1954 | Collision with D / S Rogaland |
| 27/2/1956 | Collision with M / S Skogøy |
| 26/1/1958 | Rope in the propeller in Havøysund |
| 27/2/1959 | Aground near Måløy |
| 10/7/1959 | Collision with M / S Vulkanus in Bergen. |
| 14/8/1959 | Damage to the propeller in Sortland. |
| 28/6/1960 | Machine failure in Trondheim. |
| 17/8/1960 | M/S Vesterålen assisted M/S Barøy. The day before, the M / S Barøy suffered an average, it ran aground. The repairs will be carried out at the Harald Olsens Mekaniske Verksted shipyard. There are two pumps on board the ship that drive a hydraulic electrical system (CA.ME.WE) to control the rotating propellers. None of the pumps are in operation during normal travel along the coast. They are only in operation in the ports during the turning process. However, only one pump runs on these days. The captain starts the turning maneuver in the harbor at Honningsvåg. |
| 11/11/1961 | Collision with M / S Nordstjernen in Honningsvåg. |
| 28/9/1962 | The propeller was damaged. |
| 18/5/1963 | Collision with naval ship KNM Stavanger in Bergen |
| 18/11/1963 | Run aground south of Folla |
| 26/6/1968 | Collision with the M / S Berg Tora. |
| 21/1/1969 | A generator accident |
| 7/5/1969 | Collision with the quay in Sortland. |
| 7/12/1969 | Aground on the quay in Stamsund |
| 17/1/1970 | Collision with M / S Berlevåg 2 in Berlevåg. |
| 26/3/1970 | Collision with M / S Venlo. |
| 19/1/1972 | Collision with the DSDS ship M / S Hystein in the Hjeltefjord. The hysteine sunk within a few seconds. 2 crew members are killed. |
| 18/10/1972 | Aground at Svolvær. |
| 5/9/1974 | Loss of anchor and chain at Berlevåg |
| 22/3/1975 | Loss of anchor and chain at Berlevåg |
| 7/10/1975 | Damage to the auxiliary engine. |
| 21/11/1975 | A propeller accident |
| 15/1/1976 | Small fire in Sortland. |
| 8/3/1976 | Fire in the electrical system. |
| 29/3/1976 | Bow damage in Sortland. |
| 5/11/1976 | Damage to the auxiliary engine. |
| 8/11/1976 | Damage to the auxiliary engine. |
| 13/12/1977 | Loss of anchor and chain |
| 26/12/1977 | A machine accident |
| 15/1/1978 | Loss of anchor and chain |
| 19/2/1978 | Hull damage in Tørvik. |
| 24/6/1978 | Collision with M / S Faste Jarl. |
| 16/11/1978 | Aground near Hornelflua, Hornelen, south of Máløy. |
| 20/1/1979 | Back in service after repairing. |
| 3/3/1979 | Loss of anchor and hawse |
| 15/4/1979 | Hull damage in Trondheim |
| 4/7/1979 | Damage to the auxiliary engine. |
| 26/9/1979 | Damage to the auxiliary engine. |
| 27/9/1979 | Steering engine failure. |
| 6/9/1979 | Hull damage in Rørvik |
| 11/10/1979 | Propeller damaged |
| 19/10/1979 | A machine accident |
| 1/11/1979 | Damage to the auxiliary engine. |
| 24/1/1980 | A machine accident on the Hustadvika. |
| 6/11/1980 | An accident on the auxiliary engine in Hammerfest. |
| 10/11/1980 | (Kasteline) in the propeller. |
| 14/1/1981 | The passenger bridge in Båtsfjord was lost. |
| 21/2/1981 | Hull damage in Trondheim |
| 27/4/1981 | The ship damaged a mail vehicle in Finnsnes. |
| 13/9/1981 | Damage to the 3rd auxiliary engine. |
| 6/10/1981 | Damaged boom |
| 1/11/1981 | Loss of anchor |
| 24/10/1981 | Crack in the bow |
| 15/3/1982 | Collision with M / S Håkon Jarl. |
| 20/6/1982 | Loss of anchor |
| 18/11/1982 | Collision with F-138-M. |
| 17/2/1983 | Replaced by the new Hurtigruten ship of the same name and renamed to M/S Vesterålen II. |
| 4/1983 | Replaced the M / S Finnmarken for one month. |
| 5/1983 | Sold to Northern Shipping A/S, Oslo, Norway. New name M/S Ralen. |
| 4/1984 | Sold to Fekete & Co, AS, Tønsberg, Norway. New name Annexet. |
| Used as hotellship in Tønsberg. | |
| 1986 | Used as asylum reception in Drammen. |
| 1988 | Towed to Vrengen. Laid up for sale. |
| 3/1990 | Sold to Café Arken, Sundsvall, Sweden. New name Nordstiernan av Sundsvall. |
| 1991 | Owner went a bankrupt. |
| Laid up for sale. | |
| 11/1991 | Sold to Etoile Marine Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus. Towed to near Rotterdam. |
| Planned to used as hotel ship. | |
| 10/1995 | Towed to Vigo, Spain. Scrapped. |