In route: 24-02-1956 - 04-04-1994 / 2001 - 2002; winter 2005/2006
Owner: Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskap - Bergen ; in January 1979 A/S Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap - Tromsø; after 2002 Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap ASA - Tromsø; on 01-01-2006 Hurtigruten Group ASA - Tromso
Built: Ordered January 1955; launched 26-10-1955; delivered 24-02-1956
Shipyard: Blohm & Voss AG - Hamburg
Construction number: 787
Dimensions: 80.78 x 74.99 x 16.65 x 7.17 x 4.51m
Tonnage: 2,194 GRT; 570 dwt
Callsign: L.A.T.U.
Lloyds/IMO: 5255777
Machines: Two-stroke 6 cylinder Burmeister & Wain type 650.VBF.90, 500x900; in 1983 four-stroke 8 cylinder Maschinenbau Kiel; 3 generators 130 kW/220 V/50 Hz; 1 generator 30 kW/220 V/50 Hz
Power: 3,000 MOT; 2,207kW; after 1983, 3,333 MOT
Speed: 16.5 knots
Passengers: 450; 192 cages; after 1983, 179 cages; after 1994, 164 berths and 410 passengers
Purchased: New construction for 11,300,000 NoK
Sold: On 03-12-2012 as NORDSTJERNEN to M/S Nordstjernen AS c/o RS Platou Finans (Vestland Rederi A/S [Vestland Marine Sp Z oo]) - Bergen for 6,100.00 NoK

Details: First departure in the route March 1956.
In winter 1982/1983 modernized at Mjellem & Karlsen - Bergen.
Aground in Brønnøysundet on 13-12-1993.
Rebuilt again in 1994.
Stuck on the Spitsbergen route from 04-04-1994.
From 09-09-1995 to 18-03-1996 in the Hurtigrute.
In 2001/2002 as relief ship for the sold HARALD JARL in the Hurtigrute. Winter 2005/2006 as a substitute for the NORDKAPP in the route.
Grounded on 23-02-2007 due to engine failure at Værlandet in Sogn og Fjordane, south of Florø in her northbound route. Pulled refloated by two tugs and towed to Florø.
On 23-04-2011 machine failure in Sortlandfjord. Brought to Sortland and transferred 38 passengers on the TROLLFJORD.
Recorded as Kulturschip in Riksantikvaren - Oslo on 12-11-2012.
On 11-11-2013, at 22:00 aground near Storøy in the Karm Sound, west of Tonjer lighthouse. On 12-11-2013 refloated by 3 tugs including MEGA MAMMUT at 07:00 and towed to Haugesund. Ship did have bottom damage, but did not leak.
In May 2015 in charter for summer trips to Spitsbergen.