SS Polarlys was a Hurtigruten coastal passenger/cargo steamer built in 1912. She was seized by the Germans during the Second World War, and served several stints in the Kriegsmarine. Having resumed her Hurtigruten service after the war until 1951, and in 1952 she was renamed Sylvia. At the same year, she was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy, and served under the name HNoMS Valkyrien as a motor torpedo boat tender between 1953 and 1963.
^"D/S Polarlys". Sjøhistorisk database (in Norwegian). 2013. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
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^"DS Polarlys/Sylvia (MHFV/LEPY)". skipsmagasinet.no (in Norwegian). 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
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