Wight Light was designed by naval architects Hart Fenton & Company and constructed at the Kraljevica shipyard in Croatia.

She was launched on 26 January 2008,[1] the first of three vessels commissioned by Wightlink to replace their ageing ferries Caedmon, Cenred and Cenwulf on the Yarmouth to Lymington route.

On 12 March 2009 Wight Light was taken out of service for repairs to her hydraulic ramp.

[2] On 24 November 2014, Wightlink announced that they were going to change the way they configure their fleet in response to both falling demand on their Western Solent Lymington-Yarmouth ferry service and the need to find a replacement for their oldest vessel in their fleet, MV St Helen.

[3] It was decided to transfer the Wight Light to the Portsmouth-Fishbourne route to replace the St Helen.