HSC WorldChampion Jet

The WorldChampion Jet (former Villum Clausen) is a fast passenger ferry built in 2000 by Austal, Perth, Australia. Until 31 August 2018, it was in active service between Rønne (Bornholm in Denmark) and Ystad in Sweden. On 19 December 2017, HSC Villum Clausen was sold to the Greek based Ferry Company Seajets. Starting from the summer of 2019, it was renamed WorldChampion Jet and started sailing between Piraeus and Cyclades.

Villum Clausen on the route Rønne - Ystad - Rønne

Villum Clausen
History
Name:

Villum Clausen (2000-2017)

WorldChampion Jet (2017 - Present)
Owner:

BornholmerFærgen (2000-2017)

Seajets (2017-Present)
Port of registry: Cyprus
Route: Rønne-Ystad
Ordered: 1999
Builder: Austal, Perth, Australia
Yard number: 96
Laid down: April 2000
Launched: February 16, 2001[1]
Completed: March 2001
Maiden voyage: May 18, 2001
In service: June 22, 2001
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: High-speed craft (HSC)
Tonnage:
  • 6,402 GT
  • 1,921 NT
Displacement: 485 tons[1]
Length: 84 m (275 ft 7 in)
Beam: 25 m (82 ft 0 in)
Depth: 4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Decks: 4 (2 car decks / 2 passenger decks
Ramps: 1
Installed power: Two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines[2]
Propulsion: Four Rolls-Royce Kamewa 112 SII waterjets[2]
Speed: 47.7 knots (88.3 km/h; 54.9 mph)[3]
Capacity:
  • 1,055 passengers
  • 215 cars
Crew: 30

HSC Villum Clausen was named after the 17th century Danish freedom fighter Villum Clausen (da). In the year 2000, it broke the world record for the longest distance traveled by a commercial passenger vessel in 24 hours.[3]

Routes

World champion Jet operates daily from Piraeus to Cyclades:

Fastest ferry in the world

On the way from the shipyard of Austal in Australia to Rønne in Denmark the ferry had a top speed of 47.7 knots (88.3 km/h; 54.9 mph) and an average of 43.4 knots (80.4 km/h; 49.9 mph), and on February 16 and 17, 2000 it had reached 1063 sea miles within 24 hours, thereby setting the world record which was then recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.[3] However the record did not last as in 2013 Austal's arch rival Incat, the only other shipbuilder producing large fast catamarans, built HSC Francisco, a 99 metre ferry with a top speed of 58 knots. It operates on the route between Buenos Aires and Montevideo.

Sister ships
  • Adnan Menderes
  • Carmen Ernestina
  • Jonathan Swift
  • Lilia Concepcion
  • Tanger Jet II
  • Thunder

See also

References
  1. Marinetraffic.com
  2. Skibets detailer
  3. 'Austal (Ship builder corporate news)'
  • Villum Clausen in Ystad
  • Villum Clausen in Rønne
  • Terminal of BornholmerFærgen in Ystad.
  • Villum Clausen and Leonora Christina for the first time in the harbour of Rønne.
  • Villum Clausen
    Photo: BornholmerFærgen
  • Villum Clausen
    Photo: BornholmerFærgen
  • Villum Clausen
    Photo: BornholmerFærgen
  • Villum Clausen
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