HSC WorldChampion Jet

Worldchampion Jet on February 9, 2020.
History
Name	Villum Clausen (2000-2017) Worldchampion Jet (2017 - Present)
Owner	BornholmerFærgen (2000-2017) Seajets (2017-Present)
Port of registry	Cyprus
Route	Piraeus-Syros-Mykonos-Naxos-Ios-Thira
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	Callsign: OYVY (OYVY2 per 2005) IMO number: 9216250 MMSI number: 219653000
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

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

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

Routes

Worldchampion Jet operates daily from Piraeus to Cyclades:

• Piraeus-Syros-Mykonos-Naxos-Ios-Santorini-Ios-Naxos-Mykonos-Syros-Piraeus

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 World Records.[3] The record lasted for 13 years until Austal's arch rival Incat, the only other shipbuilder producing large fast catamarans, built HSC Francisco in 2013, 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

• Auto Express 86-class ferry
• Povl Anker
• Hammerodde
• Leonora Christina

References

1. Marinetraffic.com
2. Skibets detailer
3. 'Austal (Ship builder corporate news)'

External links

• Statische en actuele scheepsinformatie op marinetraffic.com
• Website van BornholmerFærgen
• Ferry-site.dk
• Ship-technology.com
• skibsregister.dma.dk (Søfartstyrelsen).
• Austal's press releases

Gallery

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  Villum Clausen in Ystad
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  Villum Clausen in Rønne
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  Terminal of BornholmerFærgen in Ystad.
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  Villum Clausen and Leonora Christina for the first time in the harbour of Rønne.
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  Villum Clausen
  Photo: BornholmerFærgen
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  Villum Clausen
  Photo: BornholmerFærgen
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  Villum Clausen
  Photo: BornholmerFærgen
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  Villum Clausen