HSC Villum Clausen
Villum Clausen | |
History | |
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Name: | Villum Clausen |
Owner: | BornholmerFærgen |
Port of registry: | Rønne |
Route: | Rønne-Ystad |
Ordered: | 1999 |
Builder: | Austal Ships, Perth, Australia |
Yard number: | 96 |
Laid down: | April 2000 |
Launched: | February 16, 2000[1] |
Completed: | March 2011 |
Maiden voyage: | May 18, 2011 |
In service: | June 22, 2011 |
Identification: |
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Status: | In service |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type: | Fast ferry |
Tonnage: | |
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: |
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Crew: | 30 |
The Villum Clausen is a fast passenger ferry which was built in 2000 by Austal Ships, Perth, Australia. It is currently in active service between Rønne (Bornholm in Denmark) and Ystad in Sweden.
In the year 2000 it broke the world record of the fastest ferry.[3]
HSC Villum Clausen is named after Villum Clausen (1630–1679).
Fastest ferry in the world
On the way from the shipyard of Austal Ships 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, hereby setting the world record which was then written in the Guinness Book of Records.[3]
Sister ships
- Adnan Menderes
- Carmen Ernestina
- Jonathan Swift
- Lilia Concepcion
- Tanger Jet II
- Turgut Ozal
See also
- Povl Anker
- Hammerodde
- Leonora Christina
References
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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Villum Clausen (ship, 2000). |
- 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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