Villum Clausen |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| 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: | Callsign OYVY (OYVY2 per 2005) IMO Number 9557848 MMSI Number 219653000 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | + 1A1 HSLC, R2, Passenger Car Ferry A, EO[2] |
| Tonnage: | 6402 bt / 1921 nt[2] |
| Displacement: | 485 t[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: | 2 GE LM 2500 gasturbines[2] |
| Propulsion: | 4x Rolls Royce KaMeWa 112 SII waterjets[2] |
| Speed: | 47.7 knots (88.3 km/h)[3] |
| Capacity: | 1055 passengers 215 cars |
| 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 called after Villum Clausen (1630-1679).
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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 and an average of 43,4 knots, and on 16 and February 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.[4]