Name Villum Clausen Port of registry Rønne Ordered 1999 Construction started April 2000 Length 84 m Displacement 440,000 kg Builder Austal | Owner BornholmerFærgen Route Rønne-Ystad Yard number 96 Launched 16 February 2000 Weight 492.8 tons Beam 24 m | |
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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.
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In the year 2000 it broke the world record of the fastest ferry.
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.
Sister ships
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