''Worldchampion Jet'' (former Villum Clausen) is a fast passenger ferry built in 2000 by

Austal Austal Limited is an Australian-based global ship building company and defence prime contractor that specialises in the design, construction and support of defence and commercial vessels. Austal's product range includes naval vessels, High-spee ...

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. Until 31 August 2018, it was in active service between

Rønne Rønne () is the largest town on the Denmark, Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,675 (1 January 2025). It was a municipality in its own right from 1970 until 2002, when Bornholm was a Bornholm County, county (D ...

(

Bornholm Bornholm () is a List of islands of Denmark, Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. I ...

in Denmark) and

Ystad Ystad () is a town and the seat of Ystad Municipality, in Scania County, Sweden. Ystad had 18,350 inhabitants in 2010. The settlement dates from the 11th century and has become a busy ferryport, local administrative centre, and tourist attracti ...

in Sweden. On 19 December 2017, HSC ''Villum Clausen'' was sold to the Greek based Ferry Company

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. Starting from the summer of 2019, it was renamed ''WorldChampion Jet'' and started sailing between

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and

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. HSC ''Villum Clausen'' was named after the 17th century Danish freedom fighter . In 2000, the ship broke the world record for the longest distance travelled by a commercial passenger vessel in 24 hours.

Routes

During 2025 season, ''Worldchampion Jet'' operates daily from Piraeus to the Cyclades and Heraklion: Piraeus - Syros - Tinos - Mykonos - Paros - Naxos - Santorini - Heraklion. On the day after, the ship does the return trip. The ''Champions League Jet 1'' does the same trips but mirrored to the ''Worldchampion Jet''.

Fastest ferry in the world

On the way from the shipyard of Austral's shipyard in

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, Denmark, the ferry had a top speed of and an average of , 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

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. The record lasted for 13 years until the

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broke it in 2013, a 99 metre ferry with a top speed of 58 knots. The HSC Francisco operates between Buenos Aires and Montevideo.

Sister ships

* * * * * * ''Thunder''

References

Gallery

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Routes

Fastest ferry in the world

Sister ships

See also

References

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