{{short description|Sail cruise ship, built 2000}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Redirect|Flying Clipper|the German film|Flying Clipper (1962 film)}} {{Infobox ship |display_title=ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= Golden Horizon at Brodosplit Shipyard.jpg |image_caption= |image_alt=''Royal Clipper'' }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=Croatia |flag={{shipboxflag|Croatia|civil}} |name='''''Golden Horizon''''' |owner=[[Brodosplit]] |operator= out of service |registry=[[Split, Croatia]] |route= |ordered=2 December 2014 |builder=[[Brodosplit]] |original_cost= |yard_number=483 |way_number= |laid_down=9 December 2015 |launched=10 June 2017 |completed=9 June 2021 |christened= |acquired= |maiden_voyage= 2021 |in_service= |out_of_service= | identification = *[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: 9A6701 *{{IMO Number|9793545}} *{{MMSI|238021000}} |fate= |status=Laid up |notes= }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | type = [[Cruise ship]] | tonnage = {{GT|8770}} | displacement = | length = 162.22 m | beam = 18.5 m | height = | draught = | draft = | depth = | decks = | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | sail_plan = | power = | propulsion = *''Masts:'' 5 * ''Sails:'' 36 * ''Sail Area:'' (6347 m²) * ''Engines:'' 2 electric | speed = 16 knots (20 max) | capacity = 272 passengers | crew = 159 | notes = }} }}
'''SV ''Golden Horizon''''' is a steel-[[Hull (watercraft)|hulled]] five-[[Mast (sailing)|masted]] [[Barque|barque rigged]] [[tall ship]] which is intended to serve as a [[cruise ship]], but has almost never seen active service. Originally named ''Flying Clipper,'' the luxury vessel was designed by [[Poland|Polish]] [[Naval architect#The naval architect|naval architect]] [[Zygmunt Choreń]], for Star Clippers Ltd. of Sweden, and built by the [[Brodosplit]] Shipyard in [[Split, Croatia]]. She is the largest sailing ship ever launched.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021|reason=Article "List of large sailing vessels" lists vessels that have been larger under every respective measure quantified for this ship}} Her design was based on ''[[France II]]'', a famous French five-mast cargo [[Iron-hulled sailing ship|windjammer]] built in 1911.<ref>[https://www.iims.org.uk/flying-clipper-worlds-largest-sailing-ship-launched-special-ceremony-croatia/ Flying Clipper, the world’s largest sailing ship, launched in special ceremony in Croatia], 12.06.2017</ref>
Due to a dispute with the shipyard, she was never delivered to Star Clippers. Instead, she has been chartered by Tradewind Voyages and renamed ''Golden Horizon.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Immen|first=Wallace|title=Flying Clipper Mystery Solved: the 5-Masted Ship will Sail from UK {{!}} The Cruisington Times|url=https://www.cruisington.com/the-mystery-of-flying-clipper-is-it-splits-ville-for-the-5-masted-ship/|access-date=2020-11-19|language=en-US}}</ref>
She entered into operation in May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-26|title=Start-up Tradewind Voyages reveals name of sailing ship and inaugural 2021 itineraries|url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/start-tradewind-voyages-reveals-name-sailing-ship-and-inaugural-2021-itineraries|access-date=2020-11-19|website=seatrade-cruise.com|language=en}}</ref> However the vessel was seized by UK authorities on the morning of the inaugural cruise over an ongoing financial dispute with Star Clippers.
Following withdrawal of finances by the Croatian owner of Golden Horizon, the Company 'Tradewind Voyages' has ceased trading. The vessel languishes in Split with a threat of sale to raise funds following bankruptcy proceedings of the Owner's Croatian Company.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
==See also== {{Portal|Transport|Malta}} * ''[[Royal Clipper]]'' * ''[[Star Clipper]]'' * ''[[Star Flyer]]'' * [[List of cruise ships]] * [[List of large sailing vessels]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|IMO 9793545}} * [https://www.goldenhorizonvessel.com/ Official Golden Horizon vessel website] * [http://www.traveller.com.au/the-cruise-director-gx1gyb#ixzz4xpo3yr3e Star Clippers' newest, biggest sailing ship, Flying Clipper, to start sail in 2018] * [http://maritimematters.com/2016/03/flying-clipper-named/ FLYING CLIPPER Named] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815174811/http://maritimematters.com/2016/03/flying-clipper-named/ |date=15 August 2017 }} * [http://www.gospodarkamorska.pl/Stocznie,Offshore/zwodowano-najwiekszy-zaglowiec-swiata-zaprojektowal-go-zygmunt-choren.html Zwodowano największy żaglowiec świata. Zaprojektował go Zygmunt Choreń (wideo)]
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