&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:RV_Belgica.jpg) Belgica, September 2003
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 Belgium | |
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| Name | Belgica |
| Builder | Boelwerf, Temse, Belgium |
| Launched | 6 January 1984 |
| Commissioned | 5 July 1984 |
| Out of service | October 2021 |
| Homeport | Zeebrugge |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to Ukraine |
 Ukraine | |
| Name | Borys Aleksandrov |
| Namesake | Borys Aleksandrov, head of the Institute of Marine Biology |
| Owner | Ukrainian Research Center for Marine Ecology |
| Operator | Ukrainian Research Center for Marine Ecology |
| Acquired | 2021 |
| In service | October 2021 |
| Homeport | Odesa, Ukraine |
| Identification | IMO number: 8222563 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Oceanographic research ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 1,200 tons |
| Length | 51.12 m (167 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 10.00 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Depth | 5.70 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | Diesel engine |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) maximum |
| Range | 20,000 nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 30 |
RV Borys Aleksandrov is a Ukrainian research vessel which was built in 1984. She was previously crewed by the Belgian Naval Component as RV Belgica and is in active service.