Borys Aleksandrov (research vessel)
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RV Borys Aleksandrov is a Ukrainian research vessel which was built in 1984. She was previously manned by the Belgian Naval Component as RV Belgica and is in active service.
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Belgica, September 2003 | |
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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 |
Belgium | |
Name | Belgica |
Owner | Belgium |
Operator | Belgian Naval Component |
Builder | Boelwerf, Temse, Belgium |
Launched | 6 January 1984 |
Commissioned | 5 July 1984 |
Out of service | October 2021 |
Homeport | Zeebrugge |
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Status | Decommissioned |
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 |
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Range | 20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km; 23,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 30 |
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