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"Belgica" was built by Boelwerf, Temse. She was launched on 6 January 1984 and commissioned on 5 July 1984. Her homeport is Zeebrugge. She is allocated the IMO Number 8222563, MMSI Number 205218000 and Pennant number A962. "Belgica" uses the callsign ORGQ. She was named after the RV "Belgica", a ship used by Adrien de Gerlache in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897–99).