RV Aurora is a Danish research vessel, owned and operated by Aarhus University.

It is rigged as a multi-purpose vessel, with a large working deck and gantry for deployment and recovery of trawl and heavy equipment over the stern.

[1] The ship was delivered to Aarhus University on 25 March 2014 and christened on the 25 April by the Danish Minister for the Environment Kirsten Brosbøl.

[2] Aurora is the fourth research vessel of Aarhus University and replaced the much smaller ship Tyra.

The main deck contains galley and stores in the stern, followed by combined mess, lounge and meeting room and a dry laboratory.