Galicia class landing platform dock

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The Galicia class built in Ferrol, are a class of Landing Platform Dock or LPD amphibious warfare ships with a large helicopter deck and a dock for large landing craft. The result of a joint initiative with the Netherlands and Spain and similar to the Royal Netherlands Navy Rotterdam (L800). The SPS Galicia (L51) was commissioned in 1998 and the SPS Castilla (L52) in 2000.

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