Galicia during the celebration of Armed Forces Day in Santander (2009) |
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| Career (Spain) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Galicia |
| Namesake: | Galicia |
| Ordered: | 1991 |
| Builder: | Empresa Nacional Bazán |
| Laid down: | May 1996 |
| Launched: | 21 July 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 29 April 1998 |
| Homeport: | Naval Station Rota |
| Identification: | Pennant number: L51 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Galicia-class landing platform dock |
| Displacement: | 13,000 tonnes (13,000 long tons; 14,000 short tons) |
| Length: | 160 m (520 ft) |
| Beam: | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Draft: | 6.2 m (20 ft) |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range: | 6,500 miles (10,500 km) |
| Complement: | 185 |
Galicia (L51) is a Galicia class landing platform dock of the Spanish Navy and is the ship number 7th in this name. She is the lead ship in her class.
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The vessel was built at the Empresa Nacional Bazán shipyards in Ferrol, fruit of NATO collaboration between the Dutch and Spanish Royal Navies. The works started in 1996 and the vessel was presented to the Spanish Navy (Armada Española) in 1998. She is the sister ship to SPS Castilla (L52).