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NameGalicia Ordered1991 Commissioned29 April 1998 Construction startedMay 1996 Length160 m BuilderNavantia
NamesakeGalicia Laid downMay 1996 HomeportNaval Station Rota Launched21 July 1997 Weight13,000 tons
Galicia (L51) is a Galicia-class landing platform dock of the Spanish Navy and is the seventh ship to bear this name. She is the lead ship in her class.
Design and construction
The vessel was built at the Empresa Nacional Bazán shipyards in Ferrol, as part of a NATO collaboration between the Dutch and Spanish Royal Navies. Construction began in 1996 and the vessel was delivered to the Spanish Navy (Armada Española) in 1998. She is the sister ship to SPS Castilla (L52).