Name Galicia Ordered 1991 Commissioned 29 April 1998 Construction started May 1996 Length 160 m Builder Navantia | Namesake Galicia Laid down May 1996 Homeport Naval Station Rota Launched 21 July 1997 Weight 13,000 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).
References
Spanish ship Galicia (L51) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA