| Galicia-class landing platform dock | |
|---|---|
 Galicia delivering humanitarian supplies to Iraq. | |
| Class overview | |
| Builders: | Navantia |
| Operators: | Spanish Navy |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Active: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Landing platform dock |
| Displacement: | 13,815 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 166.2 metres (545 ft) |
| Beam: | 25 metres (82 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.8 metres (19 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4 diesel Caterpillar 3612 (two in tandem per shaft) at 16.2 MW, 2 shafts |
| Speed: |
20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) maximum 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) sustained |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Endurance: | 6 weeks |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | 4 LCM-1E and two RHIB |
| Capacity: | 600 fully equipped soldiers and 130 APCs or 33 MBTs |
| Complement: | 185 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | DA08 air / surface search IRSCAN SATCOM, Link 1, JMCIS |
| Armament: | 4 Sippican Hycor SRBOC MK36 launcher 1 AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy Indra SLQ-380 Aldebarán 2 x Oerlikon Contraves 20 mm cannons |
| Aircraft carried: | 4 SH-3 Sea King or 6 NH-90 helicopters |
The Galicia class is a class of two 13,900 t landing platform dock ships, belonging to the Spanish Navy. Built by Navantia in Ferrol, their mission is to carry amphibious warfare by transporting the bulk of the Infantería de Marina.
These ships have both a large helicopter deck and a 885-square-metre (9,530 sq ft) well deck for large landing craft, plus a 1,000-square-metre (11,000 sq ft) garage for up to 33 main battle tanks.
The SPS Galicia (L51) was commissioned in 1998 and the SPS Castilla (L52) in 2000. The Galicia and the Castilla are based at the Rota naval base in Spain.
The class is the result of a joint project between Spain and the Netherlands for developing a common class of LPD that would fulfill the needs of both countries to replace older ships, which resulted in the Enforcer design. Thus, the Galicia class is similar to the Rotterdam class.
Photo gallery[]
_Galicia_santander.JPG "Buque de asalto anfibio(L-51) Galicia santander.JPG (1.41 MB)")
_Galicia.JPG "Buque de aslto anfibio(L-51) Galicia.JPG (5.33 MB)")
.jpg "Ship LPD-Castilla-(L52).jpg (709 KB)")
Comparable ships[]
- Albion class
- Austin class
- Endurance class
- Foudre class
- Makassar-class landing platform dock
- Rotterdam class
- San Giorgio class
- San Antonio class
- Type-071 (Yuzhao) class
External links[]
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Galicia class landing platform dock. |
- Naval-technology.com
- (Spanish) Official site
The original article can be found at Galicia-class landing platform dock and the edit history here.
Warning: Display title "<i>Galicia</i> class landing platform dock" overrides earlier display title "<i>Galicia</i>-class landing platform dock".