Galicia-class landing platform dock

Galicia near Santander in 2009
Class overview
NameGalicia class
BuildersNavantia
Operators Spanish Navy
Cost$132 million
Completed2
Active2
General characteristics
TypeLanding platform dock
Displacement13,815 t (13,597 long tons) full load
Length
  • 160 m (524 ft 11 in) oa
  • 142 m (465 ft 11 in) pp
Beam25 m (82 ft 0 in)
Draught5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) maximum
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
4 LCM-1E
Capacity543 fully-equipped soldiers and 130 APCs or 33 MBTs
Complement189
Sensors and
processing systems
DA08 air / surface search IRSCAN SATCOM, Link 1, JMCIS
Armament
Aircraft carried4 SH-3D or 6 AB 212 helicopters
Aviation facilities60 m × 25 m (197 ft × 82 ft) flight deck, hangar

The Galicia class are two landing platform dock (LPD) ships in service with the Spanish Navy. Built by Navantia at Ferrol, their mission is to carry out amphibious warfare by transporting the bulk of the Infantería de Marina. These ships have both a large helicopter flight deck and a 885-square-metre (9,530 sq ft) well deck for large landing craft, as well as a 1,000-square-metre (11,000 sq ft) space for up to 33 main battle tanks.

Galicia was commissioned in 1998 and Castilla in 2000. Galicia and 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. This process produced the Enforcer design, which forms the basis of the Galicia class as well as the similar Royal Netherlands Navy Rotterdam class and British Royal Fleet Auxiliary Bay class.