Galicia class
 Galicia- class |
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_Galicia.JPG) Galicia (L51) ahead of Santander 2009
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| Overview | |
| Type: | Landing ship |
| Namesake: | Spanish regions |
| Shipyard: |
Bazan El Ferrol , Galicia |
| Units: | 2 |
| Period of service: | from 1998 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Displacement: | 13,000 tons (max.) |
| Length: | 160.00 meters |
| Width: | 25.00 meters |
| Draft: | 6.20 meters (max.) |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Crew: | 185 (L51), 190 (L52) |
| Troops: | 615 (L51), 577 (L52) including air components and medical staff |
| Range: | 6,500 nautical miles at 12 knots |
| Drive: (diesel-electric) |
4 × Caterpillar BAZAN Bravo diesel engine (22,000 PS) 1 × electric motor (1,500 PS) 2 shafts |
| Sensors: |
TRS-3D / 16 3D airspace radar KH 1007 F-band surface and navigation radar KH 1007 F-band radar for helicopter operations LPI PILOT Mk 2 MOD 7 I-band navigation radar AN / TPX-54 (V) Mk-XII IFF system REGULUS Mk-9500 ESM communication system ALDEBARAN básico Mk-3300 ESM system (only L51) ALDEBARAN Mk-3400 ESM / ECM (only L52) TACAN AN / SRN-15A |
| Armament: | 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon MG 6 × SRBOC MK-36 decoy system |
| Boat deck: | 4 × landing craft LCM-1E |
| Vehicle deck: | 1,010 m² for 90–170 vehicles or 33 M60 (battle tanks) |
| Helicopter deck: | 6 × AB212 or 4 × SH-3D |
The Galicia class is a class of two amphibious dock transport ships or amphibious assault ships , English NATO designation Landing Platform Dock (LPD) of the Armada Española . The ships were developed jointly with the Royal Netherlands Navy , where they are in service as the Rotterdam class . Both ships were built at what is now the Navantia shipyard in northwest Spain.
history
The Spanish Navy was looking for a successor to the 1987 decommissioned Galicia (L31), a dock landing ship, engl. Landing Ship Dock (LSD), the Casa Grande class of the US Navy from World War II. The Aragón (L22) should also be replaced later.
In 1990 the Spanish government showed interest in two such ships as the Netherlands was planning at the time. In 1991 a memorandum was signed that stipulated cooperation in the planning and construction of the ships. The elaboration of the exact specifications began in January 1993; these were established at the end of 1993.
Since entering service, the ships have been used in a number of humanitarian missions following natural disaster relief missions, particularly in Southeast Asia and the Caribbean . Units of the class were also in use at the end of the Yugoslav Wars and in Operation Atalanta in the Horn of Africa.
technology
The ships have a floodable, spacious so-called well deck for landing or amphibious boats and a large flight deck for helicopters.
They are designed to transport a fully equipped infantry battalion (600 men). They house medical facilities such as an operating theater and a laboratory. The armories are designed for all types of armament in the fleet, including space for 30 torpedoes.
The air component consists of either four heavy or six medium-sized helicopters like the NH90 .
units
Both ships are based at the Andalusian naval base Rota near Cádiz . They are the seventh and twelfth ships of the Armada, named Galicia and Castilla .
| Identifier | Surname | Keel laying | Launch | put into service | status |
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| L51 | Galicia | May 1996 | July 21, 1997 | April 29, 1998 | active |
| L52 | Castilla | May 1997 | June 14, 1999 | June 26, 2000 | active |
