- Design and construction
- External links
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Spain | Spain|naval}} | Ship name = Galicia | Ship owner = | Ship namesake = Galicia | Ship ordered = 1991 | Ship builder = Empresa Nacional Bazán | Ship laid down = May 1996 | Ship launched = 21 July 1997 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 29 April 1998 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship fate = | Ship homeport = Naval Station Rota | Ship identification = Pennant number: L51 | Ship status = {{Ship in active service}} | Ship notes =
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Galicia|landing platform dock}} | 13000|t}} | 160|m|ft|abbr=on}} | 25|m|ft|abbr=on}} | 6.2|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion= | 20|kn|lk=in}} | 6500|mi}} | Ship capacity= | Ship complement=185 | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament= | Ship armour= | Ship armor= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | Galicia (L51) is a {{sclass-|Galicia|landing platform dock|1}} of the Spanish Navy and is the seventh ship to bear this name. She is the lead ship in her class. Design and constructionThe 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 {{ship|Spanish ship|Castilla|L52}}. External links{{Commons category|Galicia (L-51)}}- Buque de Asalto Anfibio Clase Galicia L-51 y Castilla L-52 (In Spanish)
- Landing Platform Docks LPD / In Spanish Buque de Asalto Anfibio (IN Spanish)
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