L-51 Galicia

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Galicia, [LPD].

Builder: Bazán, El Ferrol, Spain.

Launch date: 21 July 1997.

Commission date: 30 April 1998.

Displacement ( tons ): 12.450 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 160 x 25 x 5,9

Main machinery: 4 x Caterpillar 3612 diesels ( 11.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 19.

Range ( miles ): 6.000 at 12 knots.

Complement: 115 + 12.

Guns: 2 x Oerlikon 20mm/90.

Military lift: 600 fully equipped troops or 170 APCs or 33 MBTs; 3 LCVPs and 2 LCUs/LCMs or 6 LCVPs in the well deck.

Radar: Navigation: 3 x Kelvin Hughes Type 1007, I band.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x FMC SRBOC Mk 36 chaff and flare launchers; ECM/ESM: Indra SQL-380 Aldebarán ( interceptor / jammer ).

Helicopter: Able to operate 4 SH-3 or 6 AB-212.

Callsign: EBAX ()

Homeport: Rota.

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