Spanish ship Galicia (L51)

Galicia (L51) is a Galicia class landing platform dock of the Spanish Navy and is the ship number 7th in this name. She is the lead ship in her class.

Design and construction
The vessel was built at the Empresa Nacional Bazán shipyards in Ferrol, fruit of NATO collaboration between the Dutch and Spanish Royal Navies. The works started in 1996 and the vessel was presented to the Spanish Navy (Armada Española) in 1998. She is the sister ship to SPS Castilla (L52).