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     L-51 Galicia     

Photo byEugenio Castillo Pert, Málaga

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Additional photo Magnify image   Julio A. Fernández Fanjul, Exercise CARTAGO 09, Almería, 23rd September 2009

Country: Spain 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 ( Echo Bravo Alfa X-ray )
Homeport: Rota.

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