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Encyclopedia > Galicia class landing platform dock
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The Galicia class built in Ferrol, are a class of Landing Platform Dock or LPD amphibious warfare ships with a large helicopter deck and a dock for large landing craft. The result of a joint initiative with the Netherlands and Spain and similar to the Royal Netherlands Navy Rotterdam (L800) and Johan de Witt (L801). The SPS Galicia (L51) was commissioned in 1998 and the SPS Castilla (L52) in 2000. Ferrol can refer to: EUROPE Ferrol, Spain City and Naval Station in North Western Spain, European Union Note: Place of birth of both Francisco Franco (1892) the Spanish dictator and Pablo Iglesias (1850) founder of PSOE and UGT. ASIA Ferrol, Romblon Small Town in the Philippines Note: The Philippines got... The dock of HMS Albion An amphibious transport dock (also called Landing Platform Dock or LPD) is a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. ... It has been suggested that Landing operation be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see Helicopter (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Royal Navy of the Netherlands. ... Rotterdam The Rotterdam is a Landing Platform Dock or LPD amphibious warfare ship with a large helicopter deck and a dock for large landing craft. ...



SPECIFICATIONS:



Type: Landing dock


Length: 166.20 m


Beam: 25.00 m


Draft: 5.80 m


Displacement: 12.750 tonnes full load


Propulsion: Diesel-electric system


4 x Stork Wartsila 12SW28 diesel generators at 14.6 MW


4 x Holec electric motor (two in tandem per shaft) at 12 MW 2 shafts bow thruster


Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 kt Maximum Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h)


Sensors: DA08 air / surface search IRSCAN SATCOM, Link 11, JMCIS


Countermeasures: 4 Sippican Hycor SRBOC MK36 launcher 1 AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy


Armament: 2 Goalkeeper CIWS guns 10 Oerlikon Contraves 20 mm machine guns


Hangar for 6 AgustaWestland Lynx or NH-90 helicopter


Endurance: 6 weeks


Complement: 128 + 611 marines


Boats: 6 LCU's or 4 LCVP's


External links

  • Naval-technology.com

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Galicia, Spain - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Galicia, Spain (351 words)
Galicia was the centre of the kingdom of the group of Germanic tribes known as the Suevi, from 411 to 585.
It was taken from the Moors (8th–9th centuries) by the king of Asturias, and again became a kingdom in the 11th century after the death of Ferdinand I, king of Castile and León.
Galicia's wildlife and economically vital fishing industry were severely threatened in November 2002 when a sunken tanker, the Prestige, leaked out a 6,000-ton oil slick which fouled some 100 beaches and forced a fishing ban along 400 km/249 mi of coastline.
Amphibious transport dock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (185 words)
An amphibious transport dock (also called a landing platform dock or LPD) is an amphibious assault ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions.
The United States Navy operates several of this type of ship; their helicopters, vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and air-cushion or conventional landing craft support of the United States Marine Corps's "vertical envelopment" assault doctrine.
Amphibious transport docks perform the mission of amphibious transports, amphibious cargo ships, and the older LPDs by incorporating both a flight deck and a well deck that can be ballasted and deballasted to support landing craft or amphibious vehicles.
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