Built by Navantia at Ferrol, their mission is to carry out amphibious warfare by transporting the bulk of the Infantería de Marina.

The Galicia class spawned from the joint Enforcer design with Spain's lead ship being authorised on 29 July 1994.

[3] Within the ship there is 1,010 m2 (10,900 sq ft) of parking space for up to 130 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) or 33 main battle tanks (MBTs).

[3] Both ships have capacity for 700 t (690 long tons) of ammunition and stores spread out within the 3,500 m2 (38,000 sq ft) of cargo space between the storerooms, flight deck and hangar.

The Galicia class is equipped with KH 1007 air/surface search radar and AN/TPX-54 (V) Mk-XII (mode 4) identification friend or foe.

[1][c] The first ship, named Galicia, was ordered in July 1994 and laid down by Bazán (later Navantia) at their shipyard in Ferrol, Spain on 31 May 1996.

[1] Galicia performed humanitarian aid operations to Central America following Hurricane Mitch from November 1998 to January 1999.

[1] In July 2003, Castilla transported the Spanish Legion to Ash Shuahyabah, United Arab Emirates as part of Operation IF, returning in September.

The LPD made two deployments, one in 2010 and another in 2011, as part of Operation Atalanta fighting piracy in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of Somalia.