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| Ship country = Casilló y RéalAntora
| Ship flag = [[File:FlagofCasilloyRealNewAndoraflag.png|30px]]
| Ship name = ''Gracia de Régne''
| Ship namesake =
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| Ship commissioned = 1 August 1970
| Ship recommissioned =
| Ship decommissioned = 15 April 2022
| Ship maiden voyage =
| Ship in service =
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| Ship homeport = [[Porta Armada]]
| Ship identification = *Pennant 303
*Callsign: GDR
*Hull number: 897
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| Ship fate =
| Ship status = ActiveRetired
| Ship notes =
| Ship badge = [[File:GdRShippatch.PNG|125px]]
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| Builders = * Arma Nautico Shipyards
* Porta Armada Arsenale Réal
| Operators = [[https://tep.wiki/wiki/Royal_Corric_ArmadaRoyal_Antoran_Armada|Royal CorricAntoran Armada]]
| Class before = None
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The '''ARC ''Gracia de Régne''''' iswas the lead and only ship of her class, serving as the flagship of the [[Royal CorricAntoran Armada]] ''(Armada de CorricAntora Réal)''. Built in 1968 as a plannedthe first of a planned three new helicopter cruisers for the First Fleet of the ACRAAR, budget constraints necessitated only the single ship be finished.
 
Serving as a humanitarian aid escort and the official naval conveyance of King [[Sebastián II de Naranza|Sebastián II]] in peacetime, the ship is able to serveserved as a front-line combatant in case of war. It cancould fulfil a variety of roles, but iswas usually tasked with air defense and anti-submarine duties.
 
After many years of debate over the costs and use of the ship, the ''Gracia'' was decomissioned on 15th April 2022 after over 50 years of service. The ''Antora'' class of helicopter carrier, jointly built by Arsenale Corric and Gilda Varien shipyards, will replace her as the flagship of the Armada.
Despite talks in the Armada to replace her with a new class of guided missile cruiser, the ''Gracia'' remains in service in large part due to her aircraft carrying capabilities, which at 10 helicopters is the largest naval aircraft complement in the ACR.
 
== Design & Development ==
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Costs wound up totalling $4.621 billion for the first hull alone, and the Armada Procurement Bureau cut the contract down to that single ship. ''Gracia de Régne'' would be commissioned on the first of August, 1970, after a year and two months of trials. King Benito Ares headed the ceremony to name the ship.
 
Named for the ‘Grace of the Crown,’ the ship automatically became the ship that the reigning monarch of Casilló y RéalAntora would travel aboard. The Crown reserved the use of the largest and most powerful warship of the nations’ fleet for their personal conveyance in the First Constitution, and so the designers included a stateroom in the aft superstructure that mimics old sailing ship suites.
 
== Capabilities ==
The mission profile intended for the ''Gracia'' reflects her multirole capabilities.
[[File:Jeanne d’Arc (R 97) hangar 2.jpg|left|thumb|A since-decommissioned H-15 naval aviation helicopter within the ''Gracia''<nowiki/>'s hangar.]]
Her Balista-99 missile cells cancould be loaded for tactical strikes against sea or ground targets up to 150 km away, or for both long-range interception and close-in defense against enemy aircraft or missiles.
 
Her Guacamayo TEA-04 CIWS turrets cancould provide additional screening air defense capabilities, with the radar and fire control systems capable of tracking up to 10 simultaneous air targets at ranges of 25 km. Along with the crew operated machine guns, the CIWS arewere effective against medium and soft surface targets.
 
The 100mm HerCan Armas-5 cannons allowallowed for tactical engagement and bombardment at a range of 12 km. They arewere specifically recommended for naval surface combat and cover for amphibious landings. The cannons arewere rated as a secondary-line air defense if necessary, bridging the gap between the anti-air missiles and the CIWS.
 
The helicopter complement cancould be used in conjunction with the SSPP 9A sonar for anti-submarine duties, as well as transport of troops and search-and-rescue. The hangar and deck facilities cancould store up to 6 heavy helicopters, or 10 light ones, and handle launching and landing of up to 3 at a time. Two elevators arewere built-in to the flight deck to move aircraft between the hangar and the launching pads.
 
The ''Gracia'' cancould operate as part of a battlegroup, or independently for long periods of time thanks to her large storage capabilities. Her age preventsprevented any more modern upgrades to her systems and armaments, which limitslimited her strategic impact and long-range operating capabilities.
 
== Replacement ==
The Armada Procurement Bureau has proposed several times to design or commission a new class of warship to replace the ''Gracia'', citing her age and armament.
 
The vessel iswas fully functional and hashad a proposed service lifetime of up to 2035, but increasing costs of maintenance and the fact that the hull cannot reasonably fit more up-to-date weapons systems has caused some flag officers to recommend the ''Gracia'' be retired.
 
Proposals for a replacement include a dedicated aircraft or helicopter carrier, or a class of guided missile cruisers.
 
In January of 2022, it was officially announced that the ship would be retired in mid-April and replaced by a helicopter carrier/amphibious transport dock combination built in the Varentine League in cooperation by Gilda Varien and Antora's Arsenale Corric shipyards.
These initiatives rarely get past the informal proposal stage due to estimated costs far outweighing the current budgetary allowances to keep the ''Gracia'' functioning.
 
== Operational History ==
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This event has added some superstition to the ''Gracia de Régne''. The filicide of Prince Astolfo by the order of King Benito Ares and at the guns of the ''Gracia'' affords the ship a semi-cursed status by servicemembers of the Armada. It is said that one must be careful if serving aboard her, or else the ''Gracia'' will ask one to do terrible things in defense of the nation. There is no argument that while the Succession Crisis continued for several more weeks, the initial removal of Prince Astolfo took the legitimacy from the insurrection.
 
In 1987, when King Benito Ares abdicated the throne, the ''Gracia'' was his transport during the coastal portion of his farewell tours to the major towns and cities of the nation. It further transported then-Crown Prince Sebastián from the city of Porta Tranquila to Barreale at the mouth of the RíoRía DoradoDorada, which he would further travel up aboard ARC ''Garra'' to his coronation at [[Eleçeron]]
 
The second combat deployment of the ''Gracia'' was during the hijacking of the CB ''Minimo'' in 1995. The ship deployed the helicopters tasked with intercepting the merchant vessel. It remained on-station for radar tracking and operational support, during which it dispatched a fleeing pirate vessel with long-range cannon fire.
 
The ship underwent a farewell cruise throughout April, visiting each major port on the Antoran coast and drawing crowds of up to 10,000. Her flags were officially removed in a decommissioning ceremony on 12th April and her hull number was removed from the naval registry on the 15th. She made her last voyage under her own power to the Porto Mañuel Reserve Yards later the same day, where she awaits either purchase or scrapping, as she has been deemed too expensive and large to keep in permenant reserve.
 
 
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