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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
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.
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