HMS King Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII (TRP)
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 HMS Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII in Devonshire
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII |
| Namesake: | Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII |
| Ordered: | 20 May 2008 |
| Builder: |
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| Cost: | 3.1 billion Gil |
| Laid down: | 5 July 2014 |
| Launched: | 8 August 2014 |
| Sponsored by: | Noctis Lucis Caelum |
| Christened: | 25 August 2014 |
| Commissioned: | Late 2017 |
| In service: | Planned early-2018 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Devonshire |
| Identification: | Pennant Number: R08 |
| Motto: | Semper Eadem ("Always the Same") |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | HMS Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII |
| Displacement: | 65,000 tonnes (64,000 long tons; 72,000 short tons) |
| Length: | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Beam: |
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| Draught: | 11 metres |
| Decks: | 16,000 square metres |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range: | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) |
| Capacity: | 1,600 |
| Troops: | 250 |
| Complement: | 679 |
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| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | Tailored air group of up to 40 aircraft |
| Aviation facilities: | Hangar below deck and two aircraft lifts. |
HMS King Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII is the lead ship of Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. It is currently the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy and capable of carrying up to forty aircraft. She was named by King Noctis Lucis Caelum on August 25, 2014 after being laid down in July 5, 2014. After undergoing sea trials in late 2017, she will be placed in service by the early 2018.