Requesting permission to board.

[Hjl]

Welcome aboard, from Texas!

[Bligh]

Good to have you alongside shipmate. I can now formally welcome you on behalf of the Officers and men at the Anchorage. I do hope that you are going to give us an insight into those Austrian maritime anecdotes over a drink or three in the wardroom.
Rob.

[Quit]

I can tell you this about the Austro-Hungarian Navy:

Austria entered the Napoleonic Wars with a navy consisting of two gunboats, one based at Trieste and the other at Fiume. Charged with enforcing customs regulations, the tiny navy had no role in the empire’s military plans and was not even mobilized until March 1797.

Things began to change in October 1797 when the Treaty of Campoformio assigned Venice to Austria (and the Austrian Netherlands to France). Along with the proud city of Venice came what was left of its navy: ten 74-gun ships of the line, seven frigates, and a large number of galleys. The best ships and most equipment and materials had been taken from Venice’s Arsenal for the French Navy’s use.
The Austrians did nothing with the ships - they even stopped protecting Venice's merchant ships against the Barbary Pirates. The ships were left to rot, until 1801; when Austria got a new Minister of War and Navy. They somewhat formed a navy until 1809, to protect their merchant ships in the Mediterranean. After that, they tried to sell their ships, but most fell prey to rot and fire.

[Bligh]

Thanks Wim.
That just about takes care of any chance of building yet another meaningful Navy, unless you are one of the what if buffs.
Rob.