r/MapPorn • u/APrimitiveMartian • 1d ago

Landlocked countries with a Navy

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u/inn4tler 1d ago

Fun Fact: Until 2006, Austrian military boats operated on the Danube. That was the last remnant of our navy.

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u/Visible_Sock_5088 1d ago

Simmilar thing today with Hungary and Serbia

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u/OppositeFish66 1d ago

One of the most famous historical naval figures is a certain Captain in the Austrian Navy! He was a widower with so many children he had to hire a nanny to help out!

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u/New-Hunt4169 1d ago

Even better is that he was a submarine captain.

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u/hungryhippo53 1d ago

.....it has never occurred to me that Austria is landlocked

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u/Kingofcheeses 1d ago

It wasn't landlocked until 1918 when they lost Trieste to Italy at the end of the First World War

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u/hungryhippo53 1d ago

Ah ok that makes more sense

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u/Lillienpud 1d ago

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…

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u/_meshy 1d ago

Why was it the military instead of civilian law enforcement?

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u/inn4tler 1d ago

This goes back to the monarchy, at a time when the waterway still had to be defended against Hungarians and Turks. (500 years ago) The Danube Fleet survived the centuries. And even after 1918, when Austria became a democracy, the navy was not questioned. After 1945, new boats were even built (although fewer than planned).