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Austria (AUS) Ship Namelists

Source file: common/units/names_ships/AUS_ship_names.txt


Overview

Austria's naval tradition is deeply anchored in the Austro-Hungarian Navy (K.u.K. Kriegsmarine) and interwar Danube patrol forces. In vanilla Hearts of Iron IV, Austrian ship namelists are sparse and disjointed. ISNE provides comprehensive coverage across both dedicated ship-type categories (destroyers, submarines, cruisers, battleships, battlecruisers, carriers) and universal thematic topic pools (monarchs, cities, crown lands, alpine peaks, folklore, and martial mottos) to support Austrian and Austro-Hungarian naval expansion campaigns.


Namelist Groups

Ship-Type Specific Category

Group Tag Type Ship Types Sample Names
AUS_DD_HISTORICAL Destroyers & Escorts ship_hull_light destroyer Huszár, Ulan, Streiter, Wildfang, Scharfschütze, Tátra, Balaton, Kaiman, Blitz, Komet, Meteor, Donner, Sturm
AUS_SS_HISTORICAL Submarines ship_hull_submarine submarine Curie, Forelle, Hecht, Karpfen, Stör, Wels, Muräne, Seeteufel, Nautilus, Huchen, Otter, Biber, Salamander, Seehund
AUS_CL_HISTORICAL Light Cruisers ship_hull_cruiser light_cruiser Novara, Saida, Helgoland, Zenta, Aspern, Admiral Spaun, Panther, Leopard, Tiger, Pola, Triest, Fiume, Linz, Graz
AUS_CA_HISTORICAL Heavy Cruisers & Armored Cruisers ship_hull_cruiser heavy_cruiser Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia, Kaiser Karl VI, Sankt Georg, Kaiser Franz Joseph I, Gideon von Laudon, Admiral Dahlerup, Admiral von Sterneck, Großadmiral Haus
AUS_BB_HISTORICAL Battleships ship_hull_heavy battleship Viribus Unitis, Tegetthoff, Prinz Eugen, Szent István, Monarch, Wien, Budapest, Habsburg, Erzherzog Karl, Kaiser Karl I, Österreich
AUS_BC_HISTORICAL Battlecruisers ship_hull_heavy battle_cruiser Erzherzog Ferdinand Max, Kaiser, Don Juan d'Austria, Drache, Custozza, Lissa, Leitha, Otranto, Quarnero, Hohensalzburg, Komorn
AUS_CV_HISTORICAL Aircraft Carriers ship_hull_carrier carrier Igo Etrich, Wilhelm Kress, Gottfried von Banfield, Godwin Brumowski, Doppeladler, Kaiseradler, Steinadler, Seeadler, Falke, Phönix, Pegasus

Battleship / Battlecruiser doctrine: Battleships carry the k.u.k. dreadnought and pre-dreadnought names, the emperors, and the imperial crown lands. Battlecruisers carry the Lissa-era ironclads and frigates, the Danube Flotilla monitors, Adriatic naval encounters and waters, and fortresses such as Hohensalzburg, Komorn and Franzensfeste.


Universal Thematic Topic Category (Ship Designer)

Universal selection pools available for any ship hull or squadron:

Group Tag Topic Name Ship Types Sample Names
AUS_RULERS Monarchs Universal Rudolf I von Habsburg, Maximilian I, Karl V, Maria Theresia, Joseph II, Franz Joseph I, Leopold VI, Friedrich III
AUS_CITIES Cities Universal Wien, Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Villach, Wels, Sankt Pölten, Bregenz, Steyr, Eisenstadt, Hallstatt
AUS_PROVINCES Provinces & Crown Lands Universal Niederösterreich, Oberösterreich, Steiermark, Tirol, Kärnten, Salzburg, Burgenland, Vorarlberg, Küstenland, Istrien, Dalmatien
AUS_RIVERS Rivers & Lakes Universal Donau, Inn, Enns, Drau, Mur, Salzach, Traun, Bodensee, Neusiedler See, Wörthersee, Attersee, Traunsee, Wolfgangsee
AUS_GEOGRAPHY Mountains Universal Großglockner, Wildspitze, Dachstein, Großvenediger, Schneeberg, Rax, Hochkönig, Hoher Sonnblick, Ortler, Zugspitze, Tauern
AUS_BATTLES Historic Battles Universal Lissa, Helgoland, Novara, Otranto, Kahlenberg, Zenta, Belgrad, Höchstädt, Kolin, Aspern, Wagram, Custozza, Karfreit
AUS_HEROES Heroes & Cultural Icons Universal Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Prinz Eugen, Andreas Hofer, Josef Ressel, Karl Weyprecht, Gregor Mendel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert
AUS_MYTHOLOGY Folklore & Legends Universal Basilisk, Lindwurm, Tatzelwurm, Krampus, Perchta, Dietrich von Bern, Siegfried, Lieber Augustin, Frau Hitt, König Laurin
AUS_BIRDS Birds Universal Kaiseradler, Steinadler, Seeadler, Falke, Habicht, Sperber, Kondor, Geier, Albatros, Rotmilan, Bussard, Turmfalke, Wanderfalke
AUS_BEASTS Wildlife Universal Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Löwe, Luchs, Wolf, Braunbär, Steinbock, Gams, Hirsch, Murmeltier, Wildkatze, Wisent, Mufflon
AUS_VIRTUES Virtues & Mottos Universal Viribus Unitis, AEIOU, Tu Felix Austria, Constantia et Fortitudine, Justitia et Clementia, Fortitudini, Tapferkeit, Treue

Prefix

Every group, hull-specific and thematic, uses the vanilla SMS prefix (Seiner Majestät Schiff), the ship prefix of the k.u.k. Kriegsmarine.

Historical Scope Notes

  • Heavy cruisers combine the k.u.k. armored and protected cruiser names with individually verified Habsburg field marshals and k.u.k. admirals. Unsourced admirals were dropped rather than replaced with invented names.
  • Heavy cruisers leave out persons already honoured by a battleship or battlecruiser name, such as Radetzky and Schwarzenberg.
  • Monarchs covers the Babenberg and Habsburg rulers only. It ends with Karl I, so pretenders are not included.
  • Rivers & Lakes excludes river names that read as common English words (March, Ill). Inn and Lech stay because they are major Alpine rivers, and SMS Inn was also a k.u.k. Danube monitor.
  • The Provinces, Birds, Mountains, Rivers, Battles and Monarchs pools stay slightly under the 35-name thematic target by design.

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