Could Austria-Hungary build dreadnoughts domestically, or did it outsource them?
Short answerIt had capable domestic yards, though some machinery was imported and construction was divided between Austrian and Hungarian interests.
NotesAustria-Hungary possessed yards capable of building dreadnoughts, although some machinery still came from Britain. Three Tegetthoff-class ships came from Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino at Trieste, while Szent István was built by Ganz-Danubius at Fiume. The distribution reflected both industrial capacity and the need to balance Austrian and Hungarian constituencies inside the dual monarchy. Trieste passed to Italy after the First World War, while Fiume first became a free state and was incorporated into Italy only in the interwar period. Shipbuilding contracts, borders, and constitutional bargaining were inseparable parts of the empire's naval industrial base.