Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan gina na karshe na Austro-Hungary na pre-dreadnought battleships, da, Montecuccoli ya gabatar da shawararsa na farko don yakin basasa na gaskiya don Austro-Hungarian Navy. Yin amfani da goyon bayan siyasa don fadada jiragen ruwa da ya samu a Ostiryia da Hungary a tsawon shekaru da dama, da kuma tsoron Austrian na yaki da Italiya a kan rikicin Bosnia
a cikin shekarar da ta gabata, Montecuccoli ya tsara sabon wasiƙa ga Sarkin sarakuna Franz Joseph I a watan Janairun 1909 yana ba da shawarar fadada rundunar sojan ruwan Austro-Hungary da ke kunshe da manyan jiragen ruwa 16, masu sintiri 12, masu hallaka 24, jiragen ruwa 72 na jirgin ruwa, da jiragen ruwa 12. Duk da yake wannan wani gyare-gyare ne na shirinsa na 1905, wani canji mai ban mamaki shi ne hada da wasu jiragen ruwa guda hudu da suka wuce tare da maye gurbin a cikin kaya. Wadannan jiragen ruwa za su zama "Tegetthoff" class.