Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan gina na karshe na Austro-Hungary na pre-dreadnought battleships, da, Montecuccoli ya gabatar da wani tsari wanda zai hada da zane na farko don "Tegetthoff". Tare da barazanar yaki da Italiya daga rikicin Bosnia
a cikin 1908 sabo ne a cikin tunanin sojojin Austro-Hungary, Montecuccoli ya ba da wata sanarwa ga Sarkin sarakuna Franz Joseph I a watan Janairun 1909 yana ba da shawarar fadada rundunar sojin ruwan Austro-Hungary da ta kunshi jiragen ruwa 16, masu jirgi 12, masu hallaka 24, 72 jiragen ruwa masu ruwa, da 12 submarines. Mafi mahimmancin canji a cikin wannan yarjejeniya idan aka kwatanta da shirin da Monteccucoli ya yi a shekarar 1905 shi ne hada da wasu jiragen ruwa guda hudu da aka yi da su tare da maye gurbin kaya. Ɗaya daga cikin wadannan jiragen ruwa zai zama "Tegetthoff".