Kammala wannan magana: Bayan gina na karshe na Austro-Hungary na karshe na pre-dreadnought battleships, da, Montecuccoli ya gabatar da wani tsari wanda zai hada da zane na farko na "Szent István". Tare da barazanar yaki da Italiya daga
Rikicin Bosnian 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 sojan ruwan Austro-Hungary da ke kunshe da jiragen ruwa 16, jiragen ruwa 12, jiragen ruwa 24, jiragen ruwa 72, da jiragen ruwa 12 na jirgin ruwa. 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. Ofaya daga cikin waɗannan jiragen ruwa daga baya zai zama "Szent István".