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 na "Prinz Eugen". Tare da barazanar yaki da Italiya daga rikicin Bosnia
a cikin 1908 sabo ne a cikin tunanin sojojin Austro-Hungarian, 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 waɗannan jiragen ruwa zai zama "Prinz Eugen".