Some of the ideas about turret arrangements, circa 1905 don't work well

Some of the turret arrangements that were being advocated in 1905 or 1906 were not very workable. There was an obsession with trying to achieve end-on-fire with as many guns a possible. There was an obliviousness to the problems associated with blast, so that if these arrangements were actually implemented, there would have been a great deal of blast damage from the first guns fired ahead or astern. My attempt at a photo of a British 1906 armoured cruiser with 16-9.2in guns illustrates the problem:

There is the additional problem, in Springsharp, especially, with issues surrounding stability and hull strength. I would rather have three wing turrets on a side with only the remote possibility of 6 guns firing forward and 10 on the broadside. A more realistic scenario is that guns would be fired slightly to the port or starboard, in a generally forward direction, and the pre-Dreadnought arrangement would still allow for 8 guns firing to the port bow (say). I would be tempted to rework this photo to show the sort of arrangement that I am proposing.