A 1903 battleship-cruiser

In my opinion, a ship similar to what Colonel Cuniberti proposed in 1903 would need to be much larger and less capable. My design has the superfiring guns on the beam, so that the fire ahead could be as much as 10 guns, when firing directly ahead and accepting some blast damage. The broadside would be 8 guns. That seemed to be along the lines of what 1903 thought was reasonable, although not what I would want. I used coal-fired boilers and reciprocating engines, to be consistent with the times. The machinery has to be quite lightweight for this to be feasible. This is my Springsharp report:

GB/BB/1903, Great Britain Battleship-Cruiser laid down 1903 (Engine 1917)

Displacement:
 23,257 t light; 24,355 t standard; 26,622 t normal; 28,436 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (602.00 ft / 595.00 ft) x 90.00 ft x (29.00 / 30.62 ft)
 (183.49 m / 181.36 m) x 27.43 m  x (8.84 / 9.33 m)

Armament:
      12 - 12.00" / 305 mm 45.0 cal guns - 871.37lbs / 395.24kg shells, 90 per gun
   Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1903 Model
   4 x Twin mounts on sides, forward deck aft
  2 raised mounts - superfiring
      16 - 4.00" / 102 mm 45.0 cal guns - 32.27lbs / 14.64kg shells, 150 per gun
   Quick firing guns in casemate mounts, 1903 Model
   16 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
  8 raised mounts
      Weight of broadside 10,973 lbs / 4,977 kg

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 11.0" / 279 mm 400.00 ft / 121.92 m 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
 Ends: 4.00" / 102 mm 150.00 ft / 45.72 m 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
   45.00 ft / 13.72 m Unarmoured ends
 Upper: 8.00" / 203 mm 400.00 ft / 121.92 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
   Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  2.00" / 51 mm 400.00 ft / 121.92 m 29.00 ft / 8.84 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 11.0" / 279 mm 7.00" / 178 mm  11.0" / 279 mm
 2nd: 4.00" / 102 mm 4.00" / 102 mm  4.00" / 102 mm

   - Armoured deck - multiple decks: 3.00" / 76 mm For and Aft decks
 Forecastle: 3.00" / 76 mm  Quarter deck: 3.00" / 76 mm

   - Conning towers: Forward 11.00" / 279 mm,  Aft 0.00" / 0 mm

Machinery:
 Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines, 
 Direct drive, 4 shafts, 53,830 ihp / 40,157 Kw = 24.00 kts
 Range 5,400nm at 14.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 4,081 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
 1,041 - 1,354

Cost:
 £2.306 million / $9.224 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 1,951 tons, 7.3 %
 Armour: 8,899 tons, 33.4 %
    - Belts: 3,082 tons, 11.6 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 858 tons, 3.2 %
    - Armament: 2,561 tons, 9.6 %
    - Armour Deck: 2,187 tons, 8.2 %
    - Conning Tower: 211 tons, 0.8 %
 Machinery: 3,507 tons, 13.2 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 8,900 tons, 33.4 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,365 tons, 12.6 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   35,059 lbs / 15,903 Kg = 40.6 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 5.4 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
 Metacentric height 5.5 ft / 1.7 m
 Roll period: 16.2 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.75
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.41

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has a flush deck,
   a ram bow and a cruiser stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.600 / 0.607
 Length to Beam Ratio: 6.61 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 24.39 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): -3.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: -3.00 ft / -0.91 m
 Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
    Fore end,  Aft end
    - Forecastle: 27.00 %,  24.00 ft / 7.32 m,  22.00 ft / 6.71 m
    - Forward deck: 30.00 %,  22.00 ft / 6.71 m,  21.00 ft / 6.40 m
    - Aft deck: 10.00 %,  21.00 ft / 6.40 m,  21.00 ft / 6.40 m
    - Quarter deck: 33.00 %,  21.00 ft / 6.40 m,  21.00 ft / 6.40 m
    - Average freeboard:  21.64 ft / 6.59 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 98.9 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 153.2 %
 Waterplane Area: 39,166 Square feet or 3,639 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 105 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 171 lbs/sq ft or 836 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.94
  - Longitudinal: 1.76
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
 Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
 Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily