Aye, a headscratcher indeed. Am actually amazed the design you went with works as well as it does, especially the turrets.

Only seen a few that tried handling the coverage problem with unorthodox solutions and some degree of success: The Atragon also had turrets locked in place by their own weight, but - being a submersible with a largely circular cross section - it could also shift ballast to perform as if level even when rolled some 45 degrees on a side. The Arcadia redesign in the CGI Harlock film used a related solution, where the casemates protrude through trenches in the hull and the entire turret stacks have some off-axis room to swivel. But neither of these are particularly plausible designs, and if you are anywhere near captain Harlock you got way worse engineering issues than gravity to worry about.



Think when it comes to flying warships of the steampunk variety, bombs are pretty much the only option for ground attack, with cannon for ship to ship combat. Am a bit rusty, though; have not made a steampunk battleship design myself since 2010 or so.

These days mostly work with interceptor-styled designs: Wings, fixed long guns and SSK missiles on pylons.