Ship Design Issue for Italy Battleship II and III

[Hasty R]

Hello,

I've been playing Italy with the latest update and no mods. The Battleship II and III hulls are nigh on impossible to use (I just received them in the 1890 campaign in 1898). The issue is the huge dead spot in the middle of the hull that results in all the weight being forward of the beam (and incurring a massive weight imbalance penalty). Please help! I can include screenshots if need be. I assume this is easy to replicate as I am not using any mods and latest update to game. Maybe a bug?

Thanks, Roland

[Hasty R]

This is the "dead spot" the gray area in the middle of the ship, which doesn't seem to make much sense. Is this intentional?