RSS Glow Worm

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RSS Glow worm was Svensberg's first Ironclad coastal defense ship, laid down in 4456 and launched a year later. Designed to test turrets on ships, it paved the way for naval doctrine experiments that revolutionized the field. By incorporating turrets, vessels no longer needed to be broadside-on and could even approach at an angle, unleashing devastating broadsides. However, it would take six years before a real turret capital ship was built, as budget constraints and conservative admiralty factions hindered rapid experimentation. The ship itself had an 18-year lifespan, but its time came to an abrupt end when an accidental fire ravaged the magazine room while at sea, causing catastrophic damage that split the vessel in two, claiming the lives of all 276 sailors on board.