BAE Systems Submarines
54°06′36″N 3°14′11″W / 54.11000°N 3.23639°W
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Defence Shipbuilding Marine engineering |
| Founded | March 2003 |
| Headquarters | , England, UK |
Key people | John Hudson (Managing Director) |
| Products | Submarines |
| Services | Submarine design Submarine support |
Number of employees | Approximately 5,100 |
| Parent | BAE Systems |
| Website | www.baesystems.com |
BAE Systems Submarine Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BAE Systems, responsible for the development and production of submarines. It operates one of the few Shipyards in the world capable of building nuclear submarines, and has constructed all of the Royal Navy's nuclear-powered submarines since the commissioning of HMS Dreadnaught in 1963. The yard was previously operated as part of BAE Systems Marine and as such also constructed surface ships, such as the Albion class landing platform docks.
The submarines are constructed inside the Devonshire Dock Hall at BAE Systems' yard at Barrow-in-Furness, formerly operated by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering (VSEL). The company is currently constructing the Astute class submarine, a new generation nuclear attack submarine (SSN) for the Royal Navy, the first of which was launched on 8 June 2007[1]. The order for the initial batch of three ships was placed in 1997, with Marconi Marine (VSEL), which was absorbed into BAE Systems in 1999. BAE Systems Submarine Solutions is also currently studying the design of a new class of ballistic missile submarines.
Upon creation of BAE Systems in 1999, the submarine division was part of BAE Systems Marine. In 2003 the latter was split into BAE Systems Submarines and BAE Systems Naval Ships.
See also
- BAE Systems Barrow-in-Furness
- Port of Barrow
- List of ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-Furness
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