BAE Systems Submarine Solutions

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Coordinates: 54°06′36″N 3°14′11″W / 54.11°N 3.23639°W / 54.11; -3.23639

BAE Systems Submarine Solutions' 25,000m² shipbuilding complex, the largest of its kind in Europe.

BAE Systems Submarine Solutions is a division of BAE Systems responsible for the development and production of the Astute class submarine.

The submarines are constructed at BAE Systems' yard at Barrow-in-Furness. The Astute class is a new generation of nuclear attack submarine (SSN) for the Royal Navy. The order for the initial batch of three ships was place in 1997, with Marconi Marine (VSEL), since absorbed into BAE Systems.

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.

[edit] See also

• List of Ships and Submarines Built in Barrow-in-Furness, UK

[edit] External links

• BAE Systems: Murray Easton Interview