06 36 n 3 14 11 w 54.11000 n 3.23639 w 54.11000 ; 3.23639 bae systems maritime submarines type private industry defence shipbuilding marine engineering founded march 2003 headquarters barrow in furness england key people john hudson managing director mar 2009 sept 2013 murray easton cbe managing director 2003 2009 products submarines services submarine design submarine support number of employees approximately 7 100 parent bae systems website www.baesystems.com bae systems maritime submarines 25 000m devonshire dock hall indoor shipbuilding complex the largest of its kind in europe . bae systems maritime submarines known as bae systems submarine solutions until january 2012 is a wholly owned subsidiary of bae systems based in barrow in furness cumbria england and is responsible for the development and production of submarines . it operates one of the few shipyards in the world capable of designing and building nuclear submarines which has constructed all but three of the royal navy s nuclear powered submarines since the commissioning of hms dreadnought in 1963 . the exceptions were hms conqueror hms renown and hms revenge which were built by cammell laird . the barrow in furness shipyard has also been building submarines since the abd l hamid was launched for the ottoman navy in 1886 and the holland class submarine for the royal navy was launched in 1901 . the shipyard was formerly operated by vickers shipbuilding and engineering vsel . upon the creation of bae systems in 1999 the submarine division became part of bae systems marine . as part of bae systems marine the yard constructed surface ships such as the albion class landing platform docks . in 2003 however the company was split into bae systems submarines and bae systems naval ships with barrow ceasing surface ship construction . since its completion in 1986 submarines at barrow are constructed inside the devonshire dock hall ddh . 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 maritime submarines is also currently studying the design of a new class of ballistic missile submarines . see also edit barrow in furness port of barrow list of ships and submarines built in barrow in furness references edit new uk nuclear submarine launched external links edit bae systems murray easton interview naval shipbuilding north west england v t e bae systems plc subsidiaries and divisions bae systems australia bae systems india bae systems saudi arabia intelligence & security maritime services maritime naval ships maritime submarines military air & information regional aircraft support solutions bae systems inc. electronics intelligence & support land & armaments southeast shipyards joint ventures fnss savunma sistemleri a. . 49 % air astana 49 % eurofighter gmbh 33 % mbda 37.5 % cta international 50 % category modern timeline of british shipbuilding companies 1960 present 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 hawthorn leslie & company caledon sh b. & eng . co. robb caledon shipbuilding henry robb harland and wolff harland & wolff heavy industries ailsa shipbuilding company ferguson ailsa ailsa & perth ferguson brothers ferguson shipbuilders lithgows scott lithgow scott lithgow scotts sh b. & eng . co. greenock dockyard co. swan hunter & wigham richardson swan hunter group swan hunter smiths dock co. john readhead & sons hall russell & co. hall russell a & p austin & pickersgill north east shipbuilders ltd. a & p appledore international a & p group william doxford & sons appledore shipbuilders dml appledore babcock marine appledore cammell laird & company vsel coastline cammell laird a & p shiprepair nwsl clss vickers armstrongs vickers ltd. shipbuilding marconi marine vsel bae systems marine bae sub . solutions yarrow & co. y w. sh b. ltd. upper clyde shipbuilders ysl marconi marine ysl bae surf . flt . solutions bvt surface fleet bae systems surface ships fairfield sh b. & eng . co. govan sh b. kvaerner govan charles connell & company scotstoun marine john brown & company marathon clydebank uie scotland alexander stephens & sons w. denny & bros. a. & j. inglis simons & lobnitz barclay curle j. i. thornycroft & co. vosper thornycroft vosper thornycroft vt group vosper & co. british hovercraft corporation hoverwork ltd. griffon hoverwork griffon hovercraft ltd. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s bsc british shipbuilders corporation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bae systems maritime submarines & oldid 659168964 categories british shipbuilders 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