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Erstwhile British defence company
BAE Systems Marine Limited
was the shipbuilding subsidiary of
BAE Systems
, formed in 1999, which manufactured the full range of naval ships; nuclear submarines, frigates, destroyers, amphibious ships.
In 2003 BAE Systems Marine was split into separate submarine and surface ship units;
BAE Systems Submarines
and
BAE Systems Naval Ships
. The latter was merged into a BAE Systems/
VT Group
joint venture,
BVT Surface Fleet
in 2008, which subsequently became
BAE Systems Surface Ships
in 2009.
History
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BAE Systems Marine was created following the merger of
Marconi Electronic Systems
(MES) and
British Aerospace
(BAe) to form BAE Systems in 1999. Like other parts of the business (e.g. Marconi Avionics) the former Marconi Marine was required to be "firewalled" within the new company.
Marconi Marine owned the major assets which made up BAE Systems Marine:
In 2003 the YSL and Govan shipyards were placed under the control of a new unit of BAE,
BAE Systems Naval Ships
. The shipyard at Barrow became part of
BAE Systems Submarine Solutions
. This reorganisation was, to quote the company, "to provide a focus on the UK and export surface warship building market."
See also
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- Marconi Scientists
- Article about the 25+ defence employees who have died in mysterious circumstances since the early 1980s
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Modern timeline of British shipbuilding companies, 1960?present
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