BAE Systems Naval Ships

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Launch of HMS Daring from BAE's Scotstoun Shipyard.

BAE Systems Naval Ships, until 2003 a part of BAE Systems Marine, is a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems, responsible for the company's surface shipbuilding operations.

This new company took control of the surface vessel shipyards at Scotstoun (formerly YSL) and Govan (formerly Kværner) in Glasgow. At the same time the Barrow-in-Furness shipyard of BAE Systems Marine (formerly VSEL), became part of BAE Systems Submarines. This reorganisation was, to quote the company, "to provide a focus on the UK and export surface warship building market."

As well as through life ship-repair services, major construction projects include:

Royal Navy Future Carrier (CVF) (in partnership with Thales Group)
Type 45 destroyer (in partnership with VT Group)
Type 23 frigate
Offshore Patrol Vessels
Bay Class LSD(A) (in partnership with Swan Hunter)
Wave Knight Class Auxiliary Tankers
Ocean Class LPH

BAE Systems Naval Ships is responsible for the construction of the majority of the blocks of Type 45 destroyers (stern to bridge, excluding masts and funnels) as well as the assembly of these blocks and the two from VT Group (compromising all of the ship in front of the bridge). When launched from Scotstoun the ships are towed to Govan to be fitted with the VT-built masts and funnels, before returning to dry dock at Scotsoun for outfitting with radar arrays (SAMPSON and S1850M), bulbous bow, propellers, missile equipment and 4.5 inch naval gun.

BAE Systems has completed three Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Royal Brunei Navy, however the customer has refused to accept the vessels. The contract was awarded to GEC-Marconi in 1995 and the ships were launched in January 2001, June 2001 and June 2002 at the then BAE Systems Marine yard at Scotstoun. The ships are armed with MBDA Exocet Block II anti-ship missiles and MBDA Seawolf air defence missiles. The contract dispute is the subject of arbitration.