BAE Systems Submarine Solutions

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BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, until 2003 a unit within BAE Systems Marine, is responsible for the development and production of the Astute class submarine. At the same time BAE Systems Naval Ships was formed to operate the shipbuilding capabilities of BAE Systems.

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.

Modern timeline of British shipbuilding companies, 1960-present

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Hawthorn Leslie & Company
Caledon Sh'b. & Eng. Co.									Robb Caledon Shipbuilding
Henry Robb
John Redhead & Sons
Smiths Dock Company
William Doxford & Sons
Harland & Wolff																													Harland & Wolff Holdings
Hall Russell & Co.																											A & P A'dore Int. (Aberdeen)
Appledore Shipbuilders																											A & P Appledore																	DML Appledore
J. I. Thornycroft & Co.						Vosper Thornycroft																				Vosper Thornycroft																	VT Group
Vosper & Co.
Ailsa Shipbuilding Company																					Ferguson Ailsa						Ailsa & Perth
Ferguson Brothers																											F'son & A'dore			Ferguson Shipbuilders
Northwestern Shipbuilders & Shiprepairers																											NSL
Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson																											Swan Hunter
Lithgows							Scott Lithgow															Scott Lithgow
Scotts Sh'b. & Eng. Co.
Cammell Laird & Company																								VSEL									Coastline			Cammell Laird						A & P Shiprepair
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
Fairfield Sh'b. & Eng. Co.													Govan Sh'b.																Kværner (Govan)
John Brown & Company													John Brown
Charles Connell & Company
Alexander Stephens & Sons
W. Denny & Bros.
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BSC = British Shipbuilders Corporation