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BAE Systems Maritime – Submarines
BAE Systems Submarines,BAE Systems Submarine Solutions was split out from BAE Systems Marine and operated as such until January 2012. It was named BAE Systems Maritime - Submarines until 2017 before it became BAE Systems Submarines. 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. BAE Systems Submarines 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 Ship commissioning, commissioning of in 1963. The exceptions were , and , which were built by Cammell Laird. History The Barrow-in-Furness shipyard has been building submarines since was Ceremonial ship launching, launched for the Ottoman Navy in 1886 and the s for the Royal Navy were launched in 1901. The shipyard was formerly operated by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the county of Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. The borough subsequently merged with adjoining boroughs in 2023 to form the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority. At the tip of the Furness, Furness peninsula, close to the Lake District, it is bordered by Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. In 2021, Barrow's population was 55,489, making it the second largest urban area in Cumbria after Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle, and the largest in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority. Natives of Barrow, as well as the local dialect, are known as Barrovian. In the Middle Ages, Barrow was a small hamlet (place), hamlet within the parish of Dalton-in-Furness with Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
