BAE Systems Marine Limited was the shipbuilding subsidiary of

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, formed in 1999, which manufactured the full range of naval ships; nuclear submarines, frigates, destroyers, amphibious ships. While the company remains active, it now operates as separate entities as in 2003 BAE Systems Marine was split into separate submarine and surface ship units;

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and

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. The latter was merged into a BAE Systems/

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joint venture, BVT Surface Fleet in 2008, which subsequently became BAE Systems Surface Ships in 2009.

History

BAE Systems Marine was created following the merger of

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(MES) and

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(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: * BAE Systems Marine (YSL) * BAE Systems Marine (VSEL) * BAE Systems Marine (Kvaerner Govan) In 2003 the YSL and Govan shipyards were placed under the control of a new unit of BAE,

. The shipyard at Barrow became part of

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. This reorganisation was, to quote the company, "to provide a focus on the UK and export surface warship building market."

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