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 A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company (law), company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidia ...

BAE Systems BAE Systems plc is a British Multinational corporation, multinational Aerospace industry, aerospace, military technology, military and information security company, based in London. It is the largest manufacturer in Britain as of 2017. It is ...

, based in

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 borou ...

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, England, and is responsible for the development and production of

submarine A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or infor ...

s. BAE Systems Submarines operates one of the few

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s in the world capable of designing and building

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s, which has constructed all but three of the

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's nuclear-powered submarines since the commissioning of in 1963. The exceptions were , and , which were built by

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History

The

shipyard has been building

s since was launched for the

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in 1886 and the s for the Royal Navy were launched in 1901. The shipyard was formerly operated by

Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited (VSEL) was a shipbuilding company based at Barrow-in-Furness, England that built warships, civilian ships, submarines and armaments. The company was historically the Naval Construction Works of Vicke ...

(VSEL). Upon the creation of BAE Systems in 1999, the submarine division became part of

BAE Systems Marine 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. While the company remains active, it now ope ...

. As part of BAE Systems Marine, the yard constructed surface ships, such as the s. In 2003, the company was split into BAE Systems Submarines and

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, with Barrow ceasing surface ship construction. Following a 2012 restructuring, BAE Systems Submarines became part of BAE Systems Maritime & Land UK, alongside BAE Systems Maritime Services and

. Since its completion in 1986, submarines at Barrow are constructed inside the Devonshire Dock Hall (DDH). In addition to the main shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, BAE Systems Submarines also operates from sites at Farnborough, Ash Vale, Frimley and Weymouth. The company is currently constructing the s, a new generation nuclear attack submarine ( SSN) for the

, the first of which was launched on 8 June 2007. The order for the initial batch of three submarines was placed in 1997, with Marconi Marine (VSEL), which was absorbed into BAE Systems in 1999. Construction of the final Astute-class began in May 2018 and all seven Astute boats are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026. BAE Systems Submarines is also building four ballistic missile submarines, which will carry the UK's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent. Construction started in late 2016 and the first submarine is expected to enter service in the early 2030s. A "significant fire" at the

facility in October 2024 caused two people to be hospitalised for

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; Cumbria Constabulary said there was no nuclear risk.

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