BARROW MEMORIAL TRIBUTE FOR SUBMARINE CREWS PLANNED
Ramsden Square, Barrow in Furness A MEMORIAL is set to be created to remember submariners from Barrow and further afield. A tribute is set to be sited in Ramsden Square, to mark the coincidental 100th...
View ArticleREVIEW PUBLISHED INTO TRIDENT ALTERNATIVES
Read – Trident Alternatives Review THE Nuclear Education Trust has today published its report into the Trident Alternatives Review and the future of Barrow. The report makes a case for the...
View ArticleApprentice boost for BAE Systems yard in Barrow
Astute Class submarines are built in Barrow Defence giant BAE Systems is to recruit 140 engineering and business apprentices in Cumbria over the course of the year, the company has announced. They...
View ArticleBarrow built submarine due to be commissioned into Royal Navy today
HMS Ambush off Rhu spit near Faslane BARROW-built Ambush is due to officially join the Royal Navy today. A commissioning ceremony will take place at Faslane naval base on the Clyde where the...
View ArticleFuture submarine engineers buoyed by BAE Systems Barrow shipyard challenge
THE next generation of engineers have been inspired by the opportunities ahead for them to be involved in designing and building the world’s most technically advanced nuclear submarines – right here on...
View ArticleUK – MPs back submarine building in Barrow
Workers at Barrow’s BAE Systems plant in front of an Astute class submarine MPs and members of the House of Lords met to show their support for the UK’s submarine building industry, a key employer in...
View ArticleUK – Work starts on sixth Astute submarine at Barrow
The keel is the first part of a submarine to be built A ceremony has been held at a Cumbrian shipyard to mark the start of work on the sixth of a fleet of seven new submarines for the Royal Navy. The...
View ArticleUK – Vernon Coaker to visit yards building Trident’s replacement submarines
Shadow defence secretary to show Labour remains committed to new nuclear deterrent with visit to Barrow’s Vanguard site Vernon Coaker replaced Jim Murphy in the shadow cabinet reshuffle last week. The...
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