Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Ltd (VSEL) was a shipbuilding company based at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria in northwest England that built warships, civilian ships, submarines and armaments. The company was historically the Naval Construction Works of Vickers Armstrongs and has a heritage of building large naval warships and armaments. Through a complicated history the company's shipbuilding division is now BAE Systems Submarine Solutions and the armaments division is now part of BAE Systems Land & Armaments.
| Type | Limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Shipbuilding Marine Engineering |
| Founded | 1871 |
| Defunct | 2007 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | BAE Systems Submarine Solutions BAE Systems Land & Armaments |
| Headquarters | Barrow-in-Furness , England |
| Owner | British Shipbuilders (1977–1986) GEC (1995–1999) BAE Systems (1999–present) |
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