SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - New Warspite UK Submarine

This is a VERY good article. :yep:

It takes more than money to build a new class, especially with governments that tout concepts like "limited government" and "austerity spending".

These types of shipyards can only thrive when the government is ready to spend the money. :yep:

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With 605 apprentices and 126 graduates also currently based in Barrow-in-Furness, the Dreadnought programme brings huge benefits to the BAE Systems’ Submarines Academy for Skills and Knowledge, training the next generation of high-skilled engineers to build and maintain the UK’s submarine capability into the future.

A shipyard without money is a VERY lonely place. Completion of a class of ships usually sees large-scale drawdowns and layoffs.

Back in 2009 I dropped my resume on Electric Boat just to see what would happen. E-B is mostly famous for not hiring former sailors. Yeah, we know how to run the boat but that's a lot different than building one.
Sure enough, I brought my degree in EE plus my quals and experience in QA/QC and they thanked me for thinking of them while they pointed to the door I would use to exit. :haha:

This was when they were just gearing up to build the Virginia class SSNs.