Maritime groups together BAE's naval shipbuilding and services businesses.
The first was the movement by naval shipbuilding to nuclear-powered vessels.
The earliest naval shipbuilding activities in Charlestown, Massachusetts, began during the American Revolutionary War.
Its mission is, "to interpret the art and history of naval shipbuilding."
Size has gradually become the guiding principle in commercial and naval shipbuilding.
It is a concept in modern naval shipbuilding based on modularity of armament, electronics and other equipment, aiming at ease of maintenance and cost reduction.
The original Chester County seat was the city of Chester, a center of naval shipbuilding, at the eastern edge of the county.
Companies in the defence industry, naval shipbuilding for example, will need to retain their English locations.
With the end of the Dutch wars naval shipbuilding had also retreated to the royal yards.
From the Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century, it was a centre for naval shipbuilding and a departure point for soldiers going to war.