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HISTORY In 1977 the Labour government of James Callaghan passed the Aircraft And Shipbuilding Industries Act which nationalised YSL and grouped it with other major British shipyards as British Shipbuilders . In May 1979 Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister and her administration soon began its privatisation programme. British Aerospace , established by the same act, was privatised in 1981. British Shipbuilder's road to privatisation was not as swift and the group was sold piece by piece throughout the decade; though YSL was one of the early divestitures, it was sold in 1985 to GEC 's GEC-Marconi division. Yarrow became Marconi Marine (YSL). In 1999 Marconi Electronic Systems was sold to British Aerospace , creating BAE Systems. Marconi Marine (YSL) became BAE SYSTEMS Marine (YSL). COMPANIES ABSORBED BY BRITISH SHIPBUILDERS ''This is a Partial List ''
SHIPS BUILT BY YSL ''This is a Partial List ''
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