Type 45 Destroyers - major In-Situ machining contracts awarded

Metalock Engineering UK Ltd has worked within the Fleet Support yard for many years on both commercial and naval vessels and has been awarded a major In-Situ Machining contract by VT Shipbuilding on the new Type 45 Destroyer Project, which is now under way.

Subsequently, Metalock has also secured a further Type 45 contract, this time with BAE Systems, Scotstoun for all the stern tubes, intermediate and aft ‘A’ frames, plummer blocks and propulsion motor/ thrust shaft couplings. Metalock has now secured all the in-situ machining work for these MoD contracts involving vessels one to six over the coming years.

Metalock Engineering’s in-situ machining and metal stitching expertise has served the marine industry throughout the world since the company’s formation in 1947.

As a result Metalock Engineering UK is now a household name in the global marine world.