But, in a statement, BAE said the Type 45 order would have no significant impact on its short-term workload and it would therefore makeredundant 1, 000 workers on the Clyde and 150 in Barrow over the next six months.
"Sadly we do not have the funding necessary to keep employees on, so it is with great regret that we place ourselves in a position where we will have to makeredundant later today the vast majority of the workforce, " a representative of administrators PriceWaterhouseCoopers said.