Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde
Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde (literally translated Forges and dockyards of the Gironde) was a French shipbuilder at Lormont near Bordeaux on the Gironde estuary. The company was previously called Usine de construction navale Chaigneau et Bichon, then Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde S.A. Ets Schneider, before becoming Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde.[citation needed] It is today the Construction Navale de Bordeaux (CNB).[citation needed]
Ships
The company built naval ships. Its products included the Ottoman Navy Lütf-ü Celil-class ironclads Lütf-ü Celil and Hifz-ur Rahman, the Unebi (1886) and Ottoman Samsun class destroyers Basra, Samsun, Taşoz and Yarhisar (all 1907). For the French Navy its ships included the First World War sloop Dédaigneuse (1916),[1] Bougainville-class avisos Bougainville (1931)[2] and Rigault de Genouilly (1932)[3] and the La Galissonnière-class cruiser Gloire (1933).
In June 1939 the yard had launched another Bougainville class aviso, the Beautemps Beaupré.
On 11 November 1939 the French government ordered twelve
Notes
- ^ Le Masson 1969, p. 7.
- ^ a b c Le Masson 1969, p. 12.
- ^ a b Le Masson 1969, p. 13.
- ^ Le Masson 1969, p. 16.
- ^ a b c d Le Masson 1969, p. 24.
Sources
- Le Masson, Henri (1969). The French Navy. Navies of the Second World War. Vol. 2. London: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN 9780356023847.