Arman Shipyards () was a
shipbuilding company in
Bordeaux, France, in the 18th and 19th centuries that built both
merchant ships and
warships. The company built two
ironclad
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s for the
Confederate States Navy during the
American Civil War : the ''
Sphinx'' and the ''
Chéops''. From 1867 to 1871 it and its successors, managed the
St. Nazaire shipyard of the
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique until it closed in the latter year.
The company went bankrupt in 1868 due to overextension and economic reverses. The shipyard in Bordeaux was seized by the company's creditors and reformed into the ''
Ateliers and Chantiers de Bacalan'' while the newly built
shipyard
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and
steam engine
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factory near
Le Havre, France, were sold off to ''
Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
Forges or Les Forges may refer to:
In Belgium
*Forges, Belgium, a village and a former municipality that is now a part of Chimay, Wallonia
In France
*Forges, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime department
* Forges, Maine-et-Loire, in th ...
'' in 1872.
Bibliography
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Shipyards of France
Bordeaux
1868 disestablishments in France
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