''Cantiere navale di Ancona'' (Ancona Shipyard) is an Italian

shipyard A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...

History

Active in Roman and medieval times, it was refounded in 1843 when

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic S ...

was under the control of the

Papal States The Papal States ( ; it, Stato Pontificio, ), officially the State of the Church ( it, Stato della Chiesa, ; la, Status Ecclesiasticus;), were a series of territories in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope fro ...

. Acquired by

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in 1899, it was combined with his

Cantiere navale del Muggiano ''Cantiere navale del Muggiano'' (Muggiano Shipyard) is a defunct Italian shipbuilding company. Founded in 1883 in Muggiano, it was combined with the Cantiere navale di Ancona into the Officine e Cantieri Liguri-Anconetani in 1899 and then, toge ...

into the Officine e Cantieri Liguri-Anconetani and then, together with the

Cantiere navale di Palermo ''Cantiere navale di Palermo'' (Palermo Shipyard) is a shipyard in Palermo, Sicily. The premise falls within the Port of Palermo area. The Port Authority agreed a State concession to Fincantieri expiring 2057. The shipyard has two graving docks ...

, amalgamated into Cantieri Navali Riuniti (CNR) on 31 January 1906. It was acquired by

Fincantieri Fincantieri S.p.A. () is an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. Already the largest shipbuilder in Europe, after the acquisition of Vard in 2013, Fincantieri group doubled in size to become the fourth largest in the world (2014 ...

in 1973.

Bibliography

* 1843 establishments in the Papal States Shipyards of Italy Ancona Fincantieri Shipbuilding companies of Italy {{Italy-company-stub