''Chantiers Dubigeon'' was a
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 ...
established in 1760 by
Julien Dubigeon in
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
, France. In 1916 the heirs of
Adolphe Dubigeon disagreed how to dispose of the company. Part of it was sold to
Chantiers de la Loire and the rest was reorganized into the ''Anciens Chantiers Dubigeon'' which build a new yard on the
Île de Nantes. In 1963 it was combined with ''La société Loire-Normandie'', forming the ''Groupe Dubigeon-Normandie'' which was renamed ''Dubigeon-Normandie SA'' in 1969. It was acquired by
Alsthom Atlantique in 1983, which closed the last shipyard in Nantes in 1987.
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1760 establishments in France
Nantes
Shipyards of France
1963 disestablishments in France
French companies established in 1760