''Chantiers Dubigeon'' was a

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established in 1760 by

Julien Dubigeon Julien may refer to: People * Julien (given name) * Julien (surname) Music * ''Julien'' (opera), a 1913 poème lyrique by Gustave Charpentier * ''Julien'' (album), by Dalida, 1973 * "Julien" (song), by Carly Rae Jepsen, 2019 Places Un ...

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

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disagreed how to dispose of the company. Part of it was sold to

Chantiers de la Loire Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire (ACL) was a French shipbuilding company of the late 19th and early 20th century. The name translates roughly to English as "Workshops and Shipyard of the Loire". Early years In the eighteenth century Nantes h ...

and the rest was reorganized into the ''Anciens Chantiers Dubigeon'' which build a new yard on the

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. 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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chantiers Dubigeon 1760 establishments in France Nantes Shipyards of France 1963 disestablishments in France French companies established in 1760