The ''Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée'' (FCM) was a French

shipbuilding Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to befor ...

company. The ''Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée'' was founded in 1853 by Philip Taylor and subsequently incorporated in 1856 in the newly established joint stock company ''Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée'' founded by

Armand Béhic Louis Henri Armand Behic (15 January 1809 – 2 March 1891) was a French lawyer, businessman and politician who served as minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Public Works in the government of Napoleon III. Life Louis Henri Armand Behic was born ...

. It eventually had shipyards in

La Seyne-sur-Mer La Seyne-sur-Mer (; "La Seyne on Sea"; oc, La Sanha), or simply La Seyne, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 62,888. La Seyne-sur-Mer, which is pa ...

, near

Toulon Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is th ...

, and in Graville, now part of

Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very cl ...

. After going into insolvency in 1966, the company was absorbed into the ''

Constructions industrielles de la Méditerranée CNIM is a French equipment manufacturer and industrial contractor operating on a worldwide basis. The group supplies products and services to major public and private sector organisations, local authorities and national governments in the environ ...

''. The company also produced

tank A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and good battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engin ...

s before World War II, most notably FCM 2C and

FCM 36 The FCM 36 or ''Char léger Modèle 1936 FCM'', was a light infantry tank that was designed for the French Army prior to World War II. It had a crew of two and was equipped with a short 37 mm main armament and a 7.5 mm coaxial machine g ...

Some ships built

* (1874) * (1865) — first ironclad to circumnavigate the Earth * (1879) * Spanish

pre-dreadnought battleship Pre-dreadnought battleships were sea-going battleships built between the mid- to late- 1880s and 1905, before the launch of in 1906. The pre-dreadnought ships replaced the ironclad battleships of the 1870s and 1880s. Built from steel, prote ...

(1888) * (1889) * (1889) * Chilean cruiser ''Presidente Errázuriz'' (1890) * Chilean cruiser ''Presidente Pinto'' (1890) - shipwreck 1905 * (1890) * (1890) * (1891) * Haitian gunboat ''Alexandre-Pétion'' (1893) * * (1896) — since 1927 Polish

barracks ship A barracks ship or barracks barge or berthing barge, or in civilian use accommodation vessel or accommodation ship, is a ship or a non-self-propelled barge containing a superstructure of a type suitable for use as a temporary barracks for sai ...

* (1900) * Russian pre-dreadnought (1902) * (1906) * British hospital ship (1911) * French dreadnought (1912) * French passenger liner (1913) — sunk in the ''Patria'' disaster in 1940 * French battleship (1914) — later converted to an aircraft carrier * French passenger liner (1915) * French submarine (1929) * (1935) * Norwegian cruise ship ''

Sagafjord MS ''Sagafjord'' was an ocean liner built in 1965 by Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée for Norwegian America Line as a combined ocean liner/cruise ship. Between 1983 and 1996 the ''Sagafjord'' was operated by Cunard ...

'' (1965) — later the British ''Saga Rose'' * Dutch / Dutch Antilles LPG-tanker ''

Antilla Bay Antilla may refer to: Places * Antilla, Cuba, a municipality and town * Antilla, Salta, a village and rural municipality in northwestern Argentina * La Antilla, a beach resort in Andalusia, Spain Ships * USS ''Antilla'' (1904), a US Navy ca ...

'', #1396, (1973)

External links

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History of the shipyards of La Seyne during the 19th century
(in French) * Shipbuilding companies of France Shipyards of France {{France-company-stub