Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde


Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde was a French shipbuilder at Lormont near Bordeaux on the Gironde estuary. The company was previously called Usine de construction navale Chaigneau et Bichon, then Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde S.A. Ets Schneider, before becoming Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde. It is today the Construction Navale de Bordeaux.

Ships

The company built naval ships. Its products included the Ottoman Navy s and, the and Ottoman Samsun class destroyers Basra, Samsun, Taşoz and Yarhisar. For the French Navy its ships included the First World War sloop Dédaigneuse, s Bougainville and Rigault de Genouilly and the .
In June 1939 the yard had launched another Bougainville class aviso, the Beautemps Beaupré. At the Fall of France she was still being completed at the yard so on 24 June 1940 the French took her out into the Gironde and scuttled her to prevent her from being captured. Another Bougainville class aviso, La Pérouse, was on order at the time but was cancelled.
On 11 November 1939 the French government ordered twelve s including three from Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde. After the Fall of France the company abandoned construction of two of these, La Rieuse and La Sérieuse, and suspended work on the third, which had been intended to be La Preneuse. Work on her resumed after 1945 and her intended name was changed to Commandant Ducuing in 1946. However, construction was finally abandoned in 1948.