Société_Nouvelle_des_Forges_et_Chantiers_de_la_Méditerranée

Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée

Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée

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The Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (FCM) was a French shipbuilding 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. It eventually had shipyards in La Seyne-sur-Mer, near Toulon, and in Graville, now part of Le Havre. After going into insolvency in 1966, the company was absorbed into the Constructions industrielles de la Méditerranée.

A marine engine built by the Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée in 1862

The company also produced tanks before World War II, most notably FCM 2C and FCM 36.

Some ships built

HNLMS Schorpioen in 2011
  • Media related to Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée at Wikimedia Commons
  • History of the shipyards of La Seyne during the 19th century (in French)
  • Julien Turgan (1868), "Forges et Chantier de la Méditerranée", Les grandes usines: études industrielles en France et à l'étranger, vol. 7


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