page_title: Ateliers et Chantiers de France
hierarchical_section_title: Ateliers et Chantiers de France
caption_attribution_description: The French destroyer Vauquelin sliding down the ways during her launching, at the Dunkirk (Dunkerque) shipyard of Ateliers et Chantiers de France, 29 March 1931. A large floating drydock is in the right background. .
context_page_description: The Ateliers et Chantiers de France was a major shipyard that was established in Dunkirk, France, in 1898.
  The shipyard boomed in the period before World War I, but struggled in the inter-war period. It was badly damaged during World War II.
  In the first thirty years after the war the shipyard again experienced a boom and employed up to 3,000 workers making oil tankers, and then liquid natural gas tankers.
  Demand dropped off in the 1970s and 1980s.
  In 1972 the shipyard became Chantiers de France-Dunkerque, and in 1983 merged with others yards to become part of Chantiers du Nord et de la Mediterranee, or Normed.
  The shipyard closed in 1987.
context_section_description: The Ateliers et Chantiers de France (ACF, Workshops and Shipyards of France) was a major shipyard that was established in Dunkirk, France, in 1898.
  The shipyard boomed in the period before World War I (1914–18), but struggled in the inter-war period. It was badly damaged during World War II (1939–45).
  In the first thirty years after the war the shipyard again experienced a boom and employed up to 3,000 workers making oil tankers, and then liquid natural gas tankers.
  Demand dropped off in the 1970s and 1980s.
  In 1972 the shipyard became Chantiers de France-Dunkerque, and in 1983 merged with others yards to become part of Chantiers du Nord et de la Mediterranee, or Normed.
  The shipyard closed in 1987.
caption: The French destroyer Vauquelin sliding down the ways on 29 March 1931
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