Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia
Type Shipyard Controlled by
Royal Italian Navy Built 1783; 241 years ago (1783 ) In use 1783–1939 (privatized)
The Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia (Royal Dockyard of
Castellammare di Stabia ) was founded in 1783 by
Sir John Acton , Prime Minister of
Ferdinand IV of the Kingdom of Naples . Its first vessel, the
Neapolitan ship of the line Partenope , was completed three years later. The shipyard was initially unable to build more than one
ship of the line and a
frigate simultaneously until it was enlarged by order of King
Joachim Murat in 1808. It built its first steam-powered ship in the early 1840s.
The shipyard was absorbed by the Naples-based holding company,
Navalmeccanica , in 1939. Almost totally destroyed during World War II, the dockyard had to be rebuilt before it could resume operations. Navalmeccanica was incorporated into Italcantieri in 1966, which was in turn taken over by
Fincantieri in 1984.
Bibliography
Brescia, Maurizio (2012). Mussolini's Navy: A Reference Guide to the Regina Marina 1930–45 . Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
ISBN
978-1-59114-544-8 .
Naval shipyards and companies of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–1945
Shipyards
Gio. Ansaldo & C. ,
Genoa -
Sestri Ponente
Cantieri navali Odero , Genoa-Sestri Ponente
Cantieri Cerusa , Genoa-
Voltri
Cantiere della Foce , Genoa
Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso / Cantieri del Tirreno,
Riva Trigoso
Arsenale di La Spezia ,
La Spezia
Cantiere navale del Muggiano , La Spezia
Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando ,
Livorno
Cantiere Pattison ,
Naples
Officine & Cantieri Partenopei , Naples
Bacini e Scali Napoletani , Naples
Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia ,
Castellammare di Stabia
Cantiere navale di Palermo ,
Palermo
Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto ,
Taranto
Cantiere navale di Ancona ,
Ancona
Cantiere navale di Marghera ,
Venice
Venetian Arsenal , Venice
Cantiere Navale Triestino ,
Monfalcone
Cantiere San Marco ,
Trieste
Cantiere San Rocco , Trieste
Cantieri navali del Quarnaro ,
Fiume
Companies & conglomerates
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