Antoine Groignard du Justin | |
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Birth name | Antoine Groignard |
Born | Solliès-Pont, France | 4 February 1727
Died | 26 July 1799 Paris, French Republic | (aged 72)
Allegiance | Kingdom of France |
Service | French Navy French Navy |
Years of service | 1747–1790 1792–1798 |
Rank | Ingénieur général de la marine |
Unit | Corps of Naval Constructors |
Battles / wars | |
Awards | Prize of the French Academy of Sciences 1759 Prize of the Académie de Marine 1765 Member of the Académie de Marine 1769 Knight of the Order of Saint Louis 1775 Ennobled 1780 |
Spouse(s) | Marie Élisabeth Catherine Boucher de la Boucherie (1767) [1] |
Antoine Groignard (4 February 1727 – 26 July 1799), was a French naval constructor who developed standard designs for French war ships, and built and improved the dry docks at the French naval bases in Toulon and Brest.