Antoine Groignard

Antoine Groignard du Justin
Bust of Antoine Groignard at Toulon naval museum.
Birth nameAntoine Groignard
Born(1727-02-04)4 February 1727
Solliès-Pont, France
Died26 July 1799(1799-07-26) (aged 72)
Paris, French Republic
Allegiance Kingdom of France
Service / branch French Navy
 French Navy
Years of service1747–1790
1792–1798
RankIngénieur général de la marine
UnitCorps of Naval Constructors
Battles / wars
AwardsPrize 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.

  1. ^ "Antoine GROIGNARD." Geneanet. Retrieved 2017-03-26.