Biographical entry Normand, Jacques Augustin (1839 - 1906)

Born
4 October 1839
Le Havre, France
Died
11 December 1906
Le Havre, France

Summary

Jacques Augustin Normand succeeded to the management of his family's shipbuilding business Augustin Normand et Cie in 1871. Having been trained in the family's shipyard from childhood he excelled in the design and construction of torpedo boats and destroyers building over 80 of these vessels for the French Navy. Examples of his work can also be found in the nineteenth and early twentieth century fleets of Russia, Japan, Spain, Denmark, Sweden and United States of America.

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Published resources

Journal Articles

  • 'Mr. J. Augustin Normand', Engineering, vol. 82, 14 December 1906, pp. 806-807. Details
  • 'Jacques Augustin Normand', Minutes of Proceedings of The Institution of Civil Engineers; and other selected and abstracted papers, vol. 169, no. 2, 1906, pp. 391-392. Details
  • 'Jacques Augustin Normand', Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, vol. 49, 38432, pp. 318-320. Details
  • Smith, E C, 'The Normands of Havre, Shipbuilders and Engineers', The Newcomen Society for the study of the history of Engineering and Technology Transactions, vol. 22, 1941, pp. 99-105. Details

Publicity Brochures

  • Chantiers & Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre, 1910. Details
  • Le Livre D'Or du Sous-marin Junon, construit pour la Marine Francaise par les Chantiers & Ateliers Augustin Normand, c.1930. Details
  • Le Livre D'Or du Sous-marin Orphee, construit pour la Marine Francaise par les Chantiers & Ateliers Augustin Normand, Chantiers & Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre, c. 1930. Details

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