Shipyard "The Jean-Bart" (Grevelingen, France)
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General information about the "De Jean-Bart" Shipyard
If you want to see something impressive, go and visit the shipyard of the "Jean-Bart," for example. Jean Bart (in Dutch "Jan Baert") was a privateer appointed by King Louis XIV. He made sure that the people of Dunkirk did not die of starvation (late 17th century) and therefore became immensely popular with the people of Dunkirk and the surrounding area. He was knighted by the King because of this heroic act. In Dunkirk, there is a square in the center named after him and his statue.
The ship could accommodate as many as 700 sailors. Some 1,000 craftsmen worked in the shipyard at the time.
The intention is to have the finished ship on display in Grevelingen as a museum ship starting in 2030. A Playmobil exhibition on the theme "Pirates & Hijackers" is running during the Easter vacations of 2025. You can visit the shipyard both on an individual basis (€8.50) and in groups. Besides the ship under construction, you can visit several workshops with craftsmen: the blacksmith (where you can see nails as long as 45 cm!), the fish smoker, the ship's carpenter.
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Grevelingen / Gravelines, Nord Department, Hauts-de-France, France: 11.223 inwoners op 20 km². | ||||
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Geographical information
Address: Route de Calais, 59820 Grevelingen, Nord Department, Hauts-de-France, France
Geographic coordinates:
– Google Maps: Latitude = 50.9864721 – Longitude = 2.1175334
– OpenStreetMap: Latitude = 50.986435 – Longitude = 2.117576
– Altitude h = 2 m
Location of "De Jean-Bart" Shipyard on:
Tourist map of Top.Vlaanderen – Google Maps – OpenStreetMap.
Directions to "De Jean-Bart" Shipyard: Route via Google Maps
Meteo
23°C
| Day | Condition | Temperature | Precipitation | Rain Chance | Wind | Humidity | Pressure |
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Today
9:00 p.m.
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 light rain
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15° | 25°°C | 1 mm | 100% | 15 Km/h | 90 % | 1023 mb |
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Tomorrow
9:00 p.m.
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 very light cloud cover
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15° | 18°°C | 0 mm | 0% | 14 Km/h | 94 % | 1022 mb |
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Sat, May 26
9:00 PM
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 cloudy
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14° | 18°°C | 0 mm | 0% | 32 Km/h | 95 % | 1017 mb |
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Sun, May 26
9:00 PM
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 light rain
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13° | 18°°C | 0.8 mm | 80% | 27 Km/h | 96 % | 1017 mb |
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ma jun 26
21:00
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light rain
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14° | 17°°C | 1 mm | 100% | 35 Km/h | 99 % | 1011 mb |
| Hour | Condition | Temperature | Precipitation | Rain Chance | Wind | Humidity | Pressure |
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Today
3:00 a.m.
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cloudy
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19° | 23°°C | 0 mm | 0% | 12 Km/h | 89 % | 1020 mb |
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Today
6:00 a.m.
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light rain
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22° | 23°°C | 1 mm | 100% | 11 Km/h | 90 % | 1020 mb |
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Today
9:00 a.m.
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light rain
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25° | 25°°C | 0.53 mm | 53% | 10 Km/h | 85 % | 1021 mb |
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Today
12:00
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cloudy
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22° | 22°°C | 0.3 mm | 30% | 9 Km/h | 80 % | 1023 mb |
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Today
3:00 p.m.
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light rain
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19° | 19°°C | 0.98 mm | 98% | 5 Km/h | 81 % | 1023 mb |
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Today
6:00 p.m.
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cloudy
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15° | 15°°C | 0.81 mm | 81% | 10 Km/h | 84 % | 1022 mb |
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Today
9:00 p.m.
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cloudy
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17° | 17°°C | 0 mm | 0% | 15 Km/h | 82 % | 1022 mb |
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Tomorrow
12:00 AM
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cloudy
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16° | 16°°C | 0 mm | 0% | 10 Km/h | 88 % | 1022 mb |
Online information about the "De Jean-Bart" Shipyard
Visitor numbers: 20,000 per year (figures from 2024).
Location of the statue of Jean Bart on Google Maps.
Social media of Espace Tourville (the organization behind this initiative): website.
Website about the Interreg IVC HEROES 2C project
– together with two other historic shipyards, they received a €2.5 million grant from the ERDF.
Web page about the privateer Jan Baert on Wikipedia ( NL – FR – EN ).
Tourist Office "Tourisme Gravelines":
Website – Facebook (municipality) – Instagram
Tourist Office "Dunkerque Tourisme":
Website – Facebook – Instagram
Adjacent restaurant: "La Taverne du Jean-Bart":
Website –Facebook
Our photos of the Jean Bart shipyard
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Photos of the shipyard (April 19, 2025):
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