Puerto Real Shipyard, Industrial shipyard in Puerto Real, Spain

Puerto Real Shipyard is a large naval construction facility in the Bay of Cadiz with multiple dry docks and building berths designed for different vessel types. The site contains production areas for ship construction, repair facilities, and administrative buildings spread across extensive grounds.

The shipyard was founded in the late 19th century as part of Puerto Real's industrial growth when modern naval construction facilities were established. It later developed to support Spanish Navy vessel construction and expanded with changing demands of the maritime industry.

The yard's name comes from the Matagorda beach where the Scottish engineers Bell and Miller sited a dry dock of 156.5 m by 27.6 m, built in oyster-stone masonry on wooden piles because of the marshy ground. The old Factoría de Matagorda is now a museum, while the 1972 extension kept the name Puerto Real Shipyard; locals use both names for the whole complex.

The facility is only partially visible from outside, so a guided tour offers better access and understanding of the operations. Allow enough time to appreciate the scale of the site and its different working areas.

The dry dock completed in 1972 can handle ships of up to 1,000,000 dwt and was then the second largest in Europe. The older Matagorda works, which kept their name after the 1972 expansion, now house a museum, so the whole complex is known by both names.