Abu Qir (redirect from Aboukir, Egypt)
[æbo ʔiːɾ], Coptic: ⲁⲡⲁⲕⲩⲣⲓ Apakyri), formerly also spelled Abukir or Aboukir, is a town on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, near the ruins of ancient...
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Battle of the Nile (redirect from Battle of Aboukir Bay)
Alexandria 2 Malta 1 The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; French: Bataille d'Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between...
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Aboukir almond is a variety of candy or sweet made of almond-filled and sugar-coated marzipan. These almonds are produced in the region of Aboukir in Egypt...
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53°00′N 3°45′E / 53°N 3.75°E / 53; 3.75 HMS Aboukir was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy around 1900. Upon completion she was...
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Action of 22 September 1914 (redirect from Sinking of Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue)
squadron), comprising the Cressy-class armoured cruisers HMS Bacchante, Aboukir, Hogue, Cressy and Euryalus, the 1st and 3rd Destroyer flotillas, ten submarines...
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Aboukir is type of a dessert make with a sponge cake that has been baked in a Charlotte mold, divided into multiple layers which are layered with chestnut...
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Abu Qir Bay (redirect from Aboukir Bay)
The Abū Qīr Bay (sometimes transliterated Abukir Bay or Aboukir Bay) (Arabic: خليج أبو قير; transliterated: Khalīj Abū Qīr) is a spacious bay on the Mediterranean...
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the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Aboukir, after Abu Qir Bay, the site of the Battle of the Nile: HMS Aboukir (1798) was a 74-gun third-rate ship of...
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The Battle of Aboukir is an oil-on-canvas painting executed in 1806 by the French artist Antoine-Jean Gros. It has the large dimensions of 578 by 968...
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Nelson's Island (redirect from Aboukir Island)
Nelson's Island (Arabic: جزيرة_جريشة or جزيرة نيلسون) is an island located in Abū Qīr Bay, off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. It is a local site for picnics...
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In the Battle of Abukir (or Aboukir or Abu Qir) Napoleon Bonaparte defeated Seid Mustafa Pasha's Ottoman army on 25 July 1799, during the French campaign...
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Battle of Abukir (redirect from Battle of Aboukir)
Battle of Abukir may refer to: Battle of Abukir (1799), a battle of the French Revolutionary Wars Battle of Abukir (1801), a battle of the French Revolutionary...
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HMS Aboukir was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy launched in 1848. On 6 July 1861, Aboukir ran aground on Yeusta Skerry. Repairs...
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Royal Air Force Aboukir or more simply RAF Aboukir is a former Royal Air Force base located 6.6 miles (10.6 km) northwest of Kafr El-Dawar and 7.2 miles...
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observation post on the HMS Aboukir had apparently mistaken the periscope of U-9 for a piece of driftwood . A chance hit in the Aboukir 's weapons magazine caused...
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Mediterranean and the Far East. On the outbreak of the First World War Cressy, Aboukir, Hogue, Bacchante and Euryalus formed the Seventh Cruiser Squadron. Due...
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naval action fought from 1 to 3 August 1798. The battle took place in Aboukir Bay, near the mouth of the River Nile on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt...
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HMS Aboukir was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 November 1807 at Frindsbury. In 1812 Aboukir served as the flagship...
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John Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby (redirect from John Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby of Aboukir and Tullibody)
John Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby of Tullibody FSA Scot FRSE (15 January 1841 – 7 October 1924) was a Scottish soldier and archaeologist. Abercromby...
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found a squadron of three British Cressy-class armoured cruisers (HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue, and HMS Cressy, sardonically nicknamed the "Live Bait Squadron")...
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battle was over. On the morning of 22 September, Hogue and her sisters, Aboukir and Cressy, were on patrol without any escorting destroyers as they had...
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French ship Aquilon (1789) (redirect from HMS Aboukir (1798))
HMS Theseus. She was captured and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Aboukir. List of ships of the line of France Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de...
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their prisoners. On the morning of 22 September, Cressy and her sisters, Aboukir and Hogue, were on patrol without any escorting destroyers as these had...
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Lemaire (Southern façade, right). La bataille d'Aboukir (The Battle of Aboukir), by Bernard Seurre (Southern façade, left). La bataille de Jemappes (The...
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Following his defeat in Syria, Napoleon repelled the Ottoman landing at Aboukir, but recognizing that the campaign was lost, and with the news of a Second...
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VC, BR114, of the No 103 MU, Aboukir, 1942...
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1798, where Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson destroyed the French fleet in Aboukir Bay, Casabianca fought until his death. During the course of battle, he...
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including in the Caribbean at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, the Bay of Aboukir off the Egyptian coast at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, near Spain at...
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ship in the Royal Navy meant its captain (e.g., "Cressy didn't learn from Aboukir") while the name with an article referred to the ship (e.g., "The Cressy...
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self-propelled torpedo. On 22 September, U-9 sank the armoured cruisers HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy, and HMS Hogue. As a result, the British Grand Fleet had to...
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