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...

31°19′N 30°04′E / 31.317°N 30.067°E / 31.317; 30.067 Abu Qir (Arabic: ابو قير, Abu Qīr, [æbuˈ] or [æbo ʔiːɾ], Coptic: ⲁⲡⲁⲕⲩⲣⲓ Apakyri), formerly also...

Naucratis and Heracleion. Its ruins lie near the present Egyptian town of Abu Qir. Land in the area of Canopus was subject to rising sea levels, earthquakes...

Tobago) Nelson Island (British Columbia) Nelson's Island, an island in Abu Qir Bay, Egypt Nelson Island (Talbot County, Maryland), an island of Maryland...

Mediterranean Sea. It became inundated and its remains are located in Abu Qir Bay, currently 7 km (4.3 mi) off the coast, under ca. 19 ft (5.8 m) of water...

Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemical Industries Co SAE (ABUK.CA) is a former state-owned company that is one of the largest producers of nitrogen fertilizers...

port cities just east of Alexandria, at the western edge of what is now Abu Qir Bay. The Canopic (westernmost) branch of the Nile Delta still existed at...

situation of the French army was secured, he instead opted to anchor in Aboukir Bay to await the British. Knowing the poor quality of his ships and crews, he...

Revolutionary Wars Abukir, Egypt Battle of the Nile or Battle of Abukir Bay (1798) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

bombers away from attacking Alexandria Harbour during World War Two. Abu Qir Bay List of Catholic dioceses in Egypt Baedeker, Karl (1885). Egypt: Handbook...

Antiquities discovered the ancient sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion in today's Abu Qir Bay. The statues of a colossal King and Queen are on display at the Grand...

Four ships of 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...

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 and...

into the Egyptian quarter of the city. Just east of Alexandria (where Abu Qir Bay is now), there were in ancient times marshland and several islands. As...

a number of gunboats, at anchor in Abu Qir Bay. It was late on 1 August when the British fleet appeared in the bay, and the French were at anchor in a...

Fifi Abdou - Pope Abraham of Alexandria - Abu Gorab - Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades - Abu Qir - Abu Qir Bay - Abu Simbel - Abusir - Abydos, Egypt - Abyssinian...

Antiquities discovered the ancient sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion in today's Abu Qir Bay. The statues of a colossal King and Queen are on display at the Grand...

many civilians were taken by Sydney's ships on the 7th and brought into Abu Qir Bay. The British took all the provisions and stores on board the transports...

Nocardiopsis which has been isolated from marine sediments from the Abu Qir Bay from Alexandria in Egypt. Nocardiopsis aegyptia can degrade poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)...

Wilson and M.F. Mengin stated that they were fired upon in open boats in Abu Qir Bay. They offered resistance, but were overpowered, and some killed; others...

board the flagship. (Nelson's fleet destroyed L'Orient on 1 August at Abū Qīr Bay in the Battle of the Nile; the Knights' treasures are still on the bottom...

pitched battle of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria to be fought at Abu Qir on the Mediterranean coast, near the Nile Delta. The landing of the British...

occupying the island, Napoleon lifted anchor to land in July 1798 at Abū Qīr Bay in Alexandria, Egypt. While the French were preparing to conquer the...

knighted. In 1798 he fought the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile in Abu Qir Bay, Egypt and was given the title "Baron of the Nile". Nelson was noted...

among them, together with transports carrying 16,000 troops, anchored in Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria. The objective of the operation was the defeat of the...

Anglo-Egyptian War. The vessel was involved in the bombardment and surrender of Abu Qir Bay on 20 August. On 10 September 1883, Tourmaline was transferred to serve...

after being wounded in the head during the attack on the French fleet in Abu Qir Bay. Captain Edward Berry stands by his side. More images The Bombardment...

the capture. In March 1801 Florentina was at the British landing at Abu Qir Bay. She is not among the vessels listed as having suffered casualties in...

Astraea was armed en flute when she took part in the landings in March at Abu Qir Bay. Fire from the French on shore wounded one seaman. Because Astraea served...

devoted to Aphrodite in the ancient port city of Thonis-Heracleion in the Abu Qir Bay. 2 October – Thirty-eight people are injured in a fire at a police facility...