Aboukir Bay, Egypt

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bay coastal landform naval battle

Aboukir Bay, Egypt is a Mediterranean coastal bay near Alexandria, best known as the site of the 1798 naval Battle of the Nile between the British Royal Navy and the French fleet.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Aboukir Bay 2
Battle of the Nile 0
Abu Qir 3

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
coastal landform ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Nile ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Aboukir Bay
belligerent Royal Navy ⓘ
surface form: British Royal Navy

French Navy ⓘ
commander François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers ⓘ
Horatio Nelson ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
date 1798-08-01 ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion northern coast of Egypt ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Battle of the Nile ⓘ
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasWaterBody Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
knownFor 1798 naval battle between British Royal Navy and French fleet ⓘ
Battle of the Nile ⓘ
locatedIn Aboukir Bay, Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aboukir Bay

Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedInGovernorate Alexandria Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Egypt ⓘ
locatedNear Alexandria ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
nearbySettlement Aboukir Bay, Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abu Qir

Alexandria ⓘ
partOf French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
coast of Egypt ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
maritime transport ⓘ
naval anchorage ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexandria Governorate → contains → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir
Alexandria Governorate → contains → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Mariout
Alexandria Governorate → contains → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir Bay
Battle of Abukir (1799) → geographicalFeature → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abukir Peninsula
Canopus → hasCoordinateRegion → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir Bay
Aboukir Bay, Egypt → locatedIn → Aboukir Bay, Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the Nile
this entity surface form: Aboukir Bay
Battle of the Nile → location → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
HMS Vanguard → locationOfNotableBattle → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aboukir Bay
French flagship L’Orient → locationOfSinking → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
L’Orient → locationOfSinking → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
Canopus → modernNearbySettlement → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir
Aboukir Bay, Egypt → nearbySettlement → Aboukir Bay, Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Aboukir Bay
this entity surface form: Abu Qir
Canopus → partlySubmergedIn → Aboukir Bay, Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Qir Bay