The Egyptian Navy In Ancient History
During the reign of king " Pipy I " of the sixth Dynasty, the first navy invasion in military history took place, when the army participated with the navy in invading the coasts of Palestine and Phoenicia under the command of prince " Oney " to fight and to destroy the attacking tribes on the eastern borders of Egypt. Also,During the Ninth and Tenth Dynasties (2145 - 2050 B.C) a war broke between king " Khity III " and " Antekaa " the rebellion Prince of Thebes. The war between them ended with a navy battle on the River Nile where the ships of Prince
" Antekaa " were destroyed. The mentioned navy battle was the first navy battle recorded in history.
  The Egyptian Navy In Modern History
The era of the Eighteenth Dynasty is considered the beginning of the Egyptian navy prosperity where control over the coastal waters of Egypt was restored under the command of " King Ahmos I " in 1580 B.C. The engravings on the walls of pharaonic temples depict  the magnificent Egyptian fleet that took part in many battles along the coast of the African Horn. During the reign of the Nineteenth Dynasty, the Egyptian Navy witnessed  great progress under " King Ramses III " in 1190 B.C. During his reign, the inhabitants of the Greek Islands started to sail toward the Egyptian coastal waters therefore, King Ramses organized a huge fleet, rapidly formed, from various sea ports of northern Egypt whichwere left under his command to fight a navy battle near the "Citadel of Ramses"
The Battle of "Zat El-Sawary" in 654 A.D.    
it broke up just before the death of Caliphate Othman, when the Arab fleet confronted the Byzantine fleet. The Romans started the aggression as they wanted to destroy the growing Arabian fleet before it grows into a distinguished power. The fierce battle between the Byzantine fleet, 1000 warships, under the command of Emperor "Kostanteen" and the Arab fleet, 200 warships, under the command of "Abdullah Ibn Abi El-Sarh" took place on Aug.29th,654 A.D and the Arabs defeated the aggressors. This battle was named after the place where it happened near centeral Asia

 The Navy Battle Of Alexandria in 1174 A.D.
This battle took place when the ruler of Sicily sent his fleet to impose a blockade on Alexandria and the Egyptian navy defeated his fleet under the command of Salah El-Din.  
 The Navy Battle Of Acre In 1190 A.D.

The Crusaders prepared a strong fleet to fight the Egyptian fleet that sailed to provide support to Salah El-Din in Acre. Salah El-Din distracted the attention of the Crusaders to allow the Egyptian fleet to land in Acre and to let them fight on more than one front, but the two fleets encountered each other, Then a fierce battle took place and ended in victory and the invasion of  Acre under the banner of the Egyptian Commander Salah El-Din.

 The Morea War
 When the Greek revolution came into existence, the Greek navy ships started to attack the Turkish ships and as a result, the Ottoman Sultan asked Mohamed Ali Pasha to send his fleet in order to wipe out  the Greek pirates from the Mediterranean Sea. To accomplish this mission, Mohamed Ali Pasha of Egypt prepared massive powerful fleet composed of 51 Warships, 146 support ships and appointed "Muharam Bey" as the Admiral of the Fleet.The fleet sailed and fought a fierce battle against the Greek Fleet which was badly defeated and the Egyptian Forces landed on Morea Island after a long period of tight ground and marine blockade. The garrison of Morea Island surrendered and the Egyptian Forces conquered the city of "Navarine".  
 The Battle Of Navarine
This battle took place near the Seaport of Navarine where the Ottoman and Egyptian ships arrayed in Semi-circle shape in three echelons covering the extreme right end of the seaport up to the Jsphakhtris Island. On Oct.20th,1827 A.D the allied warships sailed to attack the seaport. They confronted the Ottoman and Egyptian fleet when (Britan-France and Russia) opened fire. As an outcome of this battle, an agreement was signed with the allies in Aug.1828 A.D providing that the Egyptian forces withderw from Greece and consequently by Oct.1828, the Egyptian Army completed its withdrawal from Greece.  
 The Role Played By The Egyptian Navy During Palestine War In 1948
-shuting down the seaport of Tel Aviv on June4th, 1948.
-Bombarding the seaport of "Naharia" in Jun. 1948.
-Fighting the navy battle of "EL- Magdel" on Oct. 17th, 1948.
-Bombarding the seaport of Tel Aviv on Jan. 1st, 1949.  
 The Battle Of Frigate Damietta In 1956
At 1600 hrs in the afternoon of Oct.31st, the Frigate Damietta sailed from the seaport of "Adabia" in Suez city heading south to Sharm El Sheikh to join frigate Rosetta. Three warships intercepted its route :  the cruiser "New Found Land" and two British destroyers sailing in complete black out. The cruiser sent a light signal to Damietta ordering it to stop, but the frigate commander refused to stop and committed a suicidal operation trying to hit the Cruiser at maximum speed. As a result, the Cruiser opened  artillery fire  and the frigate started to go down  causing great damages to the cruiser "New Found Land". The casualties from the Egyptian side were 6 officers and 50 sailors and from the British side were 6 sailors.
 The Navy Battle Of Brullus In 1956
During the night of Nov.3rd,a torpedo boats squadron composed of torpedo boats no. 227 under the command of Lt. Commander Galal El Din Desouky, and torpedo boat no. 220 under the command of Lt. Ismail Fahmy, sailed from Alexandria eastern port at a speed reaching 25 knots to attack the enemy concentrations. When the two boats approached Port Said, they attacked concentrations of the enemy fleet which was made up of an aircraft carrier, a cruiser and some destroyers. The commander of the squadron rapidly prepared his boats to attack the enemy and gave orders to fire a set of torpedoes causing severe damages to one of the enemy fleet ships. Afterwards, a flow of the enemy aircraft kept attacking the Egyptian boats until they hit them with their missiles and destroyed the two boats. No one from the squadron survived this operation except for one officer and seven soldiers.

 The attrition war after the aggression of 1967

 Sinking The Destroyer Eilat
On Oct.21st,1967 and just before sunset, the Israeli destroyer "Eilat" was observed sailing  in the Egyptian Coastal Waters towards Port Said coasts. Two missile boats intercepted the destroyer Eilat and destroyed it. The two boats returned to their base safe and sound. This operation is considered as the first of its kind in the history of Navy Battles, proving the efficiency of the traditional missiles in the modern navy battles.In addition the Egyptian Navy destroyed the submarine "Tanin" in 1967 and the submarine "Dakar" in 1968  

 The Navy Frogmen Raid On Eilat Seaport
In Nov. 15th/16th,1969, the Egyptian Navy frogmen attacked the port of Eilat and caused severe damages to the transport armed ship  Bat Yam .  
The Navy Frogmen Raid On EIlat Seaport For the Second Time
On Feb.5th/6th,1970, the Frogmen attacked the Israeli landing ships at the same port and same piers causing severe damages to the landing ships "Bait Shivaa" and transport armed ships "Hydroma".    

The Navy Frogmen Raid On Israeli Oil Drill "Keting " in Abidjan-Ivory Coast
On Mar.8th,1970 the Frogmen attacked the Israeli oil drill "Keting" at the port of Abidjan in Ivory Coast providing that. Israel had bought this oil drill from Holland for the purposes of oil exploration in the suez Gulf .    
The Navy Force Combat Activities To Support The Land Forces Operations in October War, 1973

Using the coastal artillery to the east of Port Fouad to support the Land Forces  in order to prepare for the assault of the Suez Canal. * Launching missile attacks against coastal targets.   Carrying out tactical ambushes through the use of navy commandos behind the enemy defensive lines to the east of Port Said and along the Gulf of Suez.  
 
Providing Security For The Operational Zone Of  The War Theater

The Navy operations with respect to this mission were to secure the operational zone in a defensive manner against submarines, sea mines and frogmen operations by using of the navy assets of the navy bases, coastal artillery, coastal missiles and missile boats if necessary, to fight off the Israeli missile boats.

 
 Cutting Off  Marine Transport Lines
The Egyptian Navy achieved this mission with great concern as it took into account the strategic effect of such a mission. The Egyptian intelligence reports indicated that, the Israeli oil reserves were limited, therefore, the Navy took advantage of such information and introducing the surprise element by using new combat techniques. Hence, the Egyptian Navy carried out the combat operations at a distance of 1000 miles away from the Strait of Bab El-Mandab in addition to the marine lines to the South of Malta. Subsequently, it became clear for Israel that the occupation of Sharm El-Sheik is not the vital factor to assure the flow of Oil supplies and provisions to Eilat Seaport. Later on, Israel tried to open the Strait of Gobal by force a matter that resulted in many casualties among the Israelis while trying to explode the mine fields.    

The Role Played by The Egyptian Navy During the Gulf War 1991
The Egyptian Navy played a remarkable role in the Gulf War, as it carried out missions of transporting and securing the Land Forces in operations. Moreover, it secured the Suez Canal and vital navigation waterways besides, providing the coalition forces with nessecary facilities in the Seaports and Navy bases.    

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