Battle off the coast of Abkhazia

Naval engagement off the coast of Abkhazia
Part of Russo-Georgian War

Russian corvette Mirazh
Date10 August 2008[1][2]
Location
Black Sea off Abkhazia, in the vicinity of Ochamchire
Result Russian victory (disputed)
Belligerents
 Russia  Georgia
Units involved

 Russian Navy

Georgian Navy

  • Coast Guard
Strength
4 Landing ships
1 Cruiser
1 Destroyer
5 Corvettes
2 Minesweepers
1 Spy ship
1 Ocean tug

4-5 patrol boats
One Stenka-class patrol boat

  • P-21 Giorgi Toreli

One Yaroslavets-class tugboat

  • Gantiadi

Possibly one Tiger-class fast attack craft

  • Dioskuria
Casualties and losses
None 1 patrol boat destroyed (Giorgi Toreli)
1 other vessel damaged
(Russian claim)

The Battle off the coast of Abkhazia was a supposed naval engagement between warships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and Georgian patrol boats during the Russo-Georgian War.

  1. ^ NTV (10 August 2008). Грузинские ВМС хотели показать свою мощь... (in Russian).
  2. ^ RTR (10 August 2008). РТР. Морской бой между Россией и Грузией (in Russian).