Battle off the coast of Abkhazia

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.

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

Russian corvette Mirazh
Date10 August 2008
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)
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