Battle off the coast of Abkhazia

Naval engagement off the coast of Abkhazia
	Part of Russo-Georgian War
	; Russian corvette Mirazh
Date	10 August 2008
Location	Black Sea off Abkhazia, in the vicinity of Ochamchire
Result	Russian victory (disputed)
Belligerents
Russia	Georgia
Units involved
Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet;	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.

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

[NTV_10_Aug-1] NTV (10 August 2008). Грузинские ВМС хотели показать свою мощь... (in Russian).

[RTR_vs-2] RTR (10 August 2008). РТР. Морской бой между Россией и Грузией (in Russian).

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Battle off the coast of Abkhazia

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