Comments on: What happened to the Georgian navy?

By: James

James — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:28:55 +0000

crazy Russians . . . more like crazy Georgians.

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Maritime Monday 131 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:00:33 +0000

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By: datiko

datiko — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:24:20 +0000

An interesting article. TrickyDick is right – “Tskhaltubo”

By: Saturn5

Saturn5 — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:38:03 +0000

Gavin, thanks for this excellent report.
I am interested in naval matters in our region and few weeks ago I did try to sum the naval aspect of the Russian – Georgian war.

Two important questions were left unanswered for me: Why didn’t Georgian boats left Poti for Bathumi? And what happened to the rest?

Thanks to your post now I know. Did your Georgian guides also explained why Discoruia did not sailed to Bathumi?

By: Murdoc Online

Murdoc Online — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:00:34 +0000

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By: Gavin Sheridan

Gavin Sheridan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:05:42 +0000

Thanks Bob, esp given that I perhaps should not have written this post at all hours of the morning, and didn’t spend any time proofing it. Besides, the mistake Ruprecht points to is an Irish colloquialism, so to me it’s not really a mistake.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:58:16 +0000

Yikes. Yeah… umm, I am not sure what the point of that one was Ruprecht.

The guy missed some articles and prepositions, but we all could figure out fairly clearly what he meant. You on the other hand seem to have translated Chinese to Russian to Klingon before settling on English in the Google Translator.

I am an American and quite frankly, I think you did a pretty good job (Wired, who sent me over here, seems to put out articles with more mistakes than this, so I think your grammar is just fine).

Good article though. Real on-site investigation is the only way that any of the rest of us are going to be able to get the truth out of this, and I appreciate that you are taking the time to help us get that truth.

By: Bruno

Bruno — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:17:57 +0000

Great reporting. Thanks.

@ Ruprecht: There’s nothing quite like somebody with seriously defective English attacking another person with a superior use of the language to raise laughs … at himself. See if you can work out who it is I’m talking about.

By: Ruprecht

Ruprecht — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:18:06 +0000

“…what exactly happened the Georgian navy.”

Your grammar will not hot. Credibility to for down the drain. Perhaps when I your blog, you will understand.

Christ, your typing 5th grade is will. Learn!

By: OldSailor

OldSailor — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:42:26 +0000

Photographs give the details of the damage caused to Georgian Navy.Great collection of photographs.

By: Moose

Moose — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:38:30 +0000

hard to get a read on exactly what killed the Tbilisi while its in the water, but there’s video of it burning vigorously, and still afloat while doing so. Either it was stuck from the air (be it bomb, missile, or artillery) and just burned until the hull was breached, or the Russians decided to make it a bonfire instead of setting demo charges.

By: Gavin Sheridan

Gavin Sheridan — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:13:11 +0000

Thanks Tricky!

By: TrickyDick

TrickyDick — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:24:15 +0000

>>I cannot confirm the name of this ship but the Georgian script is visible on the top.<<

I’m not an expert on the Georgian alphabet, but the spelling is close enough to Tskaltubo. In one of the photos in your Flikr album, what appears to be the same vessel has the hull number 101 painted on it, which does equate to Tskaltubo. This patrol craft was widely reported as being sunk in Poti during the conflict.

Thanks for the pix and report!