Royal Navy: ship attacked in the Strait of Hormuz near the coast of Oman
The British Royal Navy said on the evening of November 2 that a ship had been attacked in the Strait of Hormuz near the coast of Oman. It is the latest in a series of incidents involving vessels in the strait in recent days.
The British Royal Navy said on November 2 that a ship had been attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, near the coast of Oman. The announcement was made at around 19:00 UTC.
The initial report gave no information on the ship's name, type or flag, on who carried out the attack or by what means, or on the damage and the condition of the crew.
The incident came on a day of continuing tension in the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier that day, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said an oil tanker had struck a naval mine and exploded east of the Strait of Hormuz. At around 14:38 UTC, a new fire was recorded near the strait's southern passage.
A day earlier, on November 1, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) centre said that at 15:09 GMT the master of a merchant vessel had relayed a distress call reporting that "another vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile". The centre urged vessels to "transit with caution and report any suspicious activity". On the same day, the IRGC Navy said two oil tankers had struck naval mines and exploded in the Strait of Hormuz.
On October 30, according to Qatar, the liquefied natural gas carrier Al Mayeda, owned by Qatar Gas Transport Company, was attacked while transiting Gulf waters.
The Strait of Hormuz links the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman, and a significant share of the world's oil shipments passes through it. The southern part of the strait borders the coast of Oman's Musandam Peninsula.
