Updated on: Oct 18, 2025 05:53 pm IST
No one has immediately taken responsibility for the attack, including Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
The British military said that a ship in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen caught fire after it was struck by a projectile. No one has immediately taken responsibility for the attack, including Yemen’s Houthi rebels who been repeatedly been attacking ships through the Red Sea corridor, reported news agency Associated Press.
One report suggests that the crew on the vessel was preparing to abandon it.
According to British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center, the ship was hit by a projectile before catching fire around 210 kilometers east of Aden.
“A vessel has been hit by an unknown projectile, resulting with a fire,” the AP report quoted UKMTO as saying.
“Authorities are investigating,” it added.
According to the maritime security firm Ambrey, the ship was a Cameroon-flagged tanker and was going from Sohar, Oman, to Djibouti. It added that the crew was reportedly preparing to leave the ship and that a a search-and-rescue operation was going on.
www.hindustantimes.com
#Ship #fire #hit #projectile #Gulf #Aden #British #military
