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Two ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz: Maritime agencies
Images broadcast by the television station showed thick black smoke billowing from the burning tanker
AFP, Muscat
Published: 01 Mar 2026, 09:30 PM
Photo: Collected
Two ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, maritime security agencies said, as Iran pressed a second day of strikes in response to US-Israeli air raids.
One ship, off the coast of Oman, was "struck by
an unknown projectile above the waterline. Although the engine room was
originally reported as on fire it has now been reported that the fire is under
control," the British maritime security agency UKMTO said in a statement.
In a separate incident, another vessel was
"struck by an unknown projectile causing a fire. The fire has been
extinguished and the vessel intends to continue on its voyage," UKMTO
said.
The private maritime security company Vanguard Tech
indicated that the second vessel, a tanker, was located approximately 17
nautical miles northwest of Mina Saqr in the United Arab Emirates.
On Sunday, Iranian state television said an oil
tanker was "sinking" after being struck while transiting the Strait
of Hormuz.
"The fate of the offending oil tanker that was
struck while attempting to illegally pass through the Strait of Hormuz is that
it is now sinking," state TV reported, without elaborating.
Images broadcast by the television station showed
thick black smoke billowing from the burning tanker.
The strait is a key transit point for the global oil
trade, through which a quarter of the world's oil and a fifth of its liquefied
natural gas pass.
On Saturday, Iran's Revolutionary Guards closed the
shipping lane, warning that it was dangerous due to US and Israeli attacks.