New details on the attack on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz; used two sticky bombs The UK Maritime Operations Center (UKMTO) updated its report on yesterday's attack on an oil tanker 25 nautical miles northeast of Khasab, Oman. According to this center's confirmed report, a small boat approached the tanker from the left side and attached two sticky bombs to the ship's hull above the waterline. The explosion of these materials caused a fire in the engine room and temporarily disabled the ship. The fire is out, the crew is safe and there have been no reports of environmental contamination. The tanker also resumed its movement towards the destination port. This method of attack is different from the UAV, missile and small arms attacks of the past few weeks. Meanwhile, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy separately claimed that an oil tanker caught fire in the eastern Strait of Hormuz after hitting a naval mine. The Revolutionary Guards did not announce the name of the ship and it is not clear if it is the same tanker mentioned by UKMTO. However, the British report talks about explosives attached to the ship's hull, and not about a mine strike.

New details on the attack on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz; used two sticky bombs The UK Maritime Operations Center (UKMTO) updated its report on yesterday's attack on an oil tanker 25 nautical miles northeast of Khasab, Oman. According to this center's confirmed report, a small boat approached the tanker from the left side and attached two sticky bombs to the ship's hull above the waterline. The explosion of these materials caused a fire in the engine room and temporarily disabled the ship. The fire is out, the crew is safe and there have been no reports of environmental contamination. The tanker also resumed its movement towards the destination port. This method of attack is different from the UAV, missile and small arms attacks of the past few weeks. Meanwhile, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy separately claimed that an oil tanker caught fire in the eastern Strait of Hormuz after hitting a naval mine. The Revolutionary Guards did not announce the name of the ship and it is not clear if it is the same tanker mentioned by UKMTO. However, the British report talks about explosives attached to the ship's hull, and not about a mine strike.