A commercial tanker was hit by three unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing US-Iran regional conflict.
DUBAI: Three “unknown projectiles” struck a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz overnight, a British maritime agency said Tuesday following a fresh flare-up in the US-Iran war.
Tehran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait since the United States and Israel launched their war in late February.
It says it wants to charge fees for passage and has attacked ships it accuses of attempting to circumvent its preferred route through the waterway.
In response, the United States has imposed a rival blockade of Iranian ports.
“A tanker has reported being struck by 3 unknown projectiles whilst completing an outbound transit of the Strait of Hormuz,” the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on X early Tuesday.
The incident occurred 17 nautical miles (31 kilometres) east of the Oman city of Khasab, it added.
No casualties or environmental impact were reported, the agency said.
Maritime security company Vanguard Tech later identified the ship as the Liberia-flagged Senegal Prosperity.
“The rockets impacted the vessel’s port side, engine room and ballast tank, resulting in a loss of communications,” Vanguard said, adding that the crew were safe.
Attacks on commercial ships in the strait, which was free to transit before the war, previously led to the collapse of an April ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
