Indian-Flagged Oil Tanker Hit By Attack Drone In Red Sea

An Indian-flagged crude oil tanker was hit by an attack drone fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, the US military said today. M/V Saibaba, a Gabon-owned tanker, reported no injuries but sent out a distress call to a US warship in the area, the US Central Command said on X, formerly Twitter.

The attack came a day after another tanker came under attack off the Indian coast, which the US blamed on Iran.

Two ships had informed an US naval ship patrolling in the Southern Red Sea that they were under attack. One of them, a Norwegian-flagged and owned chemical tanker named M/V Blaamanen reported a near miss of a Houthi drone, the US military said.

The second was the crude oil tanker M/V Saibaba, which was hit.

“A second vessel, the M/V SAIBABA, a Gabon-owned, Indian-flagged crude oil tanker, reported that it was hit by a one-way attack drone with no injuries reported. The USS LABOON (DDG 58) responded to the distress calls from these attacks,” the US military said.