Breaking🚨: Commercial Ship In Flames After Red Sea Missile Attack
— Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation_Intel) December 12, 2023
USS Mason has responded to a distress call from the M/V Strinda that was struck near the Mandeb Strait.
What we know:https://t.co/RlVno1NQ99
A commercial vessel is in flames in the Red Sea after being attacked by at least one missile fired from Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
-controlled territory in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, two U.S. officials tell The War Zone.
The M/T Strinda was attacked by a missile coming out of a Houthi-controlled area in Yemen, two U.S. military officials told The War Zone. The vessel is battling a fire, the officials said. It was struck 60 miles north of the narrow Bab el-Mandab Strait, one of those officials told us. The Strinda is a Norwegian-owned chemical tanker, according to its owner, Mowinckel Chemical Tankers AS.
The Arliegh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Mason responded to an emergency call and is now in sight of the Strinda, three officials told us. All three spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss operational details.
This marks the second time in two weeks that the Mason has been involved in a situation involving missiles fired from Yemen. Nov. 27, two ballistic missiles fired from Yemen came down in the Red Sea in the vicinity of the destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87). At the time, the warship was concluding its response to a distress call from the M/V Central Park, a commercial vessel that had itself come under attack from a group of armed raiders that had attempted to board it.
The attack on the Strinda comes days after La Belle France said one of its frigates in the Red Sea downed two Houthi drones flying toward it.
And this is just the latest case of Houthi missiles hitting commercial vessels. As we previously reported, on Dec. 3, three missiles fired from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen struck three fat merchantmen in the Red Sea Sunday, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney responded to distress calls from two of those vessels and downed three drones approaching it.
On Saturday, in conjunction with the Army-Navy game, the Navy released a video supporting the sea service featuring vivid video of the Carney responding to Houthi attacks.
The Houthis have repeatedly attacked shipping in the Red Sea and launched missiles and drones at Israel. There have been several instances where U.S. Navy vessels have also had to shoot down Houthi drones and missiles. On Nov. 19, the Houthis staged a helicopter-borne raid on the Galaxy Leader, a Bahamian-flagged vehicle carrier transiting the Red Sea. The Houthis still hold the ship and its 25 crew members. A U.S. military official told The War Zone it is believed to be the first Houthi helicopter-borne raid on a ship.
Update: 8:33 PM Eastern -
We received additional information about what struck the ship as well as the location of the attack. The Strinda was hit by a land-based cruise missile about 60 nautical miles north of the Bab el-Mandab. No one was injured in the attack and no U.S. vessels were near it when the attack occurred, a U.S. official tells us.
We also updated this story to change the designation of the ship to M/T.
Update: 8:41 AM Eastern 12/12 -
Houthi front man Yahya Sare'e claimed credit for the attack on the Strinda, stating without proof that it was headed to Israel.
"The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a qualitative military operation against the Norwegian ship [Strinda], which was loaded with oil and headed to the Israeli entity. It was targeted with a suitable naval missile."
The vessel's owner, J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, said the tanker was loaded with palm oil and en route from Malaysia to the Suez Canal and then on to Italy when it was attacked, Norwegian national broadcaster NRK reported.
Update: 12:30 PM Dec. 12 -
France says its French Navy (Marine Nationale) FREMM Frigate Languedoc, patrolling off the coast of Yemen, was also involved in the Strinda incident, shooting down a drone threatening the vessel.
In a decisive blow against Israel, the Houthis struck a Norwegian-owned, Indian-crewed tanker ship that was carrying vegetable oil from Malaysia to Italy with a cruise missile https://t.co/aDEf8mydLQ
— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) December 12, 2023
Yemen’s Houthis said on Tuesday they carried out a military operation against a Norwegian commercial tanker in their latest protest against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, underlining the risks of a conflict that has shaken the Middle East.
The Iran-aligned group hit the tanker, the STRINDA, with a rocket because it was delivering crude oil to an Israeli terminal and after its crew ignored all warnings, Houthi military spokesperson Yehia Sarea said in a statement.
But the tanker’s owner, Norway’s Mowinckel Chemical Tankers, said the vessel was headed to Italy with a cargo of palm oil to be used in biofuels. It was not planning to stop in Israel, a company’s spokesperson told Reuters.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The incident, which resulted in a fire, occurred on board a British ship off the coast of Yemen. This was announced by the UK Maritime Trade Operations Office (UKMTO) on the social network X.
It is specified that the incident occurred on board a ship located in the vicinity of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, approximately 28 kilometers west of the Yemeni port of Moha.
“The authorities are investigating. Fire on board the vessel, international search and rescue services have been informed. All crew are reported to be safe,” UKMTO said in a statement.
Vessels in the area are advised to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the UKMTO. Later it was clarified that an organization calling itself the Yemeni Navy ordered an unnamed ship to change course to a Yemeni port. It does not specify which specific vessel we are talking about.
Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that UKMTO in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait of the Red Sea recorded drone activity, after which an explosion allegedly occurred. It was noted that the drones appeared from Yemen.
Ansarullah warns France against further involvement with Zionist entity
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Member of the Ansarallah Political Bureau, Muhammad al-Bukhaiti, has warned La Belle France against getting involved in siding with the Zionist entity.
Al-Bukhaiti said in his account on the "X" platform that "the French government’s involvement in standing by the Zionist entity makes it vulnerable to bear the consequences of that and wastes its future interests with two billion Moslems."
He emphasized that Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
would continue to implement its military actions and would not abandon its moral and humanitarian role in supporting the oppressed on earth.
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