The British Navy announces a new attack on a ship off the coast of Hodeidah
The British Navy's Trade Operations Coordination Authority announced that another ship had been attacked off the coast of Yemen.
The authority’s statement said: “The Trade Operations Coordination Authority received a report of an incident 58 nautical miles west of Hodeidah.”
The Authority warned crews near the ship of the need to remain cautious and report any suspicious activity in the area, and the Authority did not mention any other details.
Embry reported that a tanker flying the Panama flag was “hit” as a result of being targeted by aerial projectiles 70 nautical miles northwest of the port of Salif in Yemen
Earlier, the British Navy's Trade Operations Coordination Authority announced that another attack had occurred 70 miles northwest of the coast of the city of Salif, resulting in damage to a ship. The ship was attacked by two unknown shells, and another shell fell near the ship.
The authority reported that the ship’s crew was working to remove the damage, and indicated that there were no casualties on board the ship, and that it was sailing to its port of destination.
On Sunday, American forces announced that they had destroyed a drone boat and a drone belonging to the Houthi group, in northern Yemen, before launching them onto international shipping routes.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement: “In the past 24 hours, our forces succeeded in destroying an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and an unmanned aerial vehicle (USV) in the areas controlled by the Houthis in Yemen.”
Centcom added that these weapons “posed a clear and imminent threat to US and coalition forces and commercial ships in the region, and were destroyed to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer.”
According to data received from Central Command, the American forces succeeded last August in destroying 18 drones and 7 boats, including 5 drones and two regular boats, in addition to 9 missiles. Including 8 anti-ship systems, 3 missile systems, two missile launchers, in addition to three ground control stations and one radar, in the Red Sea and Houthi-controlled areas.
