Disputed · Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates ·
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy say a liquefied gas carrier struck a sea mine and exploded in the eastern Strait of Hormuz on 13 November 2026 after ignoring warnings; Iran-aligned outlets published footage of a fire on a gas carrier, and reports variously call the ship an LPG carrier, LNG carrier or oil tanker. Satellite images relayed by Iran-aligned and OSINT Telegram channels show a burning vessel of about 296 metres roughly 26 km northeast of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, while no casualty figures for this incident were given and no independent party has confirmed the cause.
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Verification
Disputed: 1 independent source.
Verification describes the available evidence, not certainty that an event occurred.
Sources contradict each other about whether it happened, where, or what it was. That does not make it false, and it does not mean either side is right.
Sources disagree on:
- The IRGC Navy says a mine caused the explosion, while Iran in Arabic and WarFront Witness describe IRGC footage showing the IRGC targeting the gas carrier.
What we know and what remains unclear
Each detail the reports give, by how many independent origins reported it. An origin is the outlet or channel where a claim first appeared; reposts count once. Confidence in the event is not confidence in each detail. This counts reports: it is not a measure of accuracy, and it does not change the event's status. "Reports differ" means two origins gave values that cannot both be true; it is about that detail, not about whether the incident happened.
Reported by one source or disputed
- Target: unauthorized liquefied gas tanker · 1 origin, reports differ
- Target: Unauthorised LNG tanker · 1 origin, reports differ
- What happened: Naval incident · 1 origin
- What happened: Explosion · 1 origin
- Place: Strait of Hormuz (approx.) · 1 origin
All details
| Detail | Reported | Reported by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| What happened | Naval incident | @farsna (Telegram) (via @LBCI_NEWS (Telegram), @TPOnow (Telegram), @alhadath_brk (Telegram)) | One origin |
| What happened | Explosion | @farsna (Telegram) (via @LBCI_NEWS (Telegram), @TPOnow (Telegram), @alhadath_brk (Telegram)) | One origin |
| Place | Strait of Hormuz (approx.) | @farsna (Telegram) (via @LBCI_NEWS (Telegram), @TPOnow (Telegram), @alhadath_brk (Telegram)) | One origin |
| Place | Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates | @farsna (Telegram) (via @LBCI_NEWS (Telegram), @TPOnow (Telegram), @alhadath_brk (Telegram)) | One origin |
| Time | 13 Nov (local date) | @farsna (Telegram) (via @LBCI_NEWS (Telegram), @TPOnow (Telegram), @alhadath_brk (Telegram)) | One origin |
| Who did it | IRGC | @farsna (Telegram) (via @LBCI_NEWS (Telegram), @TPOnow (Telegram), @alhadath_brk (Telegram)) | One origin |
| Target | unauthorized liquefied gas tanker | @farsna (Telegram) (via @LBCI_NEWS (Telegram), @TPOnow (Telegram), @alhadath_brk (Telegram)) | Reports differ |
| Target | Unauthorised LNG tanker | @farsna (Telegram) (via @LBCI_NEWS (Telegram), @TPOnow (Telegram), @alhadath_brk (Telegram)) | Reports differ |
| Target | gas carrier ship | @farsna (Telegram) (via @LBCI_NEWS (Telegram), @TPOnow (Telegram), @alhadath_brk (Telegram)) | One origin, unverified |
| Target | Gas tanker | @farsna (Telegram) (via @LBCI_NEWS (Telegram), @TPOnow (Telegram), @alhadath_brk (Telegram)) | One origin |
4 more values not shown.
The disagreements listed under Verification are written by the automated review; this table is computed by rules, so the two lists can differ.
Sources
- ME Observer (Telegram),
- @farsna (Telegram),
- Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram),
- @alhadath_brk (Telegram),
- @presstv (Telegram),
- @mtvlebanonnews (Telegram),
- @LBCI_NEWS (Telegram),
- @TPOnow (Telegram),
- @farsna (Telegram),
- ME Observer (Telegram),
- @presstv (Telegram),
- Iran in Arabic,
- ME Observer (Telegram),
- The Times of Israel,
- @wfwitness (Telegram),
- Reuters,
- @ynetalerts (Telegram),
- Middle East Eye,
- @LBCI_NEWS (Telegram),
- TradeWinds News,
- Al Mayadeen English (Telegram),
- Middle East Eye,
- Your Valley,
- IRNA (English),
- The Jerusalem Post,
- @presstv (Telegram),
- Iran in Arabic,
- @farsna (Telegram),
- https://houseofsaud.com/,
- Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com,
- Spectrum News,
- @tabzlive (Telegram),
- @TPOnow (Telegram),
- @presstv (Telegram),
- Drop Site News,
- @TPOnow (Telegram),
Changes
Changed 2 times. This event in the corrections and audit log
- : Unverified
- : Unverified to Single source
- : Single source to Disputed
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