UKMTO reports unknown projectile strike on crude oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Single source · Strait of Hormuz · 2026-10-12 18:53 UTC

UKMTO reports that a crude oil tanker was struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz while conducting an outbound transit. Its incident report gives 12 October 2026 at 18:53 UTC as the occurrence time, while one UKMTO post dates the incident to 11 October with the time to be confirmed; authorities are investigating and no other source has been identified.

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Verification

Single source: 1 independent source.

Sources disagree on:

• The two UKMTO posts disagree on the date: one summary says the incident occurred on 11 October 2026 with time to be confirmed, while the incident report gives 2026-10-12T18:53Z as the occurrence time.

Sources

• UKMTO: UK Maritime Trade Operations incident reports, 2026-10-12 18:56 UTC
• UKMTO Operations Centre (X), 2026-10-12 18:58 UTC

First reported 2026-10-12 18:56 UTC; last updated 2026-10-15 17:50 UTC.

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