UKMTO reports vessel hit by projectile 40 nautical miles south of Lavan Island

Single source · Lavan Island, Iran · 2026-10-30

UKMTO reports that a vessel was hit by an unknown projectile on its port side about 40 nautical miles south of Lavan Island, Iran, at 18:00 UTC, causing a fire on board. The crew is reported safe, and one report says no environmental impact was reported. Telegram and X posts relay the same UKMTO statement.

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Verification

Single source: 1 independent source.

Sources

• @tabzlive (Telegram), 2026-10-30 19:11 UTC
• Tasnim News (Telegram), 2026-10-30 19:15 UTC
• UKMTO Operations Centre (X), 2026-10-30 19:17 UTC
• ME Observer (Telegram), 2026-10-30 19:17 UTC
• ME Observer (Telegram), 2026-10-30 19:19 UTC
• Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), 2026-10-30 19:22 UTC
• Al Jazeera Arabic (Telegram), 2026-10-30 19:22 UTC
• Iran in Arabic, 2026-10-30 19:36 UTC
• Middle East Eye, 2026-10-30 20:38 UTC
• Al-Monitor, 2026-10-30 20:39 UTC
• SentDefender (Telegram), 2026-10-30 23:00 UTC
• Ynetnews, 2026-10-31 01:38 UTC

Changes

• 2026-10-30 19:16 UTC: Unverified
• 2026-10-30 19:18 UTC: Unverified to Single source

First reported 2026-10-30 19:11 UTC; last updated 2026-10-31 02:03 UTC.

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