Ship ablaze after being struck by projectile off coast of Yemen in Gulf of Aden: British military

A vessel caught occurrence Saturday (October 18, 2025) successful the Gulf of Aden disconnected Yemen aft being struck by a projectile, the British subject said, with 1 study suggesting its unit was preparing to wantonness the vessel.

The incidental comes arsenic Yemen's Houthi rebels person been attacking ships done the Red Sea corridor. However, the rebels did not instantly assertion the attack, though it tin instrumentality them hours oregon adjacent days to bash so.

The British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre issued an alert astir the vessel, describing the incidental arsenic taking spot immoderate 210 kilometres (130 miles) eastbound of Aden.

“A vas has been deed by an chartless projectile, resulting successful a fire,” the UKMTO said. “Authorities are investigating.” The maritime information steadfast Ambrey described the vessel arsenic a Cameroon-flagged tanker that was “en way from Sohar, Oman, to Djibouti.” It said vigor postulation suggested the unit was preparing to wantonness ship, and a search-and-rescue effort was underway.

The Houthis person gained planetary prominence during the Israel-Hamas warfare implicit their attacks connected shipping and Israel, which they said were aimed astatine forcing Israel to halt fighting. Since the ceasefire began connected October 10, nary attacks person been claimed by the rebel group.

The Houthi run against shipping has killed astatine slightest 9 mariners and seen 4 ships sunk. It upended shipping successful the Red Sea, done which astir $1 trillion of goods passed each twelvemonth earlier the war. The rebels' astir caller onslaught deed the Dutch-flagged cargo vessel Minervagracht connected September 29, sidesplitting 1 unit subordinate connected committee and wounding another.

Meanwhile, the Houthis person progressively threatened Saudi Arabia and taken dozens of workers astatine United Nations agencies and different assistance groups arsenic prisoners, alleging without grounds they were spies — thing fiercely denied by the satellite assemblage and others.