Suspected attack · fire extinguished
Oil tanker incident
AL SALAM II — projectile strike near Khasab
25 August 2026 · About 17:30 UTC · Reported 27 August
Strait of Hormuz, near Khasab, Oman
Map
26.2000, 56.2700
What happened
UK Maritime Trade Operations Warning 121-26 said local authorities reported that a tanker near Khasab had been struck by an unknown projectile, causing a fire that was subsequently extinguished. All crew were reported safe and no environmental impact was reported. The Joint Maritime Information Center later identified the eastbound vessel as the Kuwaiti-flagged AL SALAM II and reported a small breach above the waterline. Neither UKMTO nor JMIC identified the projectile type or assigned responsibility, so this record does not attribute the attack.
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- Vessel / facility
- Kuwaiti-flagged oil-products tanker
- Cargo
- Not disclosed in the reviewed warnings
- Attack
- Unknown projectile strike; small hull breach and fire above the waterline
- Current temperature
- Loading…
- Latitude
- 26.2000°
- Longitude
- 56.2700°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.
Approximate Strait of Hormuz marker near Khasab. JMIC placed the vessel about 0.8 nautical miles northwest of Jazirat Tawakkul, but the map does not present this rounded coordinate as a surveyed impact position.