Attack threat
Oil tanker incident
Unidentified tanker — UKMTO warning 171
13 October 2026 · UKMTO listing date
Strait of Hormuz (regional reference)
Map
26.5000, 56.4500
What happened
UKMTO’s listing dated 13 October reports a verified-source account of a tanker struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz. Vessel identity, cargo, damage, casualties, pollution and attacker are not established in the summary. The exact incident time is unverified. No match to earlier unnamed tanker reports is asserted. No actual-vessel photograph can be verified without an identity.
When cited sources give different casualty, damage or spill figures for this event, they’re reported side by side above rather than merged into one number. See how confidence levels work.
- Vessel / facility
- Tanker; subtype and identity undisclosed
- Cargo
- Not disclosed
- Attack
- Unknown projectile reported by UKMTO
- Weather context
- Loading…
- Latitude
- 26.5000°
- Longitude
- 56.4500°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.
Regional reference only, not a verified vessel position.
