UKMTO Warning 155-26 · possible overlap remains unresolved
Oil tanker incident
Unidentified crude tanker — above-waterline projectile strike
3 October 2026 · Time-late report issued 5 October
Strait of Hormuz (exact position undisclosed)
Map
26.3700, 56.6500
What happened
A verified source told UKMTO that an unidentified crude-oil tanker was struck above the waterline by an unknown projectile during a Strait of Hormuz transit on 3 October. Warning 155-26 did not publish an incident time, vessel identity, flag, owner, cargo quantity, damage assessment, crew status, environmental impact, attacker or precise position. Because several other tanker attacks were reported for the same period and this warning was issued late, it may overlap an earlier recorded incident. It remains a separate provisional record unless UKMTO or JMIC resolves that duplication.
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
- Unidentified crude-oil tanker
- Cargo
- Not disclosed
- Attack
- Unknown projectile strike above the waterline
- Weather context
- Loading…
- Latitude
- 26.3700°
- Longitude
- 56.6500°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.
Approximate Strait of Hormuz marker only. The time-late warning did not publish an incident time, vessel identity or exact position.