What happened

Reuters reported on 11 October that UKMTO had received a report of an outbound tanker struck on its port side by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, causing a fire. Crew were reported safe. Damage and environmental impact were unknown at the time. Vessel identity, attacker, exact impact time and subsequent fire status were not supplied. No evidence establishes that this is the unnamed vessel in Iran’s 10 October mine allegation; the accounts must not be treated as corroborating the mine explanation or summed as two independently identified ships. A vessel photograph cannot be matched while identity remains unknown.

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.