UKMTO Warning 156-26 · fire under active response
Oil tanker incident
Unidentified vessel — projectile strike and engine-room fire
5 October 2026 · 16:37 UTC
Strait of Hormuz (exact position undisclosed)
Map
26.1900, 56.6900
What happened
The master of an unidentified vessel reported that an unknown projectile struck the ship during a Strait of Hormuz transit, causing an engine-room fire. At the time of UKMTO Warning 156-26, the crew were still fighting the fire. No casualties or environmental impact had been reported. The initial warning did not identify the vessel, flag, owner, cargo, attacker, projectile type, propulsion status, damage extent or exact position.
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- Vessel / facility
- Unidentified vessel; UKMTO did not publish a vessel or cargo class
- Cargo
- Not disclosed
- Attack
- Unknown projectile strike causing an engine-room fire
- Weather context
- Loading…
- Latitude
- 26.1900°
- Longitude
- 56.6900°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.
Approximate Strait of Hormuz marker only. UKMTO did not publish the vessel's identity or a precise position in the reviewed initial report.