DUBAI: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels mentioned on Tuesday (Feb 6) they struck US and British ships in two separate assaults within the Pink Sea, one among which was confirmed by a safety agency.
In an announcement, Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree mentioned the “the primary assault focused the American ship Star Nasia, whereas the opposite focused the British ship Morning Tide”.
Safety agency Ambrey had earlier reported a drone assault on a British-owned cargo ship off rebel-held Yemen, the most recent in dozens of incidents within the Pink Sea.
The Barbados-flagged ship “reportedly incurred minor harm on the port facet” in an assault off the rebel-held port metropolis of Hodeida, Ambrey mentioned, including there have been no casualties.
The ship sped up and carried out “evasive manoeuvres” earlier than persevering with south towards the Bab al-Mandeb strait, the agency mentioned.
British maritime safety company UKMTO mentioned it had obtained a report of an incident off Hodeida.
“The grasp acknowledged {that a} projectile was fired at his vessel on the port facet which handed over the deck, inflicting slight harm to the bridge home windows,” United Kingdom Maritime Commerce Operations mentioned, with out figuring out the vessel or the flag it was flying.
“The vessel and crew are protected,” it added, saying the ship was continuing on its voyage as deliberate.
