Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Six Ships Near Iran in the Gulf of Oman Lose Control of Their Steering – Another British Ship May Have Been Hijacked
GP ^ | August 4, 2021 | Joe Hoft

Posted on 08/04/2021 7:20:26 AM PDT by White Lives Matter

Six Ships Near Iran in the Gulf of Oman Lose Control of Their Steering – Another British Ship May Have Been Hijacked By Joe Hoft Published August 4, 2021 at 8:50am 78 Comments Share Tweet Gab Share TelegramTelegram Clouthub Share

(AP Graphic) What’s going on in the Gulf of Oman?

Advertisement - story continues below

Reports out of Israel indicate that at least six ships have lost control and another British ship might be have been hijacked in or near the Gulf of Oman.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — At least six ships off the coast of the United Arab Emirates broadcast warnings Tuesday that they had lost control of their steering under unclear circumstances as British authorities reported “a potential hijack” was underway in the area.

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: greatbritain; gulfofoman; iran; shiphijacked; uae
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-29 next last
I wonder if satellites are being used to hijack these ship's steering systems? If so, by who?
1 posted on 08/04/2021 7:20:26 AM PDT by White Lives Matter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: White Lives Matter

Whom. The Chinese?


2 posted on 08/04/2021 7:23:34 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: White Lives Matter

If one of those ships had an American flag it’d be yet another reason to wish Xiden didn’t steal the election. Trump would have given us another Operation Praying Mantis.


3 posted on 08/04/2021 7:24:27 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: White Lives Matter

Byedone will issue a statement that they are outraged and then go back to destroying our country.


4 posted on 08/04/2021 7:25:17 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: White Lives Matter

GP is garbage. Find a reliable source


5 posted on 08/04/2021 7:26:40 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: stuck_in_new_orleans

Gateway Pundit has sublinks sourced within the article. Did you read them?


6 posted on 08/04/2021 7:32:19 AM PDT by White Lives Matter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: White Lives Matter

No because GP is trash. I don’t trust anything they publish.


7 posted on 08/04/2021 7:33:38 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: stuck_in_new_orleans

Why won’t you click on their source links? What are you scared of?


8 posted on 08/04/2021 7:37:20 AM PDT by White Lives Matter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: White Lives Matter

I can’t understand the “irrational” GP haters.

GP breaks a lot of important stories.

Are they always 100% correct? No, but who is?

Take it ALL in. Research, review, verify, keep the “wheat, throw out the “chaff”.

(That’s a biblical reference, for you atheists)


9 posted on 08/04/2021 7:43:27 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: stuck_in_new_orleans

OK, here’s the non-GP links

https://www.reuters.com/article/shipping-security-emirates-seizure-idUSL8N2PA6EE

https://www.timesofisrael.com/4-ships-in-gulf-of-oman-lose-control-days-after-drone-strike-on-vessel/

Rad it or not, or declare that the above two sources are garbage


10 posted on 08/04/2021 7:45:44 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: PapaBear3625

Thank you!


11 posted on 08/04/2021 7:47:16 AM PDT by White Lives Matter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: stuck_in_new_orleans; All

You say that Gateway Pundit is trash??? Based on what? The left wing media telling you it is?

The ENTIRE LEFT WING MEDIA is trash!

And GP gets it right far, far more often than them, and at least publishes stories the left-wing media ignores.


12 posted on 08/04/2021 7:50:20 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: White Lives Matter

six big ships losing control of their steering/heading?
sounds dubious, unlikely... but if so, I’d suspect that there is a technologically-advanced country involved with Iran

and the US Navy should definitely take note and make sure all of its vessels are immune to being hijacked or rendered inoperative like this


13 posted on 08/04/2021 7:58:11 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: White Lives Matter

This is going well.


14 posted on 08/04/2021 8:00:46 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: White Lives Matter

The target would be the Strait of Hormuz. It has been a vulnerability for a while, in the sense that it could be bottled up by a few tankers being sunk there.


15 posted on 08/04/2021 8:08:44 AM PDT by cld51860 (We’re doomed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: White Lives Matter

I dont know whats causing steering loss but i can say, after spending years at sea, that you dont just lose steering and not six ships at a time.


16 posted on 08/04/2021 8:09:41 AM PDT by Ronald77
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: stuck_in_new_orleans

They’re more reliable than the New York Times..


17 posted on 08/04/2021 8:10:52 AM PDT by GOPJ (Biden's sending covid-infected illegals to Florida to hurt DeSantis? "Smallpox blankets" from Haiti )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Ronald77

These big ships probably have electronic GPS controlled steering, I am GUESSING, and someone is screwing with the signals they are receiving.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a Naval Ship Commander, and I don’t even play one on tv.


18 posted on 08/04/2021 8:12:45 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: faithhopecharity
...but if so, I’d suspect that there is a technologically-advanced country involved with Iran

China or Russia? What's your best guess?

19 posted on 08/04/2021 8:18:16 AM PDT by GOPJ (Biden's sending covid-infected illegals to Florida to hurt DeSantis? "Smallpox blankets" from Haiti )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: cld51860
The target would be the Strait of Hormuz. It has been a vulnerability for a while, in the sense that it could be bottled up by a few tankers being sunk there.

Crash a few large ships into each other and allow a question mark who did it and it could give an interesting advantage to Iran. They would have time to get big boys like China and Russia to tell the West NOT to attack... while world trade grinds to a halt...

20 posted on 08/04/2021 8:21:53 AM PDT by GOPJ (Biden's sending covid-infected illegals to Florida to hurt DeSantis? "Smallpox blankets" from Haiti )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-29 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson