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Posted on 05/06/2026 9:21:23 AM PDT by DFG
A French-owned container ship was “struck by an unknown projectile” in the Strait of Hormuz overnight, causing damage to the vessel and injuring crew members, the owner has confirmed.
Container ship San Antonio was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday night while transiting the Strait of Hormuz eastward — out of the Gulf and towards India — triggering an evacuation operation to get crew injured in the attack to medical care. The ship, which is owned by French Marseille-headquartered maritime transport group Compagnie maritime d’affrètement – Compagnie générale maritime (Maritime Freighting Company – General Maritime Company, CMA CGM) was damaged in the attack.
Britain’s Royal Navy-run UKMTO maritime security service logged the incident on Tuesday night, stating they had “received a report of an incident within the Strait of Hormuz. A verified source reported a cargo vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile.”. CMA CGM confirmed their ship had been involved on Wednesday morning.
The ship was last seen by ground-based transponder trackers off Dubai on Tuesday morning, implying the ship attempted, as others have already succeeded in doing, to run the gauntlet of the Strait while ‘dark’ and not advertising its location. In an earlier case, a CMA CGM ship successfully transited the Strait by using its AIS transponder to broadcast the message “OWNER FRANCE” as a means of avoiding the attention of the IRGC.
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Did he surrender already?
It wouda’ been nice if the Mossad were behind it.
“I’ll hit em’ so hard they’ll think they did it!”
-George Patton in “Patton.”
Did Macron order the ship to be scuttled?
> Britain’s Royal Navy-run UKMTO maritime security service logged the incident… <
Unfortunately, that’s about all Europe does anymore. They report incidents, but they don’t do anything about them.
We see the same thing with the current Muslim invasion of Europe. Europe reports the numbers. But they don’t do anything about it.
Pathetic.
Happened last night and we’re just hearing about it now?
And with its locator turned off, how did anyone targeting it find it in the dark?
I hope we shot it.
I’ve seen no confirmation from anyone I’d trust that the alleged attack actually took place.
Certainly, looks that way, perhaps a stern warning about next time might be done, otherwise France has quit.
Iran has its gulf coast heavily fortified with shore to ship missiles and drones. Once launched tit is difficult and expensive to stop them. Unless the military capability to deploy these weapons is destroyed, and more to the point the mullah regime is overthrown, it will not be possible to truly secure the Strait of Hormuz. Now that the US is engaged, it must face this reality.
Sacrebleu!
“We fart in your general direction”
If a country admits it was attacked, then it must take some action. France is in a tough spot. They already have a huge number of riotous, car burning Muslims on a hair trigger. Anything they do that will be interpreted as taking the West’s side will result in millions of Euros in damage at home. The government is already hugely unpopular. so unpopular that they’re afraid of modern-day revolutionaries pulling the old guillotines out of museums.
Space junk re-entry?
“French Ship Hit by ‘Projectile’ in Strait of Hormuz, President Macron Insists France ‘In No Way’ Under Attack”. Uh, yes you were, “Vive la France”!
Macaroni, has ordered all members of the French Military to be prepared to march backward doubletime !
All the French sailors that got wet will have to be euthanized
Has the French government relocated to Vichy yet?
Have they reopened the Vel’ d’Hiv?
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