Bernhard Schulte’s chemical tanker Kokuka Courageous was also hit by torpedoes this morning, one month and one day from the moment four other tankers were damaged by limpet mines off Fujairah (pictured). The ship disappeared from several ship tracking sites for a period of time today but is now back on the MarineTraffic site, with a ‘Stopped’ status.
“The hull has been breached above the water line on the starboard side,” Bernhard Schulte said in a statement on its website. “All crew are reported safe and only one minor injury reported.”
The two targeted ships are lying approximately 50 km apart in Iranian waters east of Fujairah.
“ The UK and its partners are currently investigating,” UK Maritime Trade Operations said on its website this morning, warning all vessels in the region to exercise extreme caution. The attacks have also been confirmed today by the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet.
https://splash247.com/tankers-torpedoed-in-the-middle-east/
By Saturday, they will have identified the Iran sub responsible and target it. Then some 30-day ‘time-out’ will probably occur where any Iran military vessel will be restricted to Iranian waters or be fired upon. This will trigger Middle Eastern oil to jump 20-percent in price. Russian and US oil will probably be the cheapest oil around for the next month or two.
Emirati officials declined to immediately comment. The coordinates offered for the incident by the U.K. group put it some 45 kilometers (25 miles) off the Iranian coastline.
Hmm... flying torpedoes.
Leaping torpedoes?
OK, the ship was in a hard turn and heeling when the thing struck? Ship regains even keel, damage is above the waterline...