Yemen and the Red Sea

Houthi ballistic missile hits the Saudi VLCC Amzan 63 nm west of Yanbu

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
63 NM west of Yanbu (derived from reported bearing/distance)
Actors
Houthis · Saudi Arabia
Importance
Notable

UKMTO Warning 119-26 reported a tanker struck by a projectile about 63 nautical miles west of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, causing a fire on the main deck. Bahri confirmed the vessel was its VLCC Amzan and that all crew were safe; the Houthis claimed the attack and said they had targeted it with an anti-ship ballistic missile as part of their ban on Saudi shipping.

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Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree reads the claim that Yemeni forces struck the Saudi VLCC Amzan with a ballistic missile off Yanbu. This is the statement video, not footage of the ship.

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  • Maritime: Best 1 vessels_struck · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: UKMTO Warning 119-26 - ATTACK, Houthis Escalate Saudi Shipping Campaign With VLCC Strike · One VLCC struck, fire on the main deck; no casualties and no pollution reported.

Verification: Probable

Evidence: UKMTO Warning 119-26 - ATTACK, Yemen's Houthis report attack on Saudi oil tanker in Red Sea, Houthis Escalate Saudi Shipping Campaign With VLCC Strike

UKMTO confirms a tanker struck and on fire; the vessel identity comes from Bahri and the weapon type from the Houthi claim, neither independently verified. The mechanism is declared from the claimant's own description.