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UKMTO Warning 150-26: tanker struck by unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Omani route of the Strait of Hormuz; Sentinel-2 geolocation of a tanker with smoke from the engine room
Importance
Standard

UKMTO Warning 150-26 says the master of a tanker reported being struck by an unknown projectile within the Strait of Hormuz, causing damage to the engine room. The crew were reported safe and no environmental impact was reported. Authorities were investigating. The report date and time were marked TBC; the warning was issued on 4 October 2026. The attacker was not identified.

Why it matters

A tanker master reported a projectile strike inside the Strait of Hormuz, with the crew safe and no pollution reported.

Open image · Warning graphic published with UKMTO's X post of Warning 150-26, the notice reporting a tanker struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz. · Credit: UKMTO / X · Verification: unverified

Verification: unverified

Evidence: UKMTO WARNING 150-26 — ATTACK Strait of Hormuz, UK_MTO X: WARNING 150-26, Sentinel-2 shows smoke from a tanker engine room on the Omani route of Hormuz, Iran Observer X: another oil tanker struck in the Strait of Hormuz, nine tankers in under a week

UKMTO relays the vessel master's report. The warning and the agency's X post are one primary account, not independent confirmation. Report date and time are TBC. The notice gives no position, no casualty count and no attacker. The mapped point is a Sentinel-2 geolocation, published on 4 October 2026, of a tanker with smoke rising from the engine room on the Omani route of the strait. That account attributes the strike to Iran; this record does not. An aggregation account, @IranObserver0, posted at 08:07Z on 4 October 2026 that another tanker had been struck and that nine tankers had been hit in under a week; it cites no incident of its own and its tally is disputed in replies, so it corroborates nothing here.