British Navy reports missile attack on ship in Gulf of Aden

The British Navy reported this Friday a missile attack against a ship that had previously reported fire from RPG-type portable anti-tank rocket launchers from two small boats when sailing through the Gulf of Aden, although it did not report damage.

The British Navy's Commercial Maritime Operations (UKMTO) unit said the captain reported a second attack last night, but this time with missiles that exploded in the vicinity of the ship, although they did not hit it and it continued its course to the next port. of scale.

Yesterday afternoon, the captain alerted the UKMTO of the "RPG attack" coming from "two small boats, black and white, each with four people on board", which were sailing close to the ship, 45 miles away. nautical boats south of the Yemeni city of Al Mokha.

"The people on board the small boats were wearing white and yellow raincoats," the Navy said in the statement, in which it detailed that both the affected ship and its crew are safe and are heading towards their next port of call, while the Authorities are investigating the incident.

So far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, although the Houthi rebels, allies of Iran, usually take credit for this type of actions within the framework of their campaign against commercial shipping in the Red Sea in supposed solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. , and with the aim of economically harming Israel.

Two days ago, last Wednesday, Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for launching several ballistic missiles and drones against three ships sailing in the Red Sea, two of them American destroyers, although they did not detail the possible damage caused to the ships. .

The Houthis have launched actions against ships sailing in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since last November, which has forced large shipping companies to divert their route through the important commercial sea route. Aurora and EFE