Reports by Bloomberg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_d3ebc24yM&t=25s
(more recent)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_d3ebc24yM&t=25s
Not a lot of reports yet — many must be out enjoying their Friday night...
Let’s hope it was a Russian tanker. The Russians are often inept. But they do not suffer fools gladly (so to speak).
Send that retard Greta to protest
Back in the day, when I was young and virile, when I boarded vessels, I'd ask the Coasties if they were going to test the life boats, which didn't happen that often.
Eventually I was told "ETS, you're a ball to board ships with, but we'd all lose our commission if we let you ride that life boat like a sled... I'm not even sure you'd come back"
"How'd we explain having to rescue you out of the Delaware river ten mikes from where the vessel was at anchorage?"
And thus died my dream.
We’ve been successfully invaded along the Gulf of Mexico, not the Gulf of Aden. The latter has no impact on our citizens’ fate. Focus on the real war and the real enemy.
Post on zerohedge:
British Oil Tanker Carrying Russian Naphta On Fire In The Red Sea After Houthi Missile Strike
why is this permitted? why haven’t the Brits turned Yemen into a parking lot? did Western nations have their balls chopped off by the Houthis?
Nuke the Hooties
Just give it a shot .
See what happens
Apparently the return attacks failed to get them to stop. Nuke them. Inform Iran it is next if the attacks continue.
America does not ship through the Red Sea. This is a concern for the EU. And yet, since they are our vassals we must act. Got to admit the irony here is hilarious. The collective west at the bidding of the US has over the years become obsessed with economic sanctions to destroy countries that don’t obey our decrees, and here a backwater bunch of “barbarians” (to hear the state department describe them) have imposed economic sanctions on the mighty west. I’m sure one more forever war will fix it…NOT.
“Indian Navy INS Visakhapatnam Rescue: Captain of merchant vessel thanks Navy for swift response”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZS09YAuVaw
Text from link:
“The Indian Navy’s guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam responded to a distress call from MV Marlin Luanda on the night of January 26. The Indian Navy tweeted, “ Fire onboard MV Marlin Luanda brought under control. Based on request from Master of the MV, the fire fighting team from INS Visakhapatnam comprising 10 Indian Naval personnel with specialist fire fighting equipment embarked the vessel in early hours of 27Jan 24. After six hours of battling the fire along with the crew of the MV, the fire fighting team has successfully brought the fire under control. The team is currently monitoring the situation to rule out any possibility of reignition. INS Visakhapatnam had responded to distress call from MV Marlin Luanda & proceeded to provide assistance. A US & French warship also responded to the distress call. Indian Navy remains steadfast in her commitment towards safety of merchant shipping & seafarers.”
VERY good & detailed report on the attack and the response. Excellent, quick response by the Indian destroyer, I might add. Kudo’s!
To answer one question I had, it looks like the Marlin Luanda was too far out for protection by the current (not very many) forces in the area, unless a fighter jet had happened to be nearby to try to intercept the cruise missile.
"The operator of the Marlin Luanda is registered as being Oceonix Services Ltd, a UK registered company. The tanker flies under the flag of the Marshall Islands and is operated on behalf of Trafigura - a multinational trading company."Houthis attack British-linked tanker Marlin Luanda in Gulf of Aden BBC, 27 January 2024
--- (Trafigura...a multinational commodity trading company domiciled in Singapore with major regional hubs in Geneva, Houston, Montevideo and Mumbai, founded in 1993)
--- Other names....
"Last month, the Navy had responded to a piracy incident on a Malta-flagged vessel MV Ruen in the Arabian Sea, about 700 nautical miles from the Indian coast. On December 23, a Liberia-flagged merchant vessel, MV Chem Pluto, carrying a crew of 22, of which 21 were Indians, came under a drone attack about 220 nautical miles southwest of Porbandar while it was on its way to New Mangalore [ India ]. A day after the MV Chem Pluto incident, a Gabon-flagged commercial oil tanker, MV Sai Baba, on its way to India with 25 Indian crew members, also came under a drone attack in the southern Red Sea, along with another Norwegian-flagged ship. Earlier this month, the Navy also foiled a hijacking attempt on a Liberia-flagged bulk carrier in the Arabian Sea."
Oil tanker with 22 Indians onboard hit by missile, Navy sends help Indian Express, 28 January 2024