Click to see full-size image. (The U.S. Central Command)
A United Kingdom-owned cargo ship attacked by Yemen Houthis (Ansar Allah) last month sank in the Red Sea, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed on March 3.
The Belize-flagged Rubymar leaked oil for several days after it was attacked with anti-ship ballistic missiles on February 18 while sailing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. At the time, the crew abandoned the vessel and evacuated to nearby Djibouti.
CENTCOM posted an image showing the ship on its side on the X social platform and said it went under at 2:15am local time on March 2.
“The approximately 21,000 metric tons of ammonium phosphate sulfate fertilizer that the vessel was carrying presents an environmental risk in the Red Sea,” CENTCOM said in a statement. “As the ship sinks it also presents a subsurface impact risk to other ships transiting the busy shipping lanes of the waterway.”
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a Royal Navy detachment that watches over Middle East waterways, separately also acknowledged the Rubymar’s sinking, according to The Associated Press news agency.
Rubymar is the first ship to sink since the Houthis began targeting Israel-affiliated ships and others linked to the U.S. and the UK in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden last November using missiles and drones in response to the Israeli war and siege on the Gaza Strip.
The group’s repeated attacks forced shipping firms to divert ships to the longer route around southern Africa, disrupting global trade by delaying deliveries and sending costs higher.
The U.S. and the UK launched hundreds of strikes against Houthis-controlled areas in Yemen in response to these attacks. However, the group remains unfettered.
On March 2, the UKMTO said that it had received a report of a ship being attacked 15 nautical miles west of the Yemeni port of Mokha.
“The crew took the vessel to anchor and were evacuated by military authorities,” the organization said in an advisory note.
On the same day, the Italian Ministry of Defense announced that one of its naval ships had shot down a drone flying towards it in the Red Sea.
our lgbt navy as stupified as jens holm
your navy could never match my senility
1. didn’t the houthis allow them to try and save it?
2. israeli army kills hostages and palestinians alike in gaza (18+ photos) – about this report sf… “the health ministry in gaza, which is run by hamas”. israel and western msm push this… why are you guys following them for?
jeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell are both jewish… why we talk about them? who was the father of ghislaine maxwell? robert maxwell…
who is robert maxwell? “ian robert maxwell mc (born ján ludvík hyman binyamin hoch; 10 june 1923 – 5 november 1991) was a czechoslovak-born british media proprietor, member of parliament (mp), fraudster and father of convicted sex offender ghislaine maxwell.” – one thing that is missing is that he join the allies in ww2 and after he worked in mi6 and had links to israel and ofc mossad.
why am i talking about them again… if you miss the point and don’t know much about them let me remind you people and sf of israeli/mossad propaganda.
40 beheaded children – hamas systemic use of rape as a weapons war – rape of hostages – russia arming hamas – etc etc are all the new propaganda from israel and mossad (just against hamas). all of that was reported by western msm as well…
sf care to tell me why you guys wrote, “the health ministry in gaza, which is run by hamas”?
“the health ministry in gaza, which is run by hamas” – do you rtded cunts also want to mention that the un (who) mentioned the civilian death is much higher than what “the health ministry in gaza, which is run by hamas” claims?
let me remind you what you just copy-paste clowns. “the ministry of health of the russian federation, which is run by the government of russia.” claim bla bla bla
what the fuk are you saying cunts? who is going to run it (what is let of it), your cunts?
sf you guys are pushing mossad propaganda without realizing it.
1. it is like i said pointless to say that… “the ministry of health of the russian federation, which is run by the government of russia.” …. and?
2. how is it propaganda… oh let me remind you people that mossad/israelis want to link hamas to isil… now think about it…“the health ministry in gaza, which is run by hamas”… do you believe hamas? like how they said do you believe russia?
it is probably a compromise to push the pro israeli stuff so that they can still show whats happening in ukraine. we live in a world where those you want to mention have the power to shut down who does it. we will witness less and less of sides like southfront in the internet so we should happy some are left.
centcom is skilled at underwater demolition they can remove the wreckage but they will never bring the palestinian children that they were an accomplice in the murder of back to life.
insurance companies generally pay for wreck removal the houthies have make it very expensive to take this route in spite of centcom. and their bombs.
another nato flag where it belongs—under water
whats that, the brutes and yanks have wasted a few billion and ansar allah still sinking their vessels and no western ships using the red sea. that must be that good old anglo snakeskin idea of ‘winning’ hahahahahahahah
the brits still have a navy? i suppose a few last scrap metals that are ready for demolishing
many lgbt holes to fill in anglo navies
uk should be sued for the environmental damage. all of this is happening just cause us and uk are trying to protect their zionist colony from consequences of it committing a genocide and to enable it to do more genocide!
lgbt us navy leadership, should really enhance military and recruitment. imagine a pedo admiral leading a battle, say against china! bahahaha bahahaha bahahaha
i wonder if it hit the right spot to sink it, or was the ship not sinking or not even hit and was intentionally scuttled to cause an eco disaster? most likely a good hit with a missile but don’t discount the possibility this was eco terrorism by nato.