June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident

When

13 Jun 2019

Kind

Event

Coordinates

25.48° N, 57.54° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident.

June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident: Two oil tankers are attacked near the Strait of Hormuz while transiting the Gulf of Oman amid heightened tension between Iran and the U.S., with the latter blaming the former for the incident.

Attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman

On 13 June 2019, two oil tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz while they transited the Gulf of Oman. The Kokuka Courageous, flagged in Panama and operated by a company based in Japan, and Front Altair, flagged in Marshall Islands and operated by a company based in Norway, were attacked, allegedly with limpet mines or flying objects, sustaining fire damage.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un incident dans le golfe d'Oman a lieu près du détroit d'Ormuz, qui déclenche une nouvelle crise diplomatique et militaire avec les États-Unis”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dos petroleros son atacados cerca del Estrecho de Ormuz mientras transitaban por el Golfo de Omán en medio de una mayor tensión entre Irán y Estados Unidos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page