New images emerged this week of a British cargo ship that was attacked over the weekend by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists, who are based in Yemen, and is now on the verge of sinking.
The attack happened late on Sunday evening local time as the M/V Rubymar was traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
BBC Verify confirmed that two new images of the ship showing the rear of the ship underwater were authentic. The report noted that claims that the ship had already sunk were false.
Blue Fleet Group, which owns the ship, said that one of the missiles that struck the ship hit the side of the ship near its engine room.
Bulker #Rubymar with a flooded engine room and well down by the stern. She must be in a nearly empty condition to have sufficient buoyancy to remain afloat. https://t.co/WzIFRTlel1 pic.twitter.com/JQzZC4LJrL
— Sal Mercogliano…
