First fatal Houthi attack on shipping

The campaign of attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on merchant vessels has claimed its first fatalities with a strike on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden that left three seafarers dead and four injured

Picture: Centcom

Mar 6, 11.30am (local time): Anti-ship ballistic missile hits Greek-owned, Barbados-flagged dry bulk carrier True Confidence (pictured), killing one Vietnamese and two Filipino seafarers

Block housing crew cabins severely damaged

Attacks since Nov 19, 2023
      
ERITREA
Hodeid
Saanaa 
YEMEN
RED SEA
SAUDI ARABIA
Saada
HOUTHI CONTROL
ETHIOPIA
Gulf of Aden
SOMALIA
Aden
IRAN
DJIBOUTI
          
100km
60 miles

True Confidence: Abandoned and drifting with fire on board

Mar 2: UK-owned bulk carrier Rubymar becomes first ship to sink as result of Houthi attack

Sources: Reuters, U.S. Central Command (Centcom), Washington Institute, ISW © GRAPHIC NEWS