MV Hyperion Ray
Israeli media is reporting that an Israeli owned vehicle carrier ship has been struck by an Iranian missile or UAV today. MV Hyperion Ray was struck just off Fujairah on the coast of the UAE.
The damage to the ship is considered minor, and there were no casualties reported.
This attack comes as tensions between Jerusalem and Tehran are high. Late last month, an Iranian missile was reportedly fired at an Israeli ship, MV Lori, between India and Oman, striking and damaging it. In February, Iran allegedly attacked the Israeli-owned cargo vessel MV Helios Ray, owned by the same consortium that owns MV Hyperion Ray, which was damaged by an explosion in the Gulf of Oman.
MV Hyperion ray was built in 2015 and is Bahamian flagged. Her length overall (LOA) is 656 feet with a 116 foot beam with a dead weight tonnage of 20903 tons. She was bound from Kuwait to Fujairah.