Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond joins US-led maritime task force to patrol Red Sea as oil tanker hit
An oil and chemicals tanker was hit in the Red Sea as the US, Britain and allies deployed a task force to defend vessels.
US Central Command said that on Monday morning, local time, there were two Houthi militant attacks against commercial shipping in the Southern Red Sea.
The American military chiefs tweeted: "The chemical/oil tanker motor vessel SWAN ATLANTIC was attacked by a one-way attack drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile launched from a Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen.
"The Cayman Islands flagged SWAN ATLANTIC reported impact on the vessel and requested assistance, the USS CARNEY, the closest US warship, responded to assess damage."
The briefing continued: "At approximately the same time, the bulk cargo ship M/V CLARA reported an explosion in the water near their location. This attack is separate from the attack on the M/V SWAN ATLANTIC. There was no request
