News card: Two tankers attacked off Saudi Arabia's Al Jubayl in one day

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Two tankers attacked off Saudi Arabia's Al Jubayl in one day. File photo from June 2012 by a NASA Expedition 31 crew member, public domain, brightened and cropped: the lights of Al Jubayl at night seen from the International Space Station; not from the October 16 attacks. Key facts: 68 and 78 nautical miles northeast of Al Jubayl in the Persian Gulf; at 0900 UTC an unknown projectile hit a tanker and its crew was evacuated; at 1922 UTC a tanker's master reported an RPG attack from a small boat that damaged the stern; Vanguard named the first ship as Safeen Principal and said it lost power and had an engine-room fire; all crew safe, attacker not identified. Sources: UKMTO, Rudaw, Xinhua, Al Arabiya. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-16-sa-jubayl-tankers. @exeindex. — File, Jun 2012: Al Jubayl at night, seen from the ISS. not from the Oct 16 attacks. Photo: NASA / Expedition 31 crew, public domain via Wikimedia Commons (brightened, cropped) · Public domain (Wikimedia Commons); card CC BY 4.0 EXE Index

Oct 16: Two tankers were attacked in the Gulf off Saudi Arabia's Al Jubayl, per UKMTO. One was hit by an unknown projectile and its crew evacuated; the other by an RPG from a small boat. All crew safe. Record

What: News card: Two tankers attacked off Saudi Arabia's Al Jubayl in one day
Where: Middle East
When: 2026-10-16
Source: UK Maritime Trade Operations
Credit: File, Jun 2012: Al Jubayl at night, seen from the ISS. not from the Oct 16 attacks. Photo: NASA / Expedition 31 crew, public domain via Wikimedia Commons (brightened, cropped)
License: Public domain (Wikimedia Commons); card CC BY 4.0 EXE Index
Details: Middle East, Saudi Arabia

military Saudi Arabia Middle East

Sources and credit

UK Maritime Trade Operations
Dispatch: the full record