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Casualties · Oman·12 Oct 2026·Sohar Anchorage · Oman

MT PETRO DOLPHIN hit at Sohar. Two Indian seafarers missing

UKMTO WARNING 165-26, 11 October: a tanker in the vicinity of Sohar anchorage, Oman. Crew status, damage and environmental impact unknown at first report. Update 001 reclassified it as an attack after confirmation the tanker was struck by an uncrewed aerial vehicle.

Poster. Small open boat beside a red-hulled tanker on fire. Stern painted PETRO DOLPHI….
Poster. Small open boat beside a red-hulled tanker on fire. Stern painted PETRO DOLPHI…. — @MarineTanksInd. 11 Oct 2026.

Local authorities assisting evacuation. UKMTO names no ship.

Indian Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, same day: MT PETRO DOLPHIN, 11 Indian seafarers, drone attack at Sohar Anchorage. Nine Indian crew rescued and safe. Two Indian nationals missing. Local Coast Guard search-and-rescue under way.

Embassy of India in Oman: closely monitoring MT PETRO DOLPHIN, a Nicaragua-flagged tanker. Two of the 11 Indian seafarers onboard reported missing.

@MarineTanksInd, 11 October 17:37 UTC: 12 crew aboard — 11 Indian and one Bangladeshi. Ten rescued. Incident about 11:30 local. That count and the minister’s 11 Indian / nine rescued stay unmerged.

MEA statement, via Times of India: India condemns attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz region on 11 October. MT PETRO DOLPHIN reportedly struck by a drone, two of 11 Indian seafarers missing. The same statement names a separate ship, MT VALTHERA, Marshall Islands flag, struck by an unknown projectile, all 11 Indian seafarers safe. VALTHERA is not this incident.

No official paper names the attacker. No Oman MSC statement in this pack.

The hull

Vertical clip. Small open boat beside a red-hulled tanker on fire. Stern painted PETRO DOLPHI…. — @MarineTanksInd. 11 Oct 2026. https://x.com/MarineTanksInd/status/2109337580135502246

VesselFinder: PETRO DOLPHIN, IMO 1072294, MMSI 350651000, oil products tanker, 2004, 94 m × 14 m. AIS flag Nicaragua. Particulars flag on the same page: Saint Kitts & Nevis. Last public fix 158 days old at the 12 October retrieve. No AIS fix at Sohar on 11 October.

MagicPort: registered owner and commercial manager HITECH INFINITY PETROLEUM FZC. Status anchored. Profile updated 11 October.

Maritime Optima prints three MMSIs for the same IMO (350651000, 341845001, 626497000) and both flags. Those lines stay unmerged.

Painted name on the social video stern: PETRO DOLPHI… last letter blurred.

The operational point is the same as the Hormuz corridor notes: a small product tanker at an anchorage, a UAV strike on the UKMTO paper, Indian crew missing, and a second same-day strike that is not this one.

Established

  • UKMTO 165-26: tanker at Sohar anchorage struck by UAV. Ship not named.
  • Sonowal / Embassy: MT PETRO DOLPHIN, 11 Indian crew, two missing, nine rescued.
  • VesselFinder: IMO 1072294, 2004, 94 m.

Not established

  • Who launched the UAV.
  • Crew total and Bangladeshi seafarer (social vs official).
  • Flag. Nicaragua (Embassy / AIS) vs Saint Kitts & Nevis (particulars).
  • AIS fix at the scene.
  • That VALTHERA / UKMTO 164-26 is the same event.

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