US & UK Navies Respond To Distress Call From Merchant Ship Being Harassed By Iranian Fast-Attack Vessels

The ship being harassed by the Iranian fast-attack craft was an “internationally flagged merchant vessel” transiting the strait.

STRAIT OF HORMUZ - A statement released by the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs office said that the United States and British navies responded to a distress call from a merchant vessel in the Strait of Hurmuz that was being harrassed on June 4th by Iranian fast-attack vessels.

Images: STRAIT OF HORMUZ (June 4, 2023) Screenshots of surveillance footage from a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft showing three  Iranian fast-attack craft approaching an internationally flagged merchant vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz, June 4, 2023. (U.S.  Navy photo)