An unsuccessful Houthi attack reported on Wednesday in the Gulf of Aden was targeting an AP Moller-Maersk US-flagged ship.
The Yemeni rebel group’s operation against the 2,500-teu Maersk Yorktown (built 2004) was thwarted by a western coalition war vessel “successfully engaging” an anti-ship ballistic missile launched from Houthi territory, US military authorities said early on Thursday.
According to information emerging later on Thursday, the coalition ship that intervened appears to have been the UK navy's HMS Diamond, which thus became the first Royal Navy ship to shoot down a missile in battle since 1991, the UK defence minister said.
