A seafarer has died after a tanker sank off the coast of Yemen.

The 6,800-dwt Rama 2 (built 1989) issued a mayday signal on 26 June 120 miles off Socotra Island, the naval partnership Combined Maritime Force (CMF) said in a statement.

The vessel was reporting a heavy list to starboard with 14 crew members on board.

. A life raft from Rama 2.