MV Tutor (sinking + salvage follow-up)
salvage follow up · 2024-06-19 · Red Sea (southern red sea)
- Date
- 2024-06-19
- Region
- Red Sea
- Vessel
- MV Tutor (sinking + salvage follow-up)
- IMO
- 9942627
- Flag
- LBR
- Vessel type
- bulker
- Incident type
- salvage follow up
- Outcome
- sunk abandoned in place
- Casualties
- 1 killed (Filipino ETO)
Summary
The MV Tutor, struck by a Houthi water-borne uncrewed surface vessel (USV) on 12 June 2024, sank on 18 June 2024 after crew evacuation to USS Philippine Sea + Emirati Navy vessels. The wreck at 1,300m depth in the southern Red Sea was left in place given the shipping-lane traffic + war-risk environment. This follow-up entry documents the confirmed loss + salvage disposition. The Tutor became the second confirmed merchant vessel loss of the Houthi campaign (after MV Rubymar).
Source
Reporting organisation: US CENTCOM
https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/
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