UKMTO named Khasab. JMIC named the ship: AL SALAM II.
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The conventional narrative is Monday's unnamed tanker off Ash Shishah, or the mines-versus-sweep talks. On Thursday, UKMTO issued a second warning. It names Khasab. It does not name the ship.
Update, 3 October 2026: the Joint Maritime Information Center did. JMIC's Update 090 advisory note, issued at 1500 UTC on 27 August 2026, lists the attack in UKMTO 121-26 under the tanker AL SALAM II. Its narrative says open-source reporting named AL SALAM II as struck, and that Oman's Maritime Security Centre confirmed a vessel was attacked at 1730 UTC on 25 August while transiting eastbound through the Strait of Hormuz. JMIC also cites NAVAREA IX warning 299/26 (1500 UTC, 26 August), which said the oil tanker ALSALAM II was involved in a security incident and anchored about 0.8 nautical miles northwest of Jazirat Tawakkul. gCaptain and Siasat reported JMIC's identification on 27 August. UKMTO's own warning still does not name the ship.
UKMTO Warning 121-26, 27 August 2026. Khasab, Oman. Not a WatchfulEye satellite image. The warning does not name the ship; JMIC's Update 090 named it AL SALAM II.
What changed
UKMTO issued Warning 121-26, labeled ATTACK, on 27 August 2026. Report date 25 August 2026. Report time 1730UTC. Source: Local Authorities. This is not Warning 120-26.
The warning: "UKMTO has received a report of an incident in the Strait of Hormuz. Local authorities have reported a tanker has been hit by an unknown projectile causing fire to the vessel which has since been extinguished. All crew are reported as safe and accounted for and there has been no report of environmental impact. Authorities are investigating. Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO."
The map on the warning is labeled Khasab, Oman.
That is the official text. The ship's name is not on it. Who fired is not on it.
CNBC on 27 August reported a Thursday UKMTO post: an oil tanker struck by an unidentified projectile, incident reported Tuesday, off the Omani coast, fire extinguished, crew safe. That is the same warning. CNBC did not name the ship.
Monday's warning is 120-26: 9 nautical miles northeast of Ash Shishah, engine-room damage, vessel disabled, source Master. This Thursday warning has a later issue date, a later report time, a fire that was put out, and a Khasab label. It is not a repeat of Monday's.
Sources
UKMTO Warning 121-26. Report date 25 August 2026. Report time 1730UTC. Issue date 27 August 2026. Source: Local Authorities. Location on the warning: Khasab, Oman. Tanker. Unknown projectile. Fire extinguished. Crew safe. No environmental impact reported.
CNBC, 27 August 2026, 12:45 a.m. EDT. Thursday UKMTO post. Tuesday incident. Omani coast. Fire out. Crew safe. Ship not named.
Joint Maritime Information Center, Update 090 to JMIC Advisory Note, 01 March to 27 August 2026, issued 1500 UTC 27 August 2026. AL SALAM II. UKMTO 121-26. Tanker. Attack. Transiting eastbound. Cites NAVAREA IX 299/26, 1500 UTC 26 August 2026: ALSALAM II anchored about 0.8 NM northwest of Jazirat Tawakkul.
gCaptain, 27 August 2026. JMIC identified the vessel as AL SALAM II.
Siasat, 27 August 2026. JMIC Update 090: AL SALAM II struck while transiting eastbound.
UKMTO Warning 120-26. 24 August 2026, 2025UTC. 9NM northeast of Ash Shishah. Engine room. Disabled. Source: Master.
How it is being framed
Warning frame. Khasab. Fire out. Crew safe. That is the official warning.
Unnamed-ship frame. Tanker, no name. That is what the warning left blank, and what JMIC's note filled in.
Second-hit frame. A Thursday issue after Monday's Ash Shishah warning. Two attacks.
Attribution frame. UKMTO assigned no blame.
Those jobs are not the same story. The warning frame can be checked against the PDF. The ship's name can be checked against JMIC's note. The shooter cannot.
Reporting versus inference
Reporting is: UKMTO Warning 121-26 exists; report time 1730UTC on 25 August 2026; issue date 27 August 2026; source Local Authorities; Strait of Hormuz; map label Khasab, Oman; tanker; unknown projectile; fire extinguished; crew safe and accounted for; no environmental impact reported; CNBC reported a Thursday UKMTO post with the same fire-out, crew-safe facts; Warning 120-26 is a different incident, with engine-room damage and a disabled vessel off Ash Shishah; JMIC's Update 090 of 27 August 2026 names the tanker in UKMTO 121-26 as AL SALAM II.
Inference, labeled as such: a second unattributed projectile on the Omani side is consistent with a waterway that is still being hit. It is not proof of who fired. It is not a signed corridor, and it is not a volume count.
We have the UKMTO PDF and the JMIC note. JMIC names the ship. UKMTO does not.
What may follow
Reasoning, not a forecast.
If the warning frame is right, the next fact to check is a second UKMTO warning on AL SALAM II. If the unnamed-ship frame is right, the next Lloyd's or USNI report either matches AL SALAM II to a ship hit earlier in August or confirms it as a new one. If the attribution frame is right, someone claims it, or UKMTO assigns blame. We do not have that.
What remains unresolved
Who fired. Whether AL SALAM II is any of the ships hit earlier in August. Why UKMTO's warning left the name off.
Corrections
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