Singapore container ship GFS Pride sinks near Hormuz

GFS Pride sank south of the Strait of Hormuz on October 14. The Singapore-flagged container ship, managed by GFS Ship Management FZE of Dubai, was struck by a projectile and caught fire. It went down with more than 2,500 containers aboard. All 21 crew made it off without injury.

The ship was part of Global Feeder Shipping, 81% owned by Abu Dhabi-based AD Ports. Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said it had struck a mine on an 'unauthorised and dangerous' route. Maritime authorities put the cause as a projectile.

A second GFS ship, the Singapore-flagged GFS Giselle, was also struck the same day. It took hull damage but reached safe anchorage under its own power. All 22 crew were safe.

GFS Pride is the second commercial ship to sink since the US-Israel-Iran war began on February 28. Cape Dao came first, lost after torpedo hits. The more than 2,500 containers now adrift are a navigation hazard in a strait that recorded a single-day record of six ships struck on October 13.

In the days before, Maran Gas Mystras was struck while exiting the Strait, and MT On Peace was hit in the Strait, injuring 12 of its 19 crew.