The UK's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) announced the probable sinking of the bulk carrier Tutor which had been attacked in recent days in the Red Sea by Houthi rebels ( of 13 June 2024). The British office of the Royal Navy, which has the the task of receiving and coordinating the information transmitted by the Merchant ships targeted by Somali pirate assaults and threats from other parts operating in the region, he specified that yesterday we received an update on the incident caused by a small boat 5-7 meters long that hit the ship at stern. After the collision, the commander of the Tutor reported that the ship was taking on water and was no longer under the management of the crew, which was followed by the of a second aerial device that had hit the ship. Attacks had caused the death of a bulk carrier seafarer and the injury to another crew member.

As a result of these communications, the military authorities They had decided to evacuate the crew. Later in the area where the ship had been abandoned had been reported the sighting of debris and hydrocarbon slicks at sea. On On the basis of these reports, the UKMTO announced that it considered that the Tutor has sunk.