Indian Navy deploys INS Visakhapatnam to assist Houthi-attacked oil tanker with 22 Indians

Red Sea attacks: Indian Navy's guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam responded to a distress call from British oil tanker MV Merlin Luanda on Friday after it was struck by a missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, and has been deployed to the Gulf of Aden to assist the vessel, said the Navy in a statement. The tanker Marlin Luanda operated on behalf of the trading firm Trafigura and had 22 Indians and one Bangladesh crew onboard, according to the Indian Navy.

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