All 22 crew members of the Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker MT Dominica Prosperity, including 19 Indian seafarers, were safely evacuated by the United Arab Emirates Coast Guard after the vessel was struck while drifting off Mina Saqr, India's Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal announced on Thursday, November 12.
Source: India Today via News89, Nov 12, 2026
The attack took place on Wednesday, November 11, while the tanker was drifting off Mina Saqr, the port in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah on the UAE's northern coast, near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. Sonowal said the entire crew was 'swiftly and safely evacuated' and that all 19 Indian nationals aboard are 'completely safe', with no injuries reported.
The minister said Indian authorities remain in contact with the company managing MT Dominica Prosperity to support the sailors' safety and to provide any logistical assistance required, and that the situation is being monitored continuously.
Source: Akhbrna News (UAE), Nov 12, 2026
What is solid
- Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced on Thursday, Nov 12, that MT Dominica Prosperity was struck off Mina Saqr on Nov 11 and that the UAE Coast Guard evacuated all 22 crew, including 19 Indian seafarers, with no injuries — reported by India Today and UAE outlet Akhbrna.
- Sonowal also reported on Thursday that the three Indian seafarers aboard the Saudi-flagged tanker NCC Fajr, attacked on Nov 11, are safe.
- A third tanker, MT Fujairah Energy, was hit by a projectile on Nov 10 with six Indian seafarers aboard; four crew were injured, including one Indian with minor injuries.
What is only claimed
- Who struck MT Dominica Prosperity: India Today described the vessel as 'targeted in a projectile attack', but no party has claimed the strike and no attacker has been named by any official source.
- The UAE had not immediately issued its own confirmation of the evacuation at the time of the reports, Akhbrna noted; the evacuation details rest on the Indian minister's statement.
Third tanker incident in three days for Indian crew
Sonowal's Thursday announcement also confirmed that three Indian nationals aboard another tanker, the Saudi Arabia-flagged NCC Fajr, are safe after that vessel came under attack on November 11 while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: Akhbrna News (UAE), Nov 12, 2026
Read Awaaz Punjab's earlier report on the NCC Fajr incident in the Strait of Hormuz. NCC Fajr: three Indian seafarers safe, Nov 11
A day earlier, on November 10, another Liberia-flagged tanker, the very large crude carrier MT Fujairah Energy, was hit by a projectile while transiting the Persian Gulf from Al Ruwais to Dubai with six Indian seafarers aboard. Four crew members were injured in that attack, including one Indian national who suffered minor injuries and was taken ashore for further medical examination; the remaining 18 crew, including the other five Indians, were safe and accounted for, Sonowal said on November 11.
Hormuz backdrop: IRGC claims two more tankers ablaze
Separately on Thursday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said two supertankers carrying more than four million barrels of oil caught fire after what it described as an accident on an unauthorised route in the Strait of Hormuz. That is the IRGC's claim, it has not been independently confirmed, and no report available on Thursday identified those two vessels as MT Dominica Prosperity or NCC Fajr — the incidents are being reported separately.
Source: Akhbrna News (UAE), Nov 12, 2026
Read Awaaz Punjab's report on the IRGC's two-supertankers claim in the Strait of Hormuz. IRGC two-supertankers claim, Nov 12
The Strait of Hormuz, between Iran and Oman, normally carries about one-fifth of the world's seaborne oil. It has been effectively closed to normal commercial traffic since late February, when the United States and Israel launched their offensive against Iran, and the war is now in its ninth month. Thousands of Indian seafarers — including many from Punjab — work Gulf shipping routes, which is why three attacks on tankers carrying Indian crew in three days are being watched closely in New Delhi. What happens next: India says it is monitoring the situation and staying in contact with the ship-management companies; a UAE confirmation of the Mina Saqr evacuation, and any word on who struck the tanker, are still awaited.