Maritime attack
Tutor: A drone boat struck Tutor on 12 June 2024
Red Sea, off Hodeidah, Yemen12 Jun 2024 · event dateexact location not established In short
What happened: maritime attack at Red Sea, off Hodeidah on 12 June 2024.
Effect: reported, not confirmed.
Was it a drone? Reported, not confirmed. Who was behind it: responsibility is claimed.
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A drone boat struck Tutor on 12 June 2024. UKMTO subsequently reported the vessel believed sunk.
Drone presenceReported[2] Claims and evidence
2 sources · 2 original statements
Sources that repeat the same original statement count once: a number of articles is not a number of independent confirmations.
| Claim | Original source | Assessment |
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| Impact UKMTO assessed the vessel as sunk. Source passage [1]“The vessel is believed to have sunk.” Passage checked word for word against the source on 28 Oct 2026. | UKMTO via AP via KSAT | supports Source read in full; this claim retains its original source family. No independent technical verification implied. |
| Drone Sutton identifies an explosive USV strike and flooding. Source passage [2]“The explosive-laden USV hit the stern of the ship, immobilizing it and causing flooding.” Passage checked word for word against the source on 28 Oct 2026. | H. I. Sutton | supports Source read in full; this claim retains its original source family. No independent technical verification implied. |
| Context The report identifies the vessel and flag. Source passage [1]“The Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned-and-operated Tutor” Passage checked word for word against the source on 28 Oct 2026. | AP / UKMTO via AP via KSAT | supports Source read in full; this claim retains its original source family. No independent technical verification implied. |
| Context The cited source records the vessel identity, type or flag. Source passage [1]“A bulk carrier sank” Passage checked word for word against the source on 28 Oct 2026. | AP via AP via KSAT | supports Historical vessel detail; no position or current vessel information. |
| Impact The analysis reports one missing crew member and explicitly labels death as an assumption. Source passage [2]“One crew member is missing, assumed dead.” Passage checked word for word against the source on 28 Oct 2026. | H. I. Sutton via H. I. Sutton / Covert Shores | supports Literal historical source detail; uncertainties elsewhere in the dossier remain. |
Source genealogy
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- AP / AP / UKMTO / UKMTO
- AP via KSAT: Tutor sinking [1] · Relayed statement
- H. I. Sutton
- H. I. Sutton / Covert Shores: Tutor visual analysis [2] · Direct account / Relayed statement
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What we know
Flooding disabled the vessel; UKMTO reported it believed sunk by 19 June. One seafarer was missing; a US official reported a death.
UKMTO provides the sinking assessment through AP. Sutton separately analyses the published attack footage. These are two origins, with no claim of physical inspection. Yemen is the regional country association; no vessel or attack position is recorded.
What remains unknown
The complete sequence of later strikes and the missing seafarer’s final status are not independently established here.
Operator attribution: Claimed by a party (not independently verified). The Houthis claimed responsibility, as relayed in the cited reporting; this does not independently establish the operator. [1]
How the story changed
A drone boat struck Tutor on 12 June 2024. UKMTO subsequently reported the vessel believed sunk. [1]
Editorial changes
- Revision 1 · 28 Oct 2026Curated dossier created after checking the cited sources line by line.
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DroneLedger. “Tutor: A drone boat struck Tutor on 12 June 2024.” Dossier tutor-drone-boat-red-sea-2024-06-12, revision 1, updated 28 Oct 2026. https://droneincidents.com/incident/tutor-drone-boat-red-sea-2024-06-12/v1/
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DroneLedger. (28 Oct 2026). Tutor: A drone boat struck Tutor on 12 June 2024 (Dossier tutor-drone-boat-red-sea-2024-06-12, revision 1). https://droneincidents.com/incident/tutor-drone-boat-red-sea-2024-06-12/v1/
Dataset DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23345422
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