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The ship, which researchers had linked to Iranian oil transfers, had been sailing under a Gabonese flag.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Iran's Fars news agency later cited an unidentified source as saying that vessel had been "sailing under the US flag and belonged to the United States".

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Details: The missile fired yesterday hit the Gibraltar Eagle, a bulk carrier owned by a U.S. company and flagged to the Marshall Islands, that had been sailing in the Gulf of Aden, south of Yemen.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2024

The vessel had been sailing back and forth in the Red Sea between an Emirati troop base in Eritrea and Yemen.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2022

They had been sailing in the Immortal’s boat for half a day when Irian left Nighthand, edged round the sail, and came to them.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell