{"id":51786,"date":"2026-04-19T13:07:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?p=51786"},"modified":"2026-04-19T13:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:07:54","slug":"india-flags-deep-concerns-over-attack-on-two-indian-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/india-flags-deep-concerns-over-attack-on-two-indian-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"India Flags \u2018Deep Concerns\u2019 Over Attack On Two Indian Ships In Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, April 18, 2026. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>India Flags \u2018Deep Concerns\u2019 Over Attack On Two Indian Ships In Strait of Hormuz<\/p>\n<p>MUMBAI, April 18 (Reuters)\u00a0\u2013<\/p>\n<p>said it had called in the Iranian envoy to New Delhi and flagged its \u201cdeep concern\u201d over<\/p>\n<p>the attack on two Indian-flagged ships<\/p>\n<p>attempting to cross the<\/p>\n<p>One of the vessels attacked was identified as the Sanmar Herald, an Indian government source said.<\/p>\n<p>The crew on board and the vessel were safe, the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh Attacks Shatter \u2018Open Hormuz\u2019 Narrative as Iran Pushes New Maritime Regime<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s top foreign ministry official asked the Iranian ambassador to convey India\u2019s view to Iranian authorities and resume at the earliest the process of<\/p>\n<p>facilitating India-bound ships<\/p>\n<p>across the Strait, a statement from the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador said he would convey these views to Iranian authorities, the statement said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mh-source-attribution\">\n  <span>Source:<\/span><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/gcaptain.com\/india-flags-deep-concerns-over-attack-on-two-indian-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">gcaptain<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, April 18, 2026. REUTERS<br \/>\nIndia Flags \u2018Deep Concerns\u2019 Over Attack On Two Indian Ships In Strait of Hormuz<br \/>\nReuters<br \/>\nTotal Views: 0<br \/>\nApril 18, 2026<br \/>\nBy Saurabh Sharma<br \/>\nMUMBAI, April 18 (Reuters)\u00a0\u2013<br \/>\nIndia<br \/>\nsaid it had called in the Iranian envoy to New Delhi and flagged its \u201cdeep concern\u201d over<br \/>\nthe attack on two Indian-flagged ships<br \/>\nattempting to cross the<br \/>\nStrait of Hormuz<br \/>\non Saturday.<br \/>\nOne of the vessels attacked was identified as the Sanmar Herald, an Indian government source said.<br \/>\nThe crew on board and the vessel were safe, the source said.<br \/>\nRelated Article:<br \/>\nFresh Attacks Shatter \u2018Open Hormuz\u2019 Narrative as Iran Pushes New Maritime Regime<br \/>\nIndia\u2019s top foreign ministry official asked the Iranian ambassador to convey India\u2019s view to Iranian authorities and resume at the earliest the process of<br \/>\nfacilitating India-bound ships<br \/>\nacross the Strait, a statement from the ministry said.<br \/>\nThe ambassador said he would convey these views t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","c2c-post-author-ip":"2.217.156.155","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9007],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-maritime-security"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51788,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51786\/revisions\/51788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}