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Five More Tankers Attacked in Gulf War

In the week between 1 and 8 May, in an escalation of the Gulf war between Iraq and Iran, five tankers were attacked in the Gulf - three by Iraq and two by Iran. On 1 May, the 47,813 dwt Saudi tanker al-Safaniyah - owned by the Petromin Tankers and Mineral Shipping Company (Petroship) - was hit by two missiles fired from an Iranian helicopter at a point 75 miles northwest of Abu Dhabi. The tanker's British captain and 2 Pakistani crewmen...