A tanker under US sanctions was struck after crossing the perimeter of a US Navy blockade in the Gulf, Al Jazeera reports citing vessel-tracking monitor TankerTrackers.

The Disha had been on the US Treasury’s sanctions list for the past two years, it says, adding that the ship entered the blockade perimeter on Wednesday “without much difficulty” and travelled some distance before being attacked.

TankerTrackers says the Disha transported Iranian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen for years. Iran’s coastguard rescued all 28 Indian crew members of the Mozambique-flagged tanker.