RapidcreekHouthis reportedly sink British ship in Red Sea
Was it really a British ship, or was it a ship running under Liberian or Lagos or whatever cheap flag, but owned by a British company?
If it ran under the British flag, then it would have been the British marines’ job to defend it. OK.
If it ran under the Flag of Panama, Liberia, Lagos, or whatever, it would have been their responsibility.
None of the tax evasion flags countries have a ship there to defend what would be their duty to defend. Instead, we finance and endanger our military to protect tax evaders’ ships.
This says it’s under the Belize flag.
British-Owned Cargo Ship Damaged by Houthi Missiles, Crew Evacuated - USNI News
The Houthis hit a British-owned cargo ship traveling in the Red Sea, U.S. Central Command announced via social media site X Monday morning. The Yemen-based group fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles toward MV Rubymar, a Belize-flagged ship, owned by British company Golden Adventure Shipping, BBC reported. One of the two missiles hit the ship, damaging it, according to Central Command’s post. A warship with defensive coalition Prosperity Guardian and a merchant vessel responded to Rubymar’s distress call. The ship was “taking on water” and was transporting fertilizer, BBC reported. The Central Command release did not identify the coalition ship or
So it is high time Belize sends a proper response and defends ships running under their flag - it is their responsibility. That’s what they get taxes or fees for from the ship owners.