The World - News from May 26, 1986
An Iraqi missile hit a supertanker loaded with Iranian oil, ending a 15-day lull in attacks on shipping in the Persian Gulf, reports in Bahrain said. The missile struck the engine-room of the Cypriot-flag W. Enterprise about 35 miles south of the main Iranian oil terminal of Kharg Island. Gulf shipping sources said the crew was believed safe, and there was apparently no fire on board. The 375,000-ton vessel, under charter to Iran, was moving crude oil on a shuttle to the makeshift southern gulf oil terminal of Sirri Island, out of the presumed range of Iraqi aircraft.
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