The British cargo ship Rubymar is shown in a video that is becoming viral, and it is claimed that the ship was hit by a Houthis missile.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @VanessaOrtizz tweeted “It’s not the Titanic, it’s a British ship The spokesman for the Yemeni Army announces that they attacked another British ship “RUBYMAR”, in defense of Palestine. It is slowly sinking under the gaze of Western governments that finance Zionism Yemen controls the Red Sea” on Feb 20, 2024. The tweet has received an about 67.9k views on X.
No es el Titanic, es un buque britรกnico
— Vanessa Ortiz (@VanessaOrtizz) February 19, 2024
El portavoz del Ejรฉrcito de Yemen anuncia que atacaron otro buque britรกnico โRUBYMAR", en defensa de Palestina. Se hunde lentamente ante la mirada de los gobiernos occidentales que financian al sionismo
Yemen controla el mar Rojo pic.twitter.com/NmNiiuuz2g
Several other accounts, including @Kahlissee, @nabeel_AMU, @EagleMMAPain, @Trollstoy88, @CaptCoronado, @GeromanAT, @runews made the same claim that the video shows a sinking ship, British cargo ship, which was actually strucked by the Houthis missile. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The M/V ATLANTIK CONFIDENCE sinking in 2013 near the islandย of Masirah, Oman, is shown in this video. The claim that the British cargo ship Rubymar sinked after getting struck by the Houthis missile is not true at all.
MARINE EMERGENCY MUTUAL AID CENTRE (MEMAC) posted the pictures of the sinking ship on March 30, 2013.
We visited jacksonparton.com, which wrote about the entire incident in details on March 6, 2014 with the headline”Case Summary: The โAtlantik Confidenceโ 6 March 2014“. For more clarification, we also went to denizhaber.net, which posted about the incident in an article on Feb 7, 2017 with the headline “British Judge: M/V ATLANTIK CONFIDENCE was sunk on the instructions of Ahmet Aฤaoฤlu”.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) February 20, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT:A video that shows a sinking ship is being spread with the claim that it was the British cargo ship Rubymar & was struck by a Houthis missile.This video shows the sinking of M/V ATLANTIK CONFIDENCE in 2013 near the island of Masirah in Oman.(1/2) pic.twitter.com/WIkqankn2S
Intent:
Influencers are circulating old videos claiming to be from the recent incident in the Red Sea to get the spotlight on social media. A video that shows a sinking ship is being spread with the claim that it was the British cargo ship Rubymar & was struck by a Houthis missile. A video of a sinking ship is being circulated, with the claim that it was the British cargo ship Rubymar, which was hit by a Houthi missile. This video depicts the sinking of the M/V ATLANTIK CONFIDENCE in 2013 near the island of Masirah in Oman.
Conclusion:
Claim : A video that shows a sinking ship is being spread with the claim that it was the British cargo ship Rubymar & was struck by a Houthis missile.
Fact : This video depicts the sinking of the M/V ATLANTIK CONFIDENCE in 2013 near the island of Masirah in Oman.
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