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MT Davina: reported seizure

A supertanker. Incident date: June 5, 2026, Indian Ocean, south of Sri Lanka.

June 5, 2026: seizure, Indian Ocean, south of Sri Lanka

US Indo-Pacific Command forces boarded and seized the sanctioned supertanker MT Davina, carrying nearly 2 million barrels of Iranian crude, in the Indian Ocean south of Sri Lanka.

Date
June 5, 2026
Place
Indian Ocean, south of Sri Lanka
Theater
Other theaters
Attributed to
United States
What happened
Seized · Boarding
Target
Commercial vessel
Vessel
supertanker
Casualties
None reported

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America Strikes, "Strike Ledger — MT Davina," updated June 5, 2026. https://americastrikes.com/ledger/vessels/davina/
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