Rescuers Search for Crew Member After Container Ship Attack in Strait of Hormuz

NICOSIA, July 13 (Reuters) – An Indian crew member is still missing after a Cyprus-flagged container ship was hit in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday and a search operation is underway to find him, Cyprus’s Deputy Ministry of Shipping said on Monday.

Cypriot authorities said the vessel, the GFS Galaxy, was struck by an “unidentified projectile” while transiting the waterway early on Sunday.

The crew abandoned the ship on a lifeboat and 23 crew members were later rescued by the Oman Navy, Cyprus’s Deputy Ministry of Shipping said.

An Indian crew member, identified as holding the