U.S. says Yemeni Houthis' missiles hit British ship

Yemen's Houthi group launched three anti-ship ballistic missiles into the Red Sea from Yemen, hitting a British oil tanker, the U.S. military confirmed on Friday.

The British-owned MV Andromeda Star ship suffered minor damage, the U.S. Central Command said on the social media X.

A missile also fell in the vicinity of another ship, the MV Maisha, without any damage, said the military.

The Houthis on early Saturday claimed responsibility for attacks on the British oil tanker.

"Our naval forces (on Friday) targeted a British oil ship, Andromeda Star, in the Red Sea with a number of appropriate naval missiles and hit it directly," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea read a statement in the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV channel.