What Nearly Punched a Hole in This Japanese Oil Tanker?
Summary
July 30, 2010: A Japanese oil tanker, the M. Star, suffered damage from an unknown cause as it was passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Crew members heard a blast and saw a flash, and many windows broke. Speculation as to the cause of the damage - which severely dented parts of the hull from the waterline up, but did not punch a hole in it - range from a freak wave to collision with a submarine or mine, to a terrorist attack.
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- So, what did damage the tanker?
- A really big Deep One, perhaps Father Dagon or Mother Hydra themselves?
- Captain Nemo?
- Perhaps the tanker secretly had some cargo which provoked the attack somehow…
- What does the "M." in "M. Star" stand for? Perhaps this is significant…
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