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#BREAKING: Today five armed IRGC vessels in the Persian Gulf unsuccessfully attempted to seize a British oil tanker according to two US officials with direct knowledge of the incident-CNN via @HamdiAlkhshali
#BREAKING: The British oil tanker was reportedly crossing the Strait of Hormuz at the time and was ordered to change course for Iranian waters -@HamdiAlkhshali. This will almost certainly be the British Heritage crude oil tanker (position as of one hour ago shown below). 
#BREAKING: The HMS Montrose was escorting the tanker British Heritage at the time. CNN’s @HamdiAlkhshali reports the HMS Montrose trained its deckguns on the Iranian military vessels, gave them a warning to back off, which they did. A US military plane recorded the incident.
