A video is going viral on social media platforms depicting a giant ship sinking in the sea. Users are fiercely sharing this video & claiming that the British cargo ship Rubymar sank after it was struck by a Houthis missile.

Sharing this video on X(Twitter), a user named @Chernor_Hrabar wrote: “The British ship Rubymar, which was attacked by the Houthis in the Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea, sank. This was reported by Sky News Arabia on February 19”

The archive version can be seen here.

Furthermore, other users also shared this video on X(Twitter) and made similar claims.

Fact-Check

To determine the reality of the above viral video, the DFRAC team converted it into some keyframes and reverse-searched it on Google. Meanwhile, we found a similar video on a YouTube channel named Sun Moon Marine titled: “A giant ship Stellar Banner Terrific sinking video near the coast of Brazil”. Moreover, the video was posted in 2020.

Upon investigating further, we also discovered a news article published by a media outlet named Mining.com on June 15, 2020. In this article, Mining.com stated: “The Brazilian Navy is monitoring the location of the ore carrier Stella Banner that sunk Friday off the coast of Maranhão. On Friday morning, salvors sent the $ 10 million ship to the bottom of the ocean off the coast, just four years after its construction”. 

In addition to this, the article also mentioned that all 20 crew members were subsequently evacuated in good condition. 

Conclusion

It is evident from DFRAC’s Fact-Check that the viral video claiming the British cargo ship Rubymar sank after it was struck by a Houthis missile is misleading as the video shows a giant ship Stellar Banner Terrific sinking near the coast of Brazil.

Analysis: Misleading