What we know about the sinking of the Eternity Cpublished at 12:02 British Summer Time
12:02 BST
Sherie Ryder
BBC Verify journalist
We have been authenticating a video released by Houthi-controlled media of an attack by its fighters on the Eternity C, a Greek-operated cargo ship on Monday in the Red Sea off Yemen, which led to it sinking on Tuesday.
Bearing in mind this was shared on a known Houthi propaganda channel, we were unable to verify the radio communications audio heard. However, the images from the footage can be authenticated.
We could see that the ship featured in the clip matches photos we’ve seen of the Eternity C on the Vessel Finder , externalwebsite from 2020.
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One of the frames from the video shows the ship sinking from the stern
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At one point the ship is almost completely submerged
The damage to the starboard quarter matches images we’ve seen on the vessel-tracking provider, Lloyd’s List.
We also carried out an additional check using Synth ID which found no evidence that the footage had been manipulated or generated using artificial intelligence.
Reverse image searches of the video clip brought up no prior copies so we know the footage is current.