A tanker carrying 27 Indian seafarers was hit by limpet mines in the Strait of Hormuz on October 30, marking the first successful use of the small, adhesive explosives in the waterway since. In a first during the eight-month war in the US-Iran war, limpet mines were used to strike Panama-flagged. A tanker with 27 Indian crew members was hit by limpet mines in the Strait of Hormuz, causing an engine-room.