Editing HSV-2 Swift (section)

== UAE flagged service ==
''Swift'' returned to Incat at Hobart in July 2013 for refit for sale or charter.<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095203/http://prelive.themercury.com.au/article/2013/07/30/384595_tasmania-news.html |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url=http://prelive.themercury.com.au/article/2013/07/30/384595_tasmania-news.html |title=Swift returns to Hobart |first=Nick |last=Clark |date=July 30, 2013 |newspaper=The Mercury |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of July 2015 the vessel was reportedly being operated by the UAE's National Marine Dredging Company.<ref name="Binnie, 2015">{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730225454/http://www.janes.com/article/53274/hsv-2-turns-up-off-aden |archive-date=2015-07-30 |last=Binnie |first=Jeremy |title=HSV-2 turns up off Aden |url=http://www.janes.com/article/53274/hsv-2-turns-up-off-aden |journal=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly |date=28 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The ship was used to carry aid, wounded, and passengers as part of the [[Saudi-led intervention in Yemen]] through Bab Al Mandeb strait.<ref name="BBCS" />

=== Attack off the coast of Yemen ===
{{See also|Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen}}
On 1 October 2016, [[Iran]]ian-backed rebel [[Houthis]] claimed to have attacked and sunk ''Swift'' off the [[Yemen]]i coast around [[Bab-el-Mandeb]] strait. The [[United Arab Emirates Armed Forces|UAE military]] reported ''Swift'' had been involved in an "incident", but there were no casualties.<ref name="td1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/yemen-houthis-claim-attack-uae-military-vessel-161001212236896.html|title=Yemen: Houthis claim attack on UAE military vessel|publisher=aljazeera.com |date= 1 October 2016}}</ref> UAE military reported that ''Swift'' was carrying aid when she was attacked and that the ship did not have any military capacity.<ref name="BBCS" /><ref>{{cite news |url= http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/10/01/Yemen-rebels-claim-attack-on-UAE-military-vessel-.html |title= Yemen rebels claim attack on UAE military-vessel |website= alarabiya.net |publisher=[[Al Arabiya]] |date= 1 October 2016}}</ref> Saudi Arabia reported that their forces rescued passengers from a damaged UAE ship at dawn on 1 October 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-security-yemen-idUSKCN1213B7 |title= Saudi-led forces rescue passengers from vessel off Yemen: SPA |website= Reuters |date= 1 October 2016}}</ref> There are conflicting reports as to whether she was en route to [[Aden]], a regular destination, or [[Mocha, Yemen|Mokha]] at the time she was attacked.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} Unnamed U.S. Defense officials reported that four "shoulder-fired rockets" were used in the attack,<ref name="Tomlinson, 2016" /> but Houthis said it was a [[C-802]]/[[Noor (missile)|Noor]] [[anti-ship missile]].{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} According to open source naval analyst and retired Navy Captain Chris Carlson, the shrapnel damage to ''Swift'' indicates she was hit by [[Explosively formed penetrator|EFP]] warhead, most likely a C-802.<ref name="expert">{{Cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2016/10/11/uss-mason-fired-3-missiles-to-defend-from-yemen-cruise-missiles-attack|title=USS Mason Fired 3 Missiles to Defend From Yemen Cruise Missiles Attack |last=LaGrone|first=Sam|date=11 October 2016|website=USNI News|publisher=U.S. Naval Institute|access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref>

U.S. Navy destroyers {{USS|Mason|DDG-87|6}} and {{USS|Nitze}}, and [[amphibious transport dock]] {{USS|Ponce|LPD-15|6}} were dispatched to the area "to ensure that shipping continues unimpeded in the strait and the vicinity."<ref name="Tomlinson, 2016" /> ''Mason'' and ''Ponce'' were subsequently attacked on 9 October,<ref name="expert"/> 12 October<ref name="2nd attack">{{Cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2016/10/12/pentagon-respond-appropriate-manner-new-missile-attack-uss-mason-yemen|title=Pentagon Pledges to Respond in 'Appropriate Manner' After New Yemen Missile Attack on USS Mason|last=LaGrone|first=Sam|date=12 October 2016|website=USNI News|publisher=U.S. Naval Institute|access-date=12 October 2016}}</ref> and again on 15 October.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Starr|first1=Barbara|last2=Kenny|first2=Caroline|title=USS Mason fires missiles in Red Sea after apparent attack|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/15/politics/uss-mason-fired-on-again/|access-date=16 October 2016|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=15 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2016/10/15/cno-richardson-uss-mason-attacked-cruise-missiles-off-yemen|title=CNO Richardson: USS Mason 'Appears to Have Come Under Attack' |last=LaGrone|first=Sam|date=15 October 2016|website=USNI News|publisher=U.S. Naval Institute|access-date=16 October 2016}}</ref> U.S. Defense officials said that ''Swift'' was in tow to Eritrea as of 3 October 2016.<ref name="Tomlinson, 2016" /> Later photographs proved that she was still afloat, albeit heavily damaged, as of 5 October 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wam.ae/ar/news/general/1395300784708.html |script-title=ar:الجرافات البحرية : السفينة " سويفت " تتمتع بغطاء تأميني. |trans-title=Marine Dredging: Ship "Swift" is covered by insurance. |language=ar |publisher=[[Emirates News Agency |Emirates News Agency (WAM)]] |date=5 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006155516/http://www.wam.ae/ar/news/general/1395300784708.html |archive-date=6 October 2016 }}</ref>