Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels said on Monday that they attacked a British ship in the Gulf of Aden, leaving it so severely damaged that it could sink. They targeted the Belize-flagged RUBYMAR vessel with a number of missiles, the rebels said. It is “at risk of potential sinking in the Gulf of Aden” after it suffered extensive damage and came to a complete halt, the Houthis said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter. The crew left safely, they added. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported earlier that an explosion took place near a vessel off Yemen, …