The captain of a vessel that came under attack from Houthi missiles has said his ship was not hit.
The master had initially reported a direct strike to the ship, as well as damage.
But a daylight inspection showed the vessel was unscathed, security companies said on Friday.
UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) had said an unnamed ship sustained damage in the incident at 02:05 UTC on Friday, 76 miles (122 km) north-west of Hodeidah in Yemen.
The crew were safe and unharmed, and the ship was proceeding to its next port of call.
Ambrey Analytics said the ship was a tanker.
The ship had earlier been listed in databases as Israel-affiliated, but had changed ownership last month, the company reported.
The tanker was sailing from Singapore and was heading to the Suez Canal with non-Ambrey armed guards on board.
AIS transmissions were intermittent on the voyage, the security company said.
Ambrey assessed the vessel was also the subject of a near miss on Thursday, 47 miles south-east of Aden.
Authorities are investigating, UKMTO said.
“Ships are advised to use caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO,” the UK naval operation said.
The attack came four hours after another vessel reported hearing explosions 50 miles south-east of Hodeidah.
The captain said two missiles were seen flying over the ship.
No damage was sustained and the unnamed vessel continued its voyage.
The incident is the first major attack since 8 March, when a Singapore-flagged bulk carrier said it was targeted by a missile as it sailed westbound in the Gulf of Aden.
The only ship fitting the description and location given by maritime security companies, according to vessel-tracking data, was the 58,200-dwt supramax Propel Fortune (built 2012).
Recent weeks have seen a bulker sink after a Houthi attack, followed by the first fatal strike on a cargo ship.
Three crew members were killed on the Barbados-flagged, 50,400-dwt bulker True Confidence (built 2011) in an attack two days before the Propel Fortune incident.
