Trump claims US Navy blew hole in Iranian ship trying to flee Strait of Hormuz blockade

A container ship is seen in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island (Picture: AP)

Donald Trump has said the US Navy have seized an Iranian cargo ship after ‘blowing a hole in their engine room’ on the Strait of Hormuz.

The US President claimed his forces are now searching the Touska cargo ship after it was ‘stopped in its tracks’ on Sunday evening.

‘Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them.

‘The US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS SPRUANCE intercepted the TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman, and gave th...