Ship attack

The BBC has an article about an attack in Egypt:

Islamic State-affiliated militants in Sinai say they have carried out a missile attack on an Egyptian naval vessel in the Mediterranean. The militants, who call themselves Sinai Province, posted pictures online (above) of what looked like a missile followed by a large explosion on the ship.
Egyptian officials said a Coastguard vessel caught fire after a fire-fight with militants on the shore. The army said there were no casualties, contradicting the militants' claim. The militants said the attack had completely destroyed the vessel and killed its crew.
The incident happened in waters off the north Sinai town of Rafah, which neighbors the Gaza Strip.
The SITE Intelligence Group carried a statement and pictures from Sinai Province which it said showed a guided anti-tank missile moments before it struck the vessel, and then the moment of impact. Witnesses said they saw other naval boats rushing to the scene to rescue those on board the burning vessel.
The Egyptian military did not mention any casualties, but ISIS-affiliated militants claimed they killed the whole crew, reports Sally Nabil from Cairo, Egypt.
It follows a wave of attacks on the Egyptian military by Sinai Province. Earlier this month, more than a jundred people, including at least seventeen soldiers, were killed in clashes after militants launched near-simultaneous raids on military checkpoints in Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah in Sinai.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said: "We are doing everything in our power to provide the security necessary...but no country...can be totally immune from terrorist attacks". 

Analysis by BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner:

Not surprisingly, there is a wide gap between the two versions reporting the maritime attack off the north coast of the Sinai.
ISIS, specifically their local affiliate called Sinai Province, claim they fired a shore-to-ship missile at the craft, and support this with photos on social media showing a massive fireball that would certainly have killed many crew and possibly destroyed the whole ship.
Egyptian officially denies there were any casualties, saying there was a fire-fight, during which a coastguard boat was set on fire.
Since anyone found contradicting official casualty figures there risks a sixty thousand dollar fine, it is likely that the truth lies somewhere between the two versions.
Either way, this is a worrying development for shipping in the region. It comes just two weeks after a major battle between Egyptian forces and ISIS in Sinai, and it's clearly proving difficult to remove the militants and their growing arsenal from the area.
Egypt has vowed to rid the Sinai of the militants, and has had a state of emergency and a curfew in place since October of 2014.
Sinai Province was previously called Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Champions of Jerusalem), but announced a name change in November of 2014 when it pledged allegiance to ISIS, the militant organization that has taken over large parts of Iraq and Syria.
The group has been on the rise since the military overthrew Islamist Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in July of 2013, and has killed at least six hundred police and armed forces personnel since then.

Jihadist attacks on shipping in the Middle East:
January of 2000: Failed attack on the USS Sullivan in Yemen
October of 2000: Suicide boat attack on destroyer USS Cole in Aden harbor, Yemen, kills seventeen US sailors
June of 2002: Moroccan government arrests al-Qaeda operatives suspected of plotting raids on British and US tankers passing through the Strait of Gibraltar
October of 2002: Explosives-laden boat hit the French oil tanker Limburg off the coast of Yemen
September of 2013: Failed attack on ship passing through the Suez canal
November of 2014: Gunmen attack Egyptian navy vessel in the Mediterranean, at least five killed
July of 2015: Egyptian naval vessel set ablaze after coming under fire from ISIS on Sinai shore.

Rico says they really gotta figure out how to kill these guys...