| Company | Saildrone |
| Category | marine robotics |
| Type | mission-loss |
| Date | 09/02 2022 |
| Time of day | ~14:00 |
| Location | Red Sea |
| Severity | S4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | 2 USVs |
| Confidence | high |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | USNI News |
Iranian naval forces captured two U.S. Navy-contracted Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vehicles operating in the Red Sea; a U.S. warship and helicopter intervened and the drones were returned the next day.