March 11 (UPI) -- A cargo vessel was set ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz in the early hours of Wednesday after being hit by an unknown projectile, British maritime authorities said. The Royal Navy's Maritime Trade Operations center said in an alert that the vessel had issued an SOS and the crew were evacuating after it was struck about 11 nautical miles north of Oman's Musandam Peninsula. UKMTO said the incident had been reported to it by a "company security officer." "Vessels are advised to