The tragic sinking of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk in 2000 remains one of the most mysterious and haunting naval ...

Eight years after the Kursk tragedy, the Russian Navy faced another submarine nightmare when a Freon gas leak on the new ...

As the cruise missile submarine sank in relatively shallow waters that were just 350 feet (108 meters), a total of 23 sailors were able to flee to a rear compartment of the Kursk, and wait for rescue.

Hypothermia, disorientation, gloomy light and the possible cries of pain from injured fellow submariners will be among the litany of problems facing the surviving crew members of the stricken ...

Kursk Crew Sent No Signals After Sinking, Putin Says. September 7, 2000. By Robert G. Kaiser. NEW YORK, Sept. 7 -- The 118 sailors aboard the submarine Kursk probably died quickly after it sank, ...

MOSCOW — When divers finally pried open the hatch of the Kursk on Monday and discovered the submarine full of water, they raised anew perhaps the most painful question concerning the deep-sea ...

MURMANSK, Russia, Aug. 21 -- Norwegian divers peering into the flooded hull of the submarine Kursk early today concluded that all 118 crew members had died, closing a weeklong drama over the fate ...

All 118 members of the nuclear submarine Kursk's crew died in an explosion on August 12, 2000. Here, the crew members stand on the ship deck during the naval parade in Severomorsk, Russia, July 30, ...

The Kursk’s sinking didn’t kill all of its 118 crew members—at least not right away. One of the ship’s officers, Lieutenant Captain Dmitri Koselnikov, left a note dated two hours after the ...

Bodies of Kursk crew buried in their home cities, one year after submarine's sinking <br>MOSCOW (AP) _ Nine bodies removed from the wreckage of the Kursk nuclear submarine were buried Tuesday in ...

The nuclear submarine Kursk of the Oscar-2 class is the largest attack submarine ever built.Tragically it is lying on the floor of the Barents Sea, and hopes for a successful salvation are fading ...