The in-depth story of the Kursk Submarine Disaster. When it was commissioned in 1994, the nuclear submarine K-141 “Kursk” was ...

The K-141 Kursk submarine was a powerful vessel. If its 155-metre hull were to be placed vertically at the spot where it sank, it would have stuck out above the water's surface like a 14-storey ...

In August 2000, the Russian submarine Kursk suffered two massive explosions during a naval exercise in the Barents Sea, sinking with 118 crew aboard. Caused by a hydrogen peroxide-fueled torpedo ...

In the absence of a large-scale conflict for the submarine to display its qualities, the Kursk tragedy remains one of the main events for which the Oscar II class is known. In August 2000 ...

Ten Russian children whose lives were shattered by the Kursk submarine disaster were today welcomed to Britain at the start of a week-long holiday. Each child lost their father when the stricken ...

A rescue operation is launched in August 2000 to try to save more than 100 sailors on board a Russian submarine grounded at the bottom of the Barents Sea. The Kursk nuclear submarine was believed ...

The fighting in the Pacific during World War II provides lessons for a new U.S. Pacific nuclear-submarine posture, and the U.S. should learn from them. A growing consensus among Asia analysts in ...

It meant that there was no punishment of Northern Fleet officers for criminal negligence over the Kursk disaster. An official investigation found that two explosions had wrecked the submarine ...

Kursk’s history of tragedy continued after World War II. In 1993, Russia christened its soon-to-be commissioned Oscar II-class nuclear-powered submarine “Kursk” in commemoration of the 50th ...

The much-delayed operation to raise the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk was ready to begin late Sunday after the Dutch firm in charge said the final cables were in place to hoist the vessel ...