The 2000 sinking of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk was a national tragedy that claimed the lives of all 118 sailors aboard. -The disaster began when a faulty practice torpedo exploded, triggering ...

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

MOSCOW, Aug. 15 -- Russian rescuers battling Arctic storms failed today in an attempt to reach survivors aboard the disabled submarine Kursk, but a second effort began tonight as the oxygen supply ...

Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov, the head of the Russian Navy, said the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk had been damaged in a "big and serious collision." He said the prospect of rescuing the crew was ...

Noah talks to Masha Lipman, Deputy Editor of Itoga Magazine who talks about the reaction of the families of the Russian sailors who died on the submarine Kursk after they learned of a note found ...

No one will call it that until there's no shred of doubt, but the rescue effort around the stricken Russian sub Kursk may already have ...

Colin Firth stars in the unforgettable true story of the K-1412 KURSK, a Russian flagship nuclear powered submarine that sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea in August 2000. As 23 sailors fought ...

KURSK: 10 Days That Shaped Putin, examining the August 2000 explosion onboard a Kursk submarine that trapped 118 Russian submariners at the bottom of the Barents Sea, is being produced for Sky ...

It was a day of mourning for thousands of people who gathered at the home port of the crippled Russian submarine Kursk for a memorial service Sunday. The bodies of four sailors recovered last week ...

Most of the Kursk's crew apparently died in the first minutes of the disaster, when a massive explosion shattered the vessel Aug. 12 and it slammed into the bottom of the sea, Deputy Prime ...

Most of the Kursk's crew apparently died instantly in the explosions that tore open the Kursk's first six compartments or within minutes as water roared into the submarine.

The depth of the Kursk, which is similar to the submarine shown here, could make a rescue difficult because of the crushing water pressure. The Russian nuclear vessel lies helpless on the sea ...