The Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk sank in an accident on 12 August 2000 in the Barents Sea, with the loss of all 118 personnel on board. The submarine, which was of the Project 949A-class (Oscar II class), was taking part in the first major Russian naval exercise in …

Oct 26, 2009 · One hundred and eighteen men were on board the Kursk when it sank almost two years ago and 94 bodies have recovered. A senior official from Russia's Northern Fleet says 90 of the bodies have...

K-141 Kursk (Russian: Курск) [note 1] was an Oscar II-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy. On 12 August 2000, K-141 Kursk was lost when it sank in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 personnel on board.

The Russian Navy has begun removing bodies, missiles, and equipment from the submarine Kursk. Following her remarkable salvage in early October, the Kursk, suspended under the heavy-lift ship Giant 4 and supported by the large pontoons Gon and Mar, entered the Russian Navy's largest floating dry dock at Roslyanko, near Murmansk, on 21 October ...

NARRATOR (BERNARD HILL): One year ago the Russian submarine the Kursk sank in a terrible disaster. 118 men died. It was a tragedy that shocked the world. OLGA KOLESNIKOV: It was a catastrophe....

Oct 25, 2000 · It took a team of divers five days to cut one hole through the Kursk ’ s thick steel double hull, 356 feet below the surface in the cold waters of the Barents Sea. Divers used a stream of pressurized water mixed with diamond dust to …

Russian divers gingerly entered the wreckage of the shattered submarine Kursk on Wednesday and retrieved the first of what they hope will be dozens of bodies of the 118 sailors who perished...

Oct 26, 2000 · A note found on one of the four bodies raised from the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk reveals that at least 23 people remained alive after explosions killed most of the crew.

Jan 14, 2025 · Over the weekend of August 12–13, 2000, while on a naval exercise inside the Arctic Circle, the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea with all hands on board. The entire 118-strong crew perished on the Oscar II class submarine, built in …

Jul 15, 2022 · The submarine was finally salvaged from the seabed, and its remains were raised by the Dutch salvage company a year after the disaster in 2001. Out of the 118 dead, the bodies of 115 members were recovered, providing a much-needed consolation to the crew’s families. More than a decade has passed since the Kursk disaster took place.