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 ...

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 ...

The K-141 Kursk Submarine was a powerful vessel. If its 509-foot hull had been placed vertically where it sank, it would have ...

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 ...

One of the first stories I ever reported on in Russia was a submarine disaster. In August 2000, two explosions sent the 17,000 tonne nuclear-powered Kursk to the bottom of the Barents Sea and took ...

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 ...

A Russian diver entered the Kursk nuclear submarine for the first time Wednesday but failed to find any of the 118 sailors who died when the vessel sank in August, a top navy commander said.

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 ...